Stress Reduction
Following is a 7 part series on stress reduction.
Breathe Through Difficulties
The breath is a wonderful tool to control your moods. Breath bridges your mind and body to your nervous system.
Whenever you think of it, practice making your breath deeper, quieter, slower and more regular. When something happens that normally would anger and upset you, practice taking four deep, slow breaths before you react.
Pay Attention to Noise
Sound influences the nervous system directly and profoundly, and often keeps us in a state of arousal and tension. Pay attention to sounds in your environment that might add to your stress; if you cannot eliminate them, try masking them with music or a white noise generator .
Learn to Stretch from Your Family Pet
By making your body more flexible, you cultivate resilience in other aspects of your life. Stretching is one of the most natural forms of exercise. Watch cats and dogs if you need instruction. Whenever the body has been in one position for a long time, stretch it briefly in the opposite direction. Remember not to hold your breath!
Move More
Physical activity is an effective way to discharge inner tension that can interfere with a resilient response to stress; the kind of activity that protects us from the harmful effects of stress is moment to moment activity throughout the day. Park your car a little further away from your destination. Take the stairs instead of the elevator, etc.
Switch from Coffee to Green Tea
Caffeine is a powerful stimulant that increases muscle tension and anxiety and interferes with relaxation. If you can use it occasionally, fine, but many people are addicted and will experience withdrawal when they stop. This is one obstacle to relaxation that is fairly easy to eliminate. If you cannot go without caffeine, try green tea. It is milder than coffee and has health benefits that coffee does not.
Downsize Your Life
Significant stress arises from the complexity of our lives, a major feature of which is material possessions. We have so many things, and things require attention and maintenance. I recommend simplifying. It is always a good time to think about what you can get rid of.
Take Time for Yourself
One afternoon a week, resolve to do something just for you: Take a drive in the country, listen to music you love, get a massage. It doesn’t have to be extravagant. The point is simply to reward yourself for your hard work. The rest of the world will take care of itself during that time I promise you.
下面为大家介绍的是缓解压力的七个方法。
深呼吸，突破困境
呼吸是连接思想、身体和神经系统之间的桥梁。它是一件控制情绪的奇妙工具。只要你想起来，就练习让你的呼吸更深、更平静、更缓慢、更有规律。如果遇到通常会让你生气心烦的事情，在你有所反应之前，先练习做四个缓慢的深呼吸。
警惕噪音
噪音会直接而深入地影响我们的神经系统，常常会使我们处于紧张不安的混乱之中。警惕生活环境中的噪音，它们可能会增加你的压力。如果无法排除它们，那就用音乐或噪音生成器来遮蔽噪音。
学习宠物们伸懒腰
让身体更加柔韧，这样可以培养你在生活各方面的顺应能力。伸懒腰是最简单自然的锻炼之一。如果你需要指导（模范），可以去观察你的猫和狗。只要身体长时间保持一个姿势，就可以暂时地往反方向伸展一下。记住不要屏住呼吸。
多做运动
内心的紧张会干扰身体对压力的反弹能力，而体育活动是释放内心紧张的有效途径。可以保护我们免受压力侵害的活动就是每天时不时地运动，比如把车停在离目的地较远的地方，然后下车步行过去，用爬楼梯代替坐电梯等等。
将咖啡换作绿茶
咖啡因是一种强烈的刺激物，它会增加肌肉的紧张和焦虑，会影响人的放松。如果你偶尔摄取一些咖啡因，是挺不错的，但很多人已经产生了依赖性，当他们不喝咖啡时，就会觉得缺少了什么。这是放松的一种障碍，不过排除它也相当容易。如果你离不开咖啡因，那就试试绿茶，它比咖啡温和，并含有对健康有益的物质，这是咖啡所没有的。
简化生活
重大的压力源于生活的复杂，而生活复杂的主要特征是物质方面所拥有的一切。我们拥有那么多物品，而且每件物品都需要保养呵护。我建议生活简单一点。想想那些你能放弃的东西，日子会过得更快乐。
给自己多一点时间
每星期留一个下午的时间给自己，去做些自己想做的事：去乡间兜风，听喜欢的音乐，享受一下按摩等等。不需要太奢侈，关键是简单地犒劳一下自己的辛苦工作。我敢向你保证，在你休息的这段时间内，世界的任何事物仍在正常运作，不会因你的休息而有任何改变。
1. Pay attention to in your environment that might to your stress; if you cannot eliminate them, try masking them with or a white noise generator.
2. making your body more flexible, you cultivate resilience in aspects of your life. Stretching is one of the most natural forms of exercise. Watch cats and dogs you need instruction.
3. This is obstacle to relaxation that is fairly easy to eliminate. If you cannot go without caffeine, green tea. It is milder than coffee and has health benefits coffee does not.
1. 警惕生活环境中的噪音，它们可能会增加你的压力。
2. 想想那些你能放弃的东西，日子会过的更快乐。
3. 不需要太奢侈，关键是简单地犒劳一下自己的辛苦工作。
1. Pay attention to sounds in your environment that might add to your stress...
pay attention to：注意；重视
2. The rest of the world will take care of itself during that time I promise you.
take care of：照顾；注意；抚养
