Work here! Work there! A lot of people, especially workaholic, forgot the time to relax. Relaxation is needed by everyone. It’s not for enjoyment only but refreshment that will keep your brain and body in shape. It is also best fit for dads who are working and even moms.
Here are techniques for relaxation, especially if you once used sugar as a sedative or food in general as a tranquilizer.
Progressive Relaxation
Lie on your back in a comfortable place: bed, sofa, or floor. Close your eyes. Inhale deeply. Release the air slowly. Repeat this cycle three more times. Now tense your leg muscles. Hold. Relax. Tense hip and abdomen muscles. Hold. Relax. Continue upward through every part of your body until you have worked upward to relax all the muscles of your face and scalp.
This would be an excellent time to let your subconscious mind surface if you’ve been looking for a creative solution to a problem at work. Or you might simply want to drift off to sleep. Even if you only have time for a brief nap, you will awaken refreshed because you relaxed so completely.
Set Worry Limits
If you are a “worrier,” you may find yourself worrying throughout your day about maintaining your weight loss, problems at work, personal problems and staying on your recovery footpaths’. If this happens, deal with it somewhat like saying positive self-talk statements. Give yourself a ten-minute period once or twice a day when you can sit down and do a good job of worrying. When worries intrude during the day, jot them down and save them for your worry session, telling yourself, like Scarlett O’Hara, “I’ll think about that tomorrow.”
Business often develops a “worst case scenario” and a “best case scenario” when considering a new venture. Try imagining the worst that could happen, then the best that could happen. Reality will probably be somewhere in between. Then when it’s time to worry, try to use the time creatively. Don’t just go over and over the “what if. . .” worries but take the offensive and try to think of ways to handle the situation if the worst does happen. Writing a Plan B in your journal will free your mind of that worry.
Do Something Else
Psychologists call this “Competing Behavior,” but it’s really what our mothers did when they told us to “Go, do something else.” Sometimes it is important to take journals especially those who are plagued with repeating worries. Writing down journals can contribute insight and also provides a competing behavior – the act of writing gives them something else to do. Going out for a walk or a session of aerobic exercises can do the same thing if one’s schedule allows.
Read More:
http://healthmad.com/mental-health/learn-to-relax/
