Meditation and Deep Breathing Techniques for Stress Relief

I’ve noticed that these days a lot of people try to find “outlets” to release their stress or tension. On the other hand, if you really think about it, drinking with friends, partying, spending lots of time on the internet are actually more stressful than relieving, plus, they could also cost you money. A rather more practical and effective way to release stress, depression, and anxiety is through deep breathing and meditation.

Come to think of it, Stress really is just the overall feeling of strain or over-fatigue in one’s mind and body. The best way to ease it – is to relax! Actually a lot of people turn to sleep as a way to rest or relax but the problem is – when you are already too stressed, even your sleep becomes troubled. Fortunately, there is a great way to relax and find some respite even when you are not actually sleeping – just learn some effective relaxation techniques via meditation and deep breathing.

Now these two are inter-related. First, Stress is not just a condition of the body but also a state of mind. Have you ever felt too tired even when you have just come out of a seven-hour sleep? Generally that is the feeling of unrest or lack of peace of mind resulting to Stress. Even if your body is totally okay, when your mind is not in the best condition, your body also follows and you feel tired and worn-out. Thus, meditation is important to keep your mind at peace and allow it feel totally relaxed and in the best condition.

As with breathing exercises, it is a tried and tested method of preconditioning the body to relax and prepare for deep meditation. The idea behind deep breathing is to make the air or oxygen and your blood flow more freely throughout your body helping you to release your tensions to ultimately relax. Once your body has reached a relaxed state, it reaches the best situation to meditate…

Livestrong.com provides a great article about combining deep breathing and meditation to manage one’s stress. You can follow this link: http://www.livestrong.com/article/101984-breathing-exercises-meditations-stress/.

If you want to delve deeper into Meditation, you can read about the various benefits of Meditation and its different forms from Mayoclinic – http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/meditation/HQ01070.

Now are you ready to relax and meditate?