More Tips to Reduce Stress and Live Longer

4) Get Adequate Sleep
When you lack sleep you deprive yourself of the energy you need to make it through your day. This will lead to decreased focus, more mistakes in your work and a lower ability to retain information. This means it will take more time for you to accomplish your daily routine. Mental clarity and focus is essential to staying cool calm and collected. If you suffer from insomnia, make sure you get to bed early so you have more time to fall asleep. Also make sure to turn off the television. Television before bed makes it harder to fall asleep and stay asleep.

5) Exercise
Not only will exercise decrease stress, it will also help you get to sleep. Exercise and stress is like killing two birds with one stone. Exercise allows you to work out your anger and frustration in a healthy and productive manner. Find an activity that you enjoy so you stick with your exercise regimen. You want to make exercise part of your daily routine, not something you have to force yourself to do. We all know that when you heart and mind is not invested in an activity there is a high likelihood that you will quit.

6) Yoga/Meditation

Yoga and meditation both work to quiet the mind and connect with your breath. Meditation will help you produce stress reducing thoughts that will clear your mind and make you feel more at peace with yourself and your surroundings. Yoga not only helps develop emotional stability and a tranquil mind, but also improves every function of your body from your circulation to your hormonal systems.

Each of these tips will help you reduce your stress. While a mild amount of stress can be a great motivator, overwhelming stress that most of us experience is far from healthy.

The information supplied in this article is not to be considered as medical advice and is for educational purposes only.