Relaxation
What if it was easy to operate life from a state of relaxed ease? The tension held from stress doesn't make the tasks get done any easier.
How do you encourage relaxation?
1. Regular, Cyclic, Deep Breathing
2. Muscle Relaxation
3. Taking walking breaks that are nourishing
4. Not sitting for longer than 15 minutes
5. Writing out problems and tasks so that the brain doesn't need to work on it
6. Doing a short yoga nidra every 3 hours
7. Go into Hakalau
What if it was possible to be relaxed all day? The prevailing belief is that going into a stress-like state is better for getting things done than a relaxed state. It's very black and white. Relaxed means you don't get anything done. Stressed is when you do. But this doesn't seem right. Why would we be subjected to this duality? The truth is that we aren't.
Here are some beliefs powering our reliance on stress:
1. Nothing will get done if I am not stressed
2. Stress is the path to success
3. Relaxation isn't effective
4. Relaxation means I can't focus
5. I can't have both
If you go through each and contemplate if they are true or not, you may be surprised to see that many of them are actually BS.
You can relax and do things. In fact, it supercharges your performance. Don't believe me? Try it out.