“In times of stress, the best thing we can do for each other is to listen with our ears and our hearts and to be assured that our questions are just as important as our answers.”
― Fred Rogers, The World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember
Give stress a 1, 2, 3 knockout! Take control in 2014 with a little relaxing time for yourself:
1) Draw a warm bath and light an Aveda candle. Add 1-2 tablespoons of Stress-Fix soaking salts. Soak in the tub with your eyes closed and take a deep breath. You can also perform the "bumble bee breath" by slowing exhaling as you make a buzzing "Mmm" sound. Repeat the breathing exercise of your choice gently for two to five minutes.
2) After bath: massage Stress-Fix body lotion into your hands, hold them under your nose and take a deep breath. Then massage onto tense areas such as the neck, shoulders and forearms using the Ayurvedic technique of moving in circular at the joints and back-and-forth motions in-between joints. Apply to your abdomen using clockwise circular motions.
3) Apply Stress-Fix concentrate to the inside of your wrists, hold over your nose and take a deep breath.
Massage Stress-Fix concentrate onto the occipital area at the top of your neck using circular motions.
Release shoulder tension by rolling Stress-Fix concentrate onto your upper shoulders with a press-release motion. Shrug your shoulders to your ears, hold, and then let them drop. Repeat as desired.