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How to Reduce Stress in Your Home and Work Environments |
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(ARA) - Though stress ispart of life, there are unique, enjoyable ways to reduce stress at home and at work. Stress occurs whenbody reacts to change, triggered by events happening directly to you or around you. Although your bodily response can bepositive one -- keeping you alert -- too much stress can be harmful to your health.
Most of our stress isresult of everyday responsibilities and obligations. As we go about our lives, pressures -- both physical and mental -- are constantly puttingstrain on our bodies. Although this stress is not always obvious to us,daily tension can cause minor illnesses such as insomnia, backaches, skin disorders or headaches, and can also contribute to potentially life threatening diseases like high blood pressure, heart disease andvariety of other serious illnesses.
“Everybody, these days, is prone to stress -- we need to find ways to reduce stress in our daily lives,” says Luke Sutton, president of Serenity Health,provider of high quality relaxation and stress relief products forhome and office. “There arenumber of simple things that people can do to greatly reduce stress in their daily lives.”
Although stress can’t always be avoided, we can certainly learn to manage it and lessenharmful effects on our bodies. The National Mental Health Association and Serenity Health offerfollowing ideas for reducing stress in your life:
* Regular exercise isgreat way to reduce stress. Just twozero to threezero minutes of activityday will help your body to relieve itself of pent-up stress.
* Take short, periodic breaks from your day to just sit quietly and calm your mind. Evenbit of meditation or gentle focus can help to quiet your mind and calm your body. This can enormously help in relieving stress.
* Createenvironment at home and at work that is as stress-free as possible. For instance, have you ever noticed how calm and relaxed you feel when you are sitting in nature, next tobabbling brook,river, or some beautiful waterfalls? Well, it is very easy to bring those natural, calming water sounds into your home or office, withbeautiful, affordable water fountain. This enables you to createwonderful sense of calm and serenity in any living environment.
Water fountains come in range of sizes and styles, some of which are small enough to fit on evenmodest desk top at work. The floor-standing and wall-mounted models createmagnificent presence with their illuminated cascading waterfalls. Esthetically, they are stunning, and they create beautiful waterfall sounds that are mesmerizing and delightful.
“All of these water fountains are beautiful to look at, and are very relaxing atsame time,” says Sutton. “More and more, we are finding that people are choosing these wall fountains as pieces of natural moving wall art, over more traditional art pieces such as paintings and prints.”
* Eliminate stress frommoment you wake up inmorning. “Something as insignificant as your alarm clock may be contributing to your daily stress,” says Sutton. “Most people usealarm clock withharsh beeping sound that suddenly jars them from sleep. That shocking process can actually send stress throughout your entire body, which setstone of your whole day.”
Instead oftraditional alarm clock, there arevariety of very effective natural awakening alarm clocks that wake you up you ingradual, stress-free way every morning. There are sunrise alarm clocks that awaken you withsimulated glowing sunrise. This is particularly effective for people who suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), but thousands of people who do not suffer from SAD also use this type of clock and love it.
There are also clocks that awaken you withchoice of several different nature sounds (such as ocean surf, forest rainfall, birds etc.) or your relaxing musical choice from any CD. Such clocks are also excellent for lulling you to sleep at night. And then, there are clocks that awaken you withbeautiful zen-like chime cycle that increases overonefive minute period. Also, many of these natural awakening alarm clocks includebuilt-in radio, if you wish to awaken to any radio station.
* Share your feelings. Whether you have hadbad day atoffice orsick child to take care of, talking withfriend can help you remember you aren’t alone. Don’t forget to stay in touch with friends and family: they can provide valuable support and guidance.
So, remember to treat yourself to much needed moments of peace and relaxation every day, for your health and well-being. You deserve it, don’t you?
For more information about Serenity relaxation and stress relief products, visit www.SerenityHealth.com.
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