TOP 12 TIPS TO TOTALLY RELAX!
12 TIPS TO RELAX AND REDUCE STRESS FOR TEENS & ADULTS
- Assess your life stress from 1-10 with 10 the highest. Emotional (home, relations) & work/school
- To help reduce the number, use the power of breathing in for 3, hold for 5, and out for 8
- Praying helps elevate your spirit and mood helping relaxation while meditation scientifically improves health
- Listening to calming music, helps reduce your heart rate, induce relaxation & focus on peace
- Play with a pet, and petting a cat or dog helps bring down blood pressure, and helps to feel better
- Laugh as much as possible, at funny movies, comical people in your life or recall funny moments
- Eat and drink healthy – more water (less soda ~ bad for bones) & increase fruits, veggies and fiber
- Express any pent up feelings you have, to allow for them not to turn inward and affect you physically
- Make a to do list to help organize your day, & a TO BE list, who you are looking to become in service
- Sleep ~ critical for health, to get 7-10 hours of REM (rapid eye movement) where healing begins
- Unplug from all devices and find caring friends to relate to, in conversation, fellowship and fun
- Explore natural ways to de-stress with aromatherapy like lavender to help sleep & relax, peppermint to energize and study, and rosemary to help memory and recall
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