| Simple yoga stretches, breathing techniques and | | | | Simple stretches, done a few times during your day |
| relaxation practices are some of the more popular | | | | helps you to find relief and to strengthen your body |
| ways of relaxing. | | | | and make it more supple. |
| Like most people, you spend a lot of your day busy at | | | | 2. Yoga breathing exercises offer you a simple and |
| work, you invest time and energy to do your best and | | | | efficient way to relieve stress, especially from what I |
| give your best to work colleagues, family and friends. | | | | call short-term stress situations, such as having to hand |
| Most of the time you probably enjoy life, you have a | | | | a report in to your boss the following day but your child |
| wide social network, whether it's an on-line community, | | | | is unwell so you feel too tired to do the research and |
| like Facebook or friends you meet outside of work. | | | | write the report. |
| You enjoy good health and are aware of the pros and | | | | When you feel stressed and tired, spend 2 - 5 minutes |
| cons of eating well. | | | | being still and observe the movement of breath, first |
| Generally speaking you feel happy and content with | | | | through your nose, back of your throat and all the way |
| life. If this sounds like you, how do you cope when | | | | down to your abdomen, just be still and observe your |
| something goes wrong? For instance, suppose your | | | | breath. At the end of the practice you will be amazed |
| partner suddenly falls ill and you have to take on the | | | | at how much clearer, energised and refocused you |
| lions' share of domestic chores and care for your | | | | feel. |
| young children; maybe you have been offered | | | | 3. Meditation techniques. Through meditation, inner |
| promotion at work which means you have to spend | | | | peace is experienced. As you meditate you |
| more time on the road travelling between clients and | | | | experience a deeper sense of body awareness, you |
| less time at home with your family. | | | | realise where the imbalances are in your body, where |
| Change, whether positive or negative is stressful. No | | | | you hold stiffness and tension. A regular meditation |
| matter how healthy or positive you are about life, | | | | practice builds up your internal reservoirs so you do |
| when faced with unexpected changes to your daily | | | | not succumb so readily to stressful situations. |
| routine, your body reacts and tension and stress build | | | | 4. Yoga diet. A healthy diet, one that is rich in |
| up inside. | | | | wholesome and live food provides your body with the |
| When life gets to you and you are not sure what to | | | | enzymes and nutrients needed to build up and maintain |
| do, the best thing you can do is relax. Just a few | | | | a strong immune system. When you are going through |
| minutes of relaxation exercises will give you the space | | | | a stressful period try to eat a wide range of |
| to re-evaluate and rethink the choices open to you. | | | | vegetables and snack on fruits and nuts as opposed |
| Here are my five favourite yoga techniques which you | | | | to highly processed and fatty foods such as cakes, |
| can use to support you and release stress when you | | | | cookies and pizzas. |
| have difficult decisions to make. | | | | Although these tips and changes are simple they have |
| Top Four Yoga Techniques to Help You Release | | | | a profound effect on how your body responds to |
| Stress | | | | stress. Whether you try the yoga exercises to release |
| 1. Yoga exercises help you to stretch and release | | | | stress or eat an extra handful of nuts together you |
| tension and nervous energy stored in your body. Lack | | | | are helping your body to cope more effectively with |
| of exercise is a contributory factor in many stress | | | | stress. Which technique to do find most useful in |
| related health problems, especially as you get older. | | | | dealing with unexpected stress? |