Here are two fantastic stress-relief tips from Irina Ovsiannikov, a Yogi from YogaWorks – an absolutely beautiful studio that I would love to visit one day … Look at it!
Irina has given us some great stress relief tips that you can do anywhere.
Stress-Free Supported Forward Bend
What It Does: Releases lower back and hip tension. Also stretches the back of the legs and helps relieve stress when the hip is higher then the heart.
How to Do it: Face away from your table and bring your hips on to the edge of the table top. Step your feet wide apart (hip distance or wider) and bend your knees, make sure you feel stable support from your table.
Take a full breath in and as you exhale bring your torso down toward the floor. Take hold of the opposite elbows and relax your head in between your upper arms. Take 8-10 breaths here. at the end of breaths, slowly roll up to an upright position one vertebra at a time.
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Not to be negative so early on in 2009, but I’m pretty sure there will be something that will stress you out this year!
Since my friends and I are going back to school after a long, wonderful holiday (sigh!), we are all starting to feel the pressure, so I decided to write a list of beauty ways you can relax.
All my ideas on this list are probaby much better without any music, cellphones, or any other distractions:
- Get a professional facial. I can’t think of anything better! You literally do nothing and have the best time.
- Or, make your own facial. Apply a nice face mask and sit down in a comfortable environment and just relax for 20 minutes.
- Get a nice massage. If you dare, try a snake massage too!
- Manicure and pedicure sessions – try doing it yourself too, it is very peaceful and calming.
- Sit by the pool/beach and just close your eyes. But don’t you dare forget your sunscreen!
- A Bubble bath. Load up on the sweetest bubble baths you have and just enjoy.
- Pamper your hair. Apply a deep conditioning treatment.
- Look through my Bath & Body posts to see what else you can pamper yourself with!
A personal favorite of mine is to switch off my cellphone or hide it under my bed (I have a love/hate relationship with it, the poor thing!) and just read something nice or look at old photographs.
What do you do to relax? Feel free to add your own tips in the comments – we can all help each other! :-) (And how good does that photo look, by the way?!)
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