Take a 5-minute stress-release walk outdoors: Contact with nature is
especially beneficial.
• Enjoy stress relief with a gentle 5-minute neck and shoulder massage.
• Spend 5 minutes visualizing yourself relaxing at your favorite vacation spot.
• Take a 5-minute nap after lunch.
• Spend 5 minutes listening to a recording featuring your favorite comedian
Review 16.2. Complete one or more of the activity on it. Make a discussion post on whether it worked for you or share any other stress management strategies you use.
It is difficult to take short breaks during a busy day and to make sure that the day is utilized will in terms of mental alertness and physical fitness. If the body is healthy, then the mind is also healthy. According to an adage, ‘all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy’. This sentence means that if Jack did not take breaks and engage in other activities, his life would become monotonous due to repetitive work. It is necessary to take a short break while working. According to medical experts, it is essential to have stress busters to calm the nerves and soothe the mind as it helps to reduce lifestyle disorders like blood pressure and to increase mental resilience. Nature is a great healer. Spending time with nature can be very satisfying. Plants too are living organisms, and interacting with them can bring out empathy and calmness in understanding and connect with the environment. People get clean and pure oxygen which is very beneficial. Plants enjoy the company of a human. Another stress buster could be taking brief naps where the mind and body can heal itself and replenish its energy and refresh mental alertness. Short naps can be very beneficial as they eliminate heaviness and dullness to set but are very refreshing and soothing as a stress buster and makes the concentration better and sharper. Low-stress busters also include listening to music, chatting with friends or hanging out with friends and doing exercise. Among them, the best natural health regimen includes getting seven to eight hours of sleep every night, sparing time to do at least 35 minutes of use daily and eating a balanced/nutritious diet. It is highly essential to take care of our bodies and minds like machines so that they eventually do not collapse. Nowadays even the youngsters are suffering from diseases such as diabetes, blood pressure, heart attacks, cholesterol, mental depression etc. which was earlier restricted to older generations and the cause for it is a miserable lifestyle. Every person has their ideas to deal with stress like some enjoy reading books or listening to music, some like cooking, gardening, dancing, some like to eat their favorite foods, some like sleeping stress off, some go to the gym or hit the roads running and many other. But everyone should at least do something to burst out their stress.