Relax - Be Stress Free '

Relax - Be Stress Free

Our life is shaped by our mind for

 We become what we think

Buddha

"Calm mind brings inner strength and self-confidence, so that's very important for good health."

 Dalai Lama

Anybody can tell you to relax, in the modern terminology to chill or Thand Rakh in Punjabi, keep calm, when it comes to reality it is much difficult than said more so when relaxation is needed most from stress.

It's a good idea always to do something relaxing prior to making an important decision in your life.

                                                                           PAULO COELHO

If a man insisted always on being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of fun and relaxation, he would go mad or become unstable without knowing it.                                                                                                                        HERODOTUS

Most mums declare they just don't have the time in this season of life to do the things they would enjoy, the things that fill them up and restore them. Relaxation is a remote idea. But just like any job, you need to have breaks, recharge your batteries and make sure you can continue to do your job without burning out.

                                                                          JODY ALLEN

Doing something positive will help turn your mood around. When you smile, your body relaxes. When you experience human touch and interaction, it eases tension in your body.

                                                                  SIMONE ELKELES

Relaxation of mind and body are two different things. It is much easier to relax the body as compared to the mind that is what we are concerned here. Mind is not the brain it is not solid piece of flesh and blood. It is something which has to do with your soul, conscious, habits, character, genes, bringing up and what you think of yourself, your achievements, failures, your aspirations and so many other things. It is so complex and intricate that needs prudence, wisdom, intelligence, a connect with Him and your own-self. This is, in fact, something transcendental. Had it been simple there would have been no cases of stress, in fact stress would have been unknown to the world. Still it is part and parcel of our existence on this planet and we must make an effort to understand and relax it.

How to relax mind. There is no standard operating procedure that makes the mind to relax. Fundamental is that the one should move to a situation, thought other than the one creating stress.

New is very dear to mind. Find something in your surroundings like new clothes, different kind of food, purchasing, shopping, new friend, meeting different persons they will take you away from your surroundings. New is always absorbing and involving, it attracts, so you feel away from your present situation.

What you like to do again and again, your favorite hobby, whatever you do for your livelihood if it becomes your hobby you need not work again. Those who have tasted job-satisfaction they never work and work every day free of tensions and stress and the best.

Creativity is the jewel of humanity. It takes a person near to the Creator. Creativity is the act of turning new and imaginative ideas into reality. It takes you away and nearer to from where creativity emanates.

Innovation when you do, that you have been doing for long time, in a new way, procedure, method that proves fruitful it takes you away from the present scene of turbulence and you feel happy and satisfied.

A connect with Him by meditation, prayer or otherwise provides your mind relaxation the extreme. Mind is free of every thought; it is just vacuum, a bliss, once experienced never leaves and one remains always free of stress. Whole Universe surrenders to the mind that is still.

When we pray, we relax, reflect, and renew our commitments to God.

                                                          David DeNotaris

A pleasant contact: There are always persons whom we love to be in accompany of, may be your father, mother, spouse, children, friend or any other. Spending some minutes with such a person gives mind the much need rest, relaxation and solace.

A pleasant visit: some places like a beach, park, temple, a restaurant attract you most; a visit to such place is solace giving and involving and makes you stress-free.

Mindfulness a mental state achieved by focusing one's awareness on the present moment. Just concentrate on what you are doing. Be where you are. Enjoy the moment you have do not regret what you do not have.

Pets when they jump to your lap, follow you everywhere, wait for you at the house gate; not only they make they presence felt but send you where you have never gone - cosy affectionate feel, a living entertainer, eye to eye, tail to tail. They shift your focus and attention and thus provide stress relief may be for a few minutes.

Romance not necessarily sexual one; although sex has its own importance and a place in stress management, may be with stamps, gardening, central spread of the newspapers, may be of hills or sea beaches, dunes in Jaisalmer or snow covered peaks of Dholadhar etc. Romance with your own-self, is something unique, unless you are romantic with self, you can’t be romantic with anything else.

One of my seniors had a special romance for stamps not just collection of stamps a hobby, but a deep study of all aspects of a small piece of paper – he used to ensure quick delivery of all new issue of stamps whether regular or commemoratives and finally that earned him PadmaShri- are one of the highest civilian honours of India announced annually on the eve of Republic Day.

Supernatural friends. I know the people who make friend with their deity, they talk to them, feed them, make them to take bath, change their clothes, awake them and send them to sleep also. Sometimes they carry their image with them. They are always available to them in every circumstances. Severe are the circumstances nearer are they to these friends. People just surrender and enjoy their company and feel stress free and relaxed.  

Something special: While driving from Delhi to Chandigarh, we used to pass by a Samadhi of a Peer. When we read about this Samadhi in one of the magazines we started stopping there on the road side for a moment to pay obeisance. One day we went to the Samadhi deep down from the road by about 20-25 feet. While I was stepping down I felt some force is just pulling me towards itself. I felt so astonished but it gave me lot of relief and solace. I do not know what it was, but was wonderful and positive.

Music is not just drum beating. It is enjoying every beat of the drum and to harmonize with harmonium. Clarinet has rich sound quality. Classical Indian music has its own charm and so are the various ragas and styles. But most important of all instruments is space reached by the sound in ears. How attentive and receptive it is to the music. If you are involved you are lost that is the beauty of the music and that can take you away from where you happen to be and de-stress.  

   

Fundamental of mental relaxation is simple; that you must involve in the activity from the core of your heart, only then you would move away from the present position.

"Work is man's most natural form of relaxation."

                                                             Dagobert D. Runes