Physical Activity

Physical exercises help to strengthen body, relax muscles and nervous system, integrate mind and body, relieve muscle tension, and improve physical function.

Cardio Exercise: Physical exercise is a wonderful stress reliever, allowing you to divert your attention from your stress and strengthen your immune system. Walking, aerobics, swimming, biking, and weight training can all help to calm your body and alleviate stress.

Therapeutic Exercise: Yoga, Pilates, tai-chi, dance therapy, and other stretching based exercises are excellent ways to calm both mind and body. Yoga forces you to concentrate on your body and its abilities, leaving you energized, refreshed, and relaxed. Seek help of a practitioner trained in therapeutic yoga to learn a series of postures, breathing skills, and relaxation techniques that can help you cope with stress.

Mind Powers and Supplements

Use your mind to help understand stress and its physical symptoms, and alleviate their effects on your body.

Mental Exercises: Meditation helps you to clear you mind of stress and promote relaxation. Other techniques that may also be useful include guided imagery, art therapy, enjoyment of music, and other mental exercises.

Relaxation Techniques: If you frequently become stressed, its important to learn relaxation techniques that can help you manage stress throughout day. Practicing simple breathing exercises such as slow, diaphragmatic breathing and conscious muscle relaxation can help you clear your mind and calm your physical responses to stress. Alternate nostril breathing, is another technique that can be practiced regularly to cleanse and strengthen body and calm mind.

Herbs: There are many herbs that can be used to reduce stress and manage its symptoms. St John's Wort, chamomile, ginger, wild yam, ginseng, borage, licorice, milk thistle, and nettle have all been found to help in managing stress.

Aromatherapy: Don't underestimate power of nose in helping to manage stress. Certain scents can calm body and relieve tension and anxiety that is often associated with stress. Essential oils of lavender, chamomile, geranium, rose, neroli, sweet marjoram, and ylang-ylang are commonly recommended for stress relief. They can be used in massage, added to a bath, or inhaled through a vaporizer.

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Our sense of smell is one of our strongest of our senses, That is why a smell can trigger an earlier experience so vividly. This is why aromatherapy is such a powerful tool.

We can use this knowledge to: 1. heal a sickness 2. prevent a sickness 3. enhance quality of life 4. esthetically, such as in using perfume 5. enhance our state psychologically

There are many ways to use these essential oils. You can use them in your personal body care products, such as shampoos, skin cremes, or soaps and lotions. You can use them in candles or in diffusers and vessels, in aromatherapy The use of essential oils and herbs is mainly about a lifestyle choice. It involves a much healthier way of living, It is a way to delight your senses, while enhancing your immune system. A way to help in yourself and your families well being, increasing your energy, regaining your sanity, and enjoying rest of our lives.