Holiday Stress Buster
The holiday season is nearly upon us, ultimately the
holidays are supposed to be a joyous time to spend with
family and friends. What the means to most of us is
expectation. Expectations that are places on us by
ourselves and others. Expectations about our time, our
money and to some degree our sanity.
The holidays tends to lend themselves to us
stretching ourselves too thin, between a multitude of
events and people. Stretching our dollars and time as
far as they will go also, most times further than they
can go. With mounting bills that we know will arrive in
the new year and lack of sleep it's no wonder that
depression rats and the sickness rates rise over the
holidays.
Ideally in this season we take extra time for
ourselves, bubble baths, massage appointments, making
sure that we eat healthy and get in enough exercise but
that's setting the bar even higher. Even though yoga is
a natural stress buster, the last thing we need to do is
add another commitment, something to feel guilty about
not being able to fit into our schedules.
Try this easy stress Buster. Next time the stress
levels sky rocket - just breath & be present in the
moment:
- Stop what you are doing
- Take a nice big breath in- feeling the breath
travel all the way down to our toes
- Clear all thoughts from our minds
- Exhale
After this grounding breath you should feel more
present and a little more relaxes to carry on with all
the festivities.
By Gaylene Thoeny, December 2009
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