De-stressing Tools
● Environment: Love. The place where you heal is very important.
Surround yourself with anything that brings love and joy to your heart-
perhaps beautiful flowers, or pictures of your friends and family.
Watch uplifting, happy movies, go outside, and breathe some fresh
air, and bask in the sunshine, if possible.
● Exercise: A simple but vital tool of our body. We are designed to
move; you’ve heard the saying, “Use it or lose it.” This statement is
accurate. Exercise boosts serotonin, dopamine, and norepinephrine,
lifts depression, builds self-esteem, and creates more growth
hormones to rebuild new cells.
● Deep Breathing: While breathing deeply, pay attention to your breath-
inhale and exhale slowly with intention to slow your heart rate. Deep
breathing is good for balancing the sympathetic (fight-or-flight) and
parasympathetic (rest-and-relax) branches of the nervous system.
● Alternate Nostril Breathing (Nadi Shodhan Pranayama): This
technique harmonizes the two hemispheres of the brain, while
balancing mental, physical, and emotional well-being.
● Yoga: Find a yoga practice that you like. The benefits are endless; it
reduces stress, pain, insomnia, and depression. It increases muscle
mass, energy, vitality, and flexibility, allowing you to achieve an
overall benefit of well-being.
● EFT: This is a form of energy psychology, where you stimulate
acupuncture points and increase the energy flow in your body in
order to maintain optimal health. For more info, go to
www.emofree.com or www.thetappingsolution.com.
● Meditation: Any and all varieties of meditation can be beneficial. Find
the one that resonates with you: mindfulness, meditation, waking
meditation, TM , etc. Even 1-2 minutes a day is better than nothing.
● Heart Math: Scientifically monitors your emotional and physical
health, helping you improve it. www.heartmath.com
● Grounding/Earthing: One of the most powerful, overlooked, and
underestimated powers of healing on all levels. Free and available to
all, www.earthing.com or www.grounded.com.
● Binaural Beats: Sound therapy that creates complete balance
between both brain hemispheres and creates therapeutic effects.
● Music/Sound: Find music you enjoy that relaxes you; it will have a
healing effect.
● Transcutaneous Acupuncture: Created by Norman Shealy, M.D., Ph.
D., this technique employs energetic acupuncture circuits that help
balance elemental energies in the body. This simple yet powerful tool
will naturally produce important hormones like oxytocin, DHEA, and
calcitonin.
● Herbs & Supplements: Promotes calming and healing effects:
○ Magnesium Lotion and Epsom Salt
○ Ashwagandha
○ Tulsi or Holy Basil
○ Neem
Resource: Journey Of You by Lenka Schulze
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