| How to get over job stress Job stress can really hurt | | | | shoulders by raising them as far up as they will go |
| your work performance and life at home. If you allow | | | | toward your ears. Act as if you are shrugging up and |
| yourself to continue to be stressed out day in and day | | | | down, hold for five seconds. 11. Proceed to tighten your |
| out while you are working, it can be outright dangerous | | | | neck by moving your head back and holding for five |
| for your health. Here are some tips to help you get | | | | seconds at a time. Hold for five seconds, then relax |
| over your stress on the job. 1. Find the most peaceful | | | | for five seconds. 12. Finally, tighten your face muscles |
| place in your home or office to sit. Sit up completely | | | | as hard as possible. Begin by holding your mouth open |
| straight with your back against the chair. Be sure to | | | | for five seconds, then releasing. Now, clench your |
| have your feet flat, and your hands resting on your | | | | eyes shut for five seconds. Finally, raise your eye |
| thighs. 2. Close your eyes and try to get your mind to | | | | brows high for five seconds, and then release. 13. Finish |
| relax 3. Breathe in and out of your nose very slowly. | | | | the exercise by focusing on your breathing. Breathe in |
| Count to five, hold your breath, and then breathe out | | | | and out slowly for 5 seconds at a time. Repeat 4-5 |
| slowly. 4. Tense and hold your muscles for a count of | | | | times or until you feel completely relaxed. That's it, If |
| five, then relax the muscles for a set of 5. As you are | | | | you follow these 13 steps, every part of your body |
| tensing each muscle group, do it as hard as possible | | | | should feel completely stretched and relaxed. The best |
| without hurting yourself. 5. Start by tensing your feet. | | | | part about the steps listed above is you can add/take |
| Pull your feet from the ground and your toes toward | | | | away any steps that you feel are not helping you. The |
| you while making sure your heels are on the floor. Be | | | | whole purpose is to give your complete body a mini |
| sure to hold this position for a count of five.. then | | | | break. Day by day, Americans and people all over the |
| release the hold. Allow your feet to go back to the | | | | world are not properly exercising parts of their body. If |
| ground normally. Try to really feel the relaxation and | | | | you think about it, we sleep for 8 hours, we sit in traffic |
| compare it to tensing your muscle groups. 6. Now, | | | | for an average of an hour a day, we work or go to |
| proceed to tense your thighs as hard as possible. Hold | | | | school for 8 hours a day, then we come home and |
| for five seconds, and then relax for five seconds. 7. | | | | relax. Besides the days when we can actually make it |
| Now, tighten your abdominal muscles for five seconds, | | | | to the gym or for that neighborhood walk, our bodies |
| then relax for five seconds. Be completely sure that | | | | are really being neglected. By taking a couple of |
| you are sitting up completely straight. 8. Proceed to | | | | minutes each day to perform these exercises, you |
| tense your hand and arm muscles as tight as possible | | | | can really relieve your body of a lot of stress and |
| for five seconds, then release and relax for five | | | | anxiety, which will help your overall health and general |
| seconds. 9. Tighten your shoulder muscles as close | | | | well being. |
| together as possible. Imagine that you are trying to | | | | Chris Lorens is the expert columnist and article writer |
| make your shoulder blades touch each other. Hold for | | | | for - He helps people daily with their problems on |
| five seconds, then relax like normal. 10. Tighten your | | | | stress management and anxiety relief. |