Stress Relief
Soothing morning rituals can make climbing out of bed just a little easier
Think the idea of laughing your way to better health is a joke? Turns out, there’s plenty to smile about.
Yoga includes pranayama, the practice of working with the breath in a variety of techniques. Some of these breathing exercises are heating, some cooling, some wake ...
Biofeedback techniques have been used for decades to help athletes and other professionals enhance their performance through increased awareness of heart rate, ...
Yoga links body and mind, but it’s not merely breathing, stretching, reaching, working out, and relaxing. “It’s about mastering attention, helping you access, ...
“Spending quality time with yourself is not indulgence, it is vital to well-being and stress management,” says Sharon Norling, M.D., M.B.A. “It’s part of ...
“Sometimes you work so hard on improving yourself and trying to find your way that instead of making you feel better, it creates even more stress and anxiety,” ...
When you feel anxious or stressed, the question is, “Are you going to do something consciously or unconsciously, be at the mercy of circumstances, or take control?” ...
Eat breakfast every day. “It seems so simple,” says nutrition expert Elizabeth Somer, R.D., author of 10 Habits that Mess Up a Woman’s Diet (McGraw Hill, ...
Your mind and body take shortcuts to reactions all day long, like when you think of a lemon your mouth puckers, or when you hear a snippet of a song you can finish ...
Alternative and complementary anti-aging approaches are getting a second look as everyone from Gen Xers to Baby Boomers are looking for ways to go “less gently ...
Mayo Clinic Women’s Healthsource reports more doctors recommending meditation as a way to relieve stress and reduce the risk of heart disease. That’s no surprise ...
No matter how good your intention to maintain a Zen-like attitude, some days just seem to make it impossible. When stressful situations arise, your body flushes ...
Sometimes you can feel negative vibes even before an energy vampire sucks the spirit out of you. We all encounter them in our lives, people whose mere presence ...
Carl A. Hammerschlag, M.D., is an explorer of the universe as well as a Yale-trained psychiatrist, author, and lecturer. He often uses the wisdom of other cultures, ...
Sometimes when we feel negative stress from daily annoyances and crises, the ills of the universe pile on as well, making serenity seem impossible. Yet moving toward ...
Just when we think things are too much to handle, here comes a monkey wrench. “While in the hospital for leukemia treatment, the hardest thing was to care for ...
What is the secret to stress reduction? According to Laurel House, co-author of The Gurus’ Guide to Serenity; A Me-Time Menu of Celebrity Stress Reducers (HarperCollins, ...
“When stress threatens to be overwhelming, I take a mini mind vacation,” says Joyce C. Mills, PhD, LMFT, LLC, Director of The StoryPlay Center in Scottsdale, ...
Finding something to laugh about is another matter. Switching on the news or glancing at newspaper headlines can have a dampening effect on the staunchest of optimists. ...
“Breathing strongly influences mind, body, and moods,” says Andrew Weil, M.D, editorial director of DrWeil.com. “By simply putting your attention on your ...
