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How to Manage Stress Naturally!
We all know that too much stress can cause a lot of problems. Feeling anxious, on edge, and scattered is something we all will experience from time to time. To prevent feeling overwhelmed, it is important for your mental health to manage stress naturally. Learning what you need when you are in these situations is essential for taking care of yourself mentally and emotionally.
Here are a few tips I use to manage stress:
MEDITATE
Meditation helps to lower blood pressure while centering your mind. It also gives you the opportunity to practice controlling your mind vs letting it control you. This is a huge skill towards being mentally healthy, as having no control over your thoughts and emotions is the first skill you must master when working on yourself.
Whether you enjoy listening to music and focusing on your breath or listening to guided meditation; regardless, the ability to notice that your mind is no longer listening to the meditation or focusing on the breather but in fact, it has begun wondering is the first step towards practicing mindfulness. This will then lead you deeper into awareness and become more conscious.
MAGNESIUM
Those deficient in magnesium have been shown to have higher levels of anxiety as their body is not getting enough magnesium to help…