Meditation Tips For Stress-Relief At Workplace

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oi-Priya Devi

By Priya Devi

Friday, November 12, 2010, 14:15

Modern days, with the hustle-bustle of life, owing to fast paced run in the competitive arena, calls for stress. Stress may be caused due to various pressures in life, stemming from work, family, disease etc. Though everyone experience stress from all of these, it is the individual's capacity to handle, which marks the difference in stress levels. Of all these, work stress is what most people experience today.

Simple meditation tips calls for stress relief at your workplace. It is a well known fact that meditation heals the body and mind and hence the most sought after resort for stress control. It reduces stress by connecting one to the source of silence within, bringing about a soothing calmness. In today's hectic life, simple meditation tips can be followed at your workplace for stress control. You can simply relax for five minutes in your chair. It instantly brings down the stress level. A few minutes is suffice to infuse fresh energy to drive out stress.

Benefits of Meditation

Before getting to simple meditation tips that aids in stress relief at work place, let us just look into the benefits of meditation in brief.

At the physical level, the benefits of meditation are numerous and here are the most significant ones, ( in terms of the needs of today) According to various researches, it has been proved that meditation brings about a deep relaxation with a decrease in metabolic rate, heart rate and a reduced stress on the heart. It further reduces unstable oxygen molecules, which causes tissue damage. It lowers blood pressure , cholesterol, anxiety and increases skin resistance. It further renders a youthful look. Researches say that a person who meditates regularly looks at least twelve years younger than someone of his chronological age.

At the psychological level, the benefits of meditation extends to a decrease in anxiety, depression, irritability and mood swings. Further more it enhances emotional stability, memory and creativity. It refreshes and rejuvenates and assures increased level of happiness.

At the physiological level, regular meditation brings about permanent changes in the nervous system, say researchers. It helps in the expansion of the mind that is cluttered with repetitive thoughts, in the form of worries which brings about stress.

Simple meditation tips

1.Let go the stiffness in your body, close your eyes and relax.

2.Make up your mind to keep away intruding work worries for the few minutes you relax.

3. Breathe deeply a few times. A few deep breaths serve as warm ups before meditation by calming the mind. However, do not continue with it. Your breath ought to become slow while meditating.

4. Simply listening to your breath in itself is a powerful meditation tip.

5. Another easy tip is to focus on the space between your eyebrows.

6. If you are religious, focusing on the sound of a mantra told within, restricts your fragmented mind to integrate.

7.Visualizing an image (need not necessarily be a deity) like a candle flame can also bring down your thoughts.

8.Recall the bliss or happiness experienced in a holy place or a holiday spot (not the events that happened there.)and focus your attention on it.

9.Mindful meditation calls for simply detaching yourself from thoughts, and just being a casual watcher of them. It involves your whole attention and is a powerful meditation tool.

These meditation tips, though may appear simple, helps to rejuvenate and bounce back to work much refreshed. Five minutes in the morning and afternoon sessions helps to de-stress.