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Letting Go Of the Past

February 26, 2008 – 1:16 pm
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river"Letting go, it’s so hard…"   — Peter Gabriel, "Washing of the Water"

Oh, I feel your pain, Peter.  The past has quite a hold of our heads in the present, which often raises our stress levels even when nothing dangerous is happening to us.  Because of our survival instincts, we tend to go over and over bad memories instead of good ones, perhaps to try and recognize how to avoid getting into a similar mess in the future.  However, if you’re like me, once the Great Mistakes Of My Past movie begins to play in my head, it’s hard to switch it off.   Learning to let go of your past takes a long time to get a hang of, but worth the effort.

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Stess Relief You Can Do Right Now

January 7, 2008 – 11:23 am
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cat stretchAhh, and you thought you could come to this blog in order to slack off, eh?  Well, you still can, but you can also do these exercises to help you relax at your desk, couch, airport or wherever you are while you read this.  If you are in a situation where it isn’t safe to stretch (like a crowded subway), then mentally pretend you are doing them.  That will give you an exercise in creative visualization.  Then, you can do them in real life later.  Don’t be scared.  They’re really easy.

There’s no right or wrong way to do these instant stress relief exercises.  You won’t be tested on them.  That’s one of things that make them so effective!

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The Health Benefits of Dancing

December 21, 2007 – 9:56 am
Read More By Lovelyn

3b45862u[1]Sometimes when I’m home alone I put on a good upbeat CD and dance around my apartment. I love music and I love to move. It’s a natural thing for me to do to relax, relieve stress and have some fun. Did you know that something as fun as dancing could have health benefits?

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Reading Rumi For Relaxation

December 20, 2007 – 12:04 pm
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whirling dervish"This is love: to fly toward a secret sky…"   — Rumi

For about a year now, I do a little relaxation activity after work and before "me time".  Although I telecommute, I still need to switch my mind-set from "working" to "relaxing".  For most of my life, I’ve had problems with worrying.  If someone bullied me at school (which happened almost every day) I’d go over the incident again and again and then wonder what treat for me the next day.  It got so I couldn’t relax enough to eat or fall asleep.  We all need time to relax from under the weights of our worldly obligations, or we’d break under the constant strain.  Having a way to switch over from "working" to "relaxing" was essential.  Now I read Rumi for relaxation after work.

You don’t have to read Rumi in particular, but there may be a poet, mystic or singer that helps throw a switch in your brain, telling it "OK — time to party!"  For me, it’s the Rumi-meister.

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Music Helps Ease Stress

December 13, 2007 – 12:26 pm
Read More By Lovelyn

raquel's bday 035I come from a musical family. My father and husband are musicians. My grandfather was a musician. I dabble in music but am not very good. Music has been a very important part of my life ever since I can remember.  When I was small my mother took me to all of my father’s gigs. When I woke up in the morning often times the first thing I heard was him playing the piano. Sometimes when I woke up in the middle of the night I’d hear him playing the piano downstairs. The sound was comforting. It assured me that everything was alright. 

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