Stress Management For The Office Goer

5 effective tips to manage office stress.

Breathe

Breathing is the secret to a calmer mind, especially if your work entitles making key decisions.

Breath control is everything.

The most common layman tip when your angry is count till ten before you speak.

Yoga experts recommend taking ten slow deep breaths before you react or say anything.

Practice ten deep breaths daily three times a day, maybe more if you feel anxiety or any kind of discomfort. This will tackle any stress before it sets in and becomes a physical symptom.

First thing in the morning when you wake up. Sit in a quiet place, spine straight, close your eyes

and take deep breaths, slowing down the exhalation.  Visualize yourself relaxing and becoming light with each exhalation.

Do this three times a day. You will soon get better at it. And then let the magic begin.

Sleep

I have often heard students and clients boasting about how they can make do with just 4 to 5 hrs. of asleep.

For someone who needs 8 hrs sleep, this is shocking for me.

Without adequate sleep the body is not able to fully recoup and repair from its daily rigorous routine.

If you have a packed day, which most of us do. It’s even more important to get your required amount of sleep.

Or you will compromise your immunity and end up spending you hard earned money on medicines or god forbid, hospital bills.

I say, “a good night’s sleep, is a pound saved.”

Exercise

All health and exercise research bodies recommend three times a week of resistance training and three times a week of cardiovascular exercise to stay fit.

Most Doctors recommend walking, it’s the best way to keep disease at bay, especially if you are

pre-disposed to hypertension, diabetes, cardiovascular disease etc.

If time is the constraint then introduce 20to30 mins of walking minimum twice a week on your weekly holidays. If you don’t know what that is, then we have a serious problem here.

Nurture

Do you get ‘me’ time? Do you get time alone with yourself?

Nurture yourself, don’t lose yourself in the daily routine. Spend time doing something you enjoy daily. It could be watching a sunset, enjoying the breeze, going for a massage, sitting in the garden listening to the birds chirping, sipping a hot cup of tea in solitude, reading your favourite book, listening to your favourite music, any hobby which makes you happy etc

Spend time with yourself.  Constant talking is also very draining.

Take care of yourself. Be aware of all that you do or say. Be in the moment.

Attitude

Do you constantly feel life has been unjust to you? That you have got a raw deal?

Things never go your way… before you know it, frustration sets in and along comes depression.

We all have plenty of reasons to be thankful for, psychologist say that an attitude of gratitude plays an important part in your mental makeup and success.

Happy people take things positively and bounce back faster, they are also better at taking care of themselves.

Creating and harbouring negative thoughts is harmful for your overall well-being and also weakens your inherent coping mechanism, leaving you vulnerable to all kinds of attacks like disease, accidents etc

Negativity will decrease your awareness and sap your energy as a result you could be easily taken advantage of or become sloppy eg, forgetting your phone in the cab.

Develop the right attitude. Write down 5 things you are grateful for daily in your diary. Be kind to yourself and others. Smile often. Be safe.