Here are a few exercises for tight situations when walking off is not an option.
Rhythmic Breathing
- Set a timer for 2 or 3 minutes
- Focus on your breathing
- Take a deep breath through your nose
- Count to 5
- Hold your breath for a count of 5
- Exhale while counting to 5
- Repeat for the remainder of the timer
Laughter
- Make a list of things that make you smile or laugh
- Put in pocket or easily retrievable place
- Pull out when stressed or upset
Chair or Standing exercises
- Purposely tense up shoulders and neck
- Hold for a count to 5
- Release tension
- Purposely tense up legs and buttocks
- Hold for a count to 5
- Release tension
- Can be done to the entire body and in the presence of others or alone.
This list can also be helpful but is more for personal maintenance
- take a walk
- make a cup of tea
- zumba
- regular exercise
- avoiding caffeine and sugars
- talking to a friend
- counseling
- hiking
- journaling
- mood charts/recording seismic moods or emotions
- take a nap
- unplug from everything including social media, TV, news, and all types of phones /computers
- listen to music
- read
- clean
- make lists of needs, store items, wants, gratitude, to-do, etc.
- squeeze a stress ball
- facial
- bubble bath
- hug your babies
- pet an animal
- help someone else
- pray for someone
- stretch
