Meditation for Stress
Using meditation for stress management can be very effective and change your body’s reaction to stressful events. Meditation teaches you to focus and concentrate, rather than have a mind racing in every direction. Your body relaxes and is no longer focused on what is stressful when you are only concentrating on one thing.
Once you get good at meditation the effects on your body are profound. Your heart rate will slow, your blood pressure will decline and you will feel many other benefit after only a short time.
Benefits: - Meditate in the morning and start your day with a calm and relaxed mind
- A quieter mind without many thoughts rushing through it
- Better ability to cope with daily stressors
- Sleep well
- Physical benefits -- including lowering of blood pressure and improvement in stomach problems
- Meditation can be done at home or anywhere you choose!
How to do it:
- Pick a simple word to repeat silently to yourself. A good option is to use the word “one”. Alternatively you can choose to focus on breathing in and out.
- Find a quiet place and sit in a comfortable position.
- Close your eyes.
- Silently repeat your word without thinking of anything else. Calmly bring your mind back to focus on repeating the word if you feel it drifting.
- Do this for 20 minutes and calmly sit for a minute when you have finished.
- Practice this at least once a day, preferably when you first get up in the morning.
After a few days of practice you will get better at it and your mind won’t start to wander as frequently.
Consider getting a book on teaching yourself meditation or check out a meditation podcast.
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