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Is worry stopping you meditate? When your thoughts revolve around worries, you will physically tighten and tense your body, especially in certain key places like the throat, heart, solar plexus and the tummy. When the discomfort gets intense enough, you register it as an emotion, fear, perhaps, or anger or sadness. Meditation naturally relaxes your...

How many of us walk into our home at the end of a hard days work still totally stressed out? Running around in our heads are things like the result of long meetings, tons of to-dos, problems with work colleagues or staff. Suddenly, when you come home from work completely shattered each day, there was...

Here are some of the most surprising and promising scientifically backed studies about stress that have come out in the past couple of years. Read on, because a more relaxed 2015 starts here. A Half-Full Glass? Thanks to new research from America, there’s evidence that optimists handle stress better than pessimists. Optimists tend to maintain...

Usually to help destress and relax, many people will reach for the TV remote and a glass of wine. However, there are alternative ways to relax that don’t involve drink or watching TV. Healthy comfort foods can boost serotonin levels that can have a calming effect. So the next time you’re feeling stressed, get a...

The first hour of your day is really important and affects what actually happens the rest of the day. Here are seven tips based on the principles of mindfulnessto help you kick start your day on the right track. Meditate and visualize Meditate before you get up each morning. A clear mind is a high-performing...

Life can be such a mess. We are living in a world where it seems that everything has to be done at breakneck speed. There are so many deadlines, events and daily struggles filling up our diaries that it can be difficult to know whether we are coming or going. Do we have to just keep...

Phones are ringing like crazy, your desk looks like a fire hazard and your computer screen just let you know you’ve got new mail. Out of nowhere comes your boss to ask you about that task he’d wanted by lunchtime. Suddenly you’re gripped by fear as you recall the question from that sweet-talking human-resources person...

Just ask yourself these questions Do I eat more when I’m feeling stressed? Do I eat when I’m not hungry? Do I eat to feel better (to calm myself when I’m feeling sad, mad, bored etc.? Do I reward myself with food? Does food make me feel safe? Do I feel out of control around...

The Rumour: Some people didn’t file their tax forms online because they have a phobia of filling out forms. Does the very thought of filling out forms stress you out, make you want to curl up in the fetal position, suck your thumb and time-travel back to an age before paperwork existed? If so, you...

Imagine yourself racing on cross-country skis, your heart pounding, a rifle slung across your back. You round a corner and approach a shooting range ringed by thousands of screaming spectators. You ski up to your shooting lane and have to squeeze off rounds — accurately — into target 50 metres away. This is what biathletes...