What's your go-to stress relief?

[Li****]

Most of us feel stressed from time to time, and with the situation in the world being how it is at the moment, those feelings of stress might be heightened. Since many people are spending all their time at home, or at least a lot more than usual, we might be struggling to deal with stress in the way we usually do. I, for example, definitely use the gym as a big stress relief and haven't been able to go for over a month now. 

What is your best stress relief? What do you do when you feel stressed? Let's share our tips and help each other out ?

[Candy]

I know this might sound indulgent as I live in a city where a bath tub is sometimes considered a luxury, but I LOVE taking a hot bath with some essential oils.

Also just switching off my devices, lighting some incense and sitting quietly in my room is nice. At least it helps me find some calm.

Sometimes I'm so stressed out that I forget to breathe and the situation elevates. It doesn't happen often, but when it does, I am often left feeling sad and somewhat deflated. When this happens, I really just try to spend as much quiet time alone to get over it. Yoga also helps, and short 5-minute meditations (if they are good ?)

But my best stress reliever, I have to say, has been cooking with music :) 

[Li****]

? Cooking, baking or taking a bath definitely helps me to relieve stress too! 

[vind111]

Why do we feel stressed when we feel angry and not when we feel happy. Why does stress go down when we are near a beach or a beautiful location? Stress is actually directly related to the uncontrolled amount of thoughts that occur in your mind. The states of anger etc are negative states which triggers more and more thoughts coming to your mind. Where as when you are happy or in a beautiful location very less number of thoughts are triggered in your mind.
So we need to find a way to effortlessly control the amount of unnecessary thoughts that comes to our mind.

[Candy]

That's so true! @vind111 I think living fully in the present moment is a great way to do that, (in my case, at least) and realising that thoughts are just thoughts and not our reality. Thank you, thank you, thank you ☺️

[Calvin77]

Going for a long hike helps to connect with nature and relax

[Ga****]

I love to walk peacefully in the forest listening to all the sounds of the forest gives. ?

[Te****]

I definitely would love to be in the forest. The flowing water of streams, the insects and birds chirping would be a great de-stresser and make me centered.

[um****]

I would love to meditate.. taking conscious breath and be in the present moment

[Ki****]

I love nature, if I can get in a nice walk that works for me. But in the morning if I wake up feeling stressed, I bring my mind back to the now, looking out of the window, reading scripture and affirmations, and sometimes I play a good song, usually inspirational.

[vind111]

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[Ha****]

My sister meditates... I’m honestly not there yet.but I see how much more calm and peaceful she is when I compare us lol

https://bit.ly/30SAQZX
This is what she follows
Hopefully you find your way ??

[Ai****]

Therapeutic writing & mindfulness meditation

[Ka****]

I love to go for a brisk walk and I personally photograph the beautiful sceneries and then I share them online to brighten someone else's day.

[Li****]

@KaeFitz what a lovely photo! I've been going for a lot of long walks too and it really helps me destress and clear my head ✨

[Berta]

For me it's the moment I admit to myself that I am stressed out and when I sit down for a moment to feel and investigate it.

I think it's Tara Brach who calls this "getting out of trance"

[Ra****]

This Question is open to All...lets discuss ur best Thoughts and Processes....kindly bear in Mind Do Tell Only If U Urself Follow.

Edited May 17, 2021 by Ravia28
Generic Question not specific to Covid-19

[Li****]

Something that works for me to reduce stress is to do some kind of exercise, and to go out for a long walk. Being in nature also has a de-stressing and grounding effect. 

[Candy]

That's a good question. I guess to me it means always aiming for peace by controlling what I allow into my life and having tools and strategies in place for the things I can't control that cause me stress. Many things have been proven to help reduce stress, such as exercise, meditation, journaling, eating whole foods, being outdoors, having a good network of friends... Of course, it's not always easy to completely avoid stress, but it's definitely doable and it's good for both our mental and physical well-being.

[Tine]

For me, the first step was to identify what does stress me. Now I feel stress so vividly in my body that it's almost painful. The upside to it is that I clearly see the sign, and I can't ignore it or push it away like I used to do.
When I am stressed, it helps to pause and breathe. I try to get out of being stressed to a more distanced position watching the stress, myself and the bigger picture to put things into perspective.
What feels like the end of the world might not be that significant upon inspection.

I am offering a guided meditation for stressful situations on my blog and on insighttimer.

When it comes to a stressfree life in general I guess we can control some of the stressors but there's will always be situaltions for me when I get stressed. So rather than trying to aviod them, learning to deal with them seem to be the key for me.

[Ju****]

Listening to mindfulness meditation

[Ra****]

Meditation

[Ra****]

Try to become 0

[Ph****]

Music. Pulls me out everytime!

[Berta]

I read meditation a few times in the answers already.

The toughest part with that advice for me is to actually get up during a phase of intense stress, go somewhere else do the meditation. If I get that part done I am already much better.