This article was published recently in Woman’s Day magazine.
Try them out and let me know if you find them helpful:
4 Holiday Stress-Busting Moves
Follow yoga guru Ilchi Lee’s lead to a more relaxed you
By Brynn Mannino Posted December 09, 2008
Ilchi Lee, founder and president of the International Brain Education Association, which promotes and develops brain education programs for organizations all around the world, teaches WomansDay.com readers four different ways to decompress, using breathing and body movements to promote blood and oxygen throughout our bodies. If you’re feeling stressed this season, take a moment to experiment with Lee’s techniques (which can be done anywhere) to help put your mind at peace. Happy holidays!
1. Abdominal Breathing: Using your abdomen, take several deep breaths to promote oxygen flow to your body and brain. This releases the spine’s tension, relaxes the central nervous system, fills the brain and body with vitality, facilitates digestion and eases drowsiness.
2. Brain Tapping: Starting at the temple and using the first two fingers of both hands, gently tap across the top of your skull, moving back to front and side to side at random. This very simple and gentle move is shown to increase blood flow to the brain and almost immediately improves focus on the task at hand. (It can also make some people slightly dizzy.)
3. Open Chest: When unable to circulate throughout the body, energy stagnates in your head–as it might for those of us with desk jobs. Try spreading your arms wide to pass energy through your chest and body to revitalize your brain.
4. Neck Rotations: Neck and shoulder stiffness hinders blood and oxygen flow to the brain and can lead to a muffled mind. Slowing rotate your neck in circles to refresh upper body and spine, which will help stimulate your central nervous system.
Ilchi Lee is the president of the Korea Institute of Brain Science, the founder of Dahn Yoga, Brain Wave Vibration and author of the newly released book Brain Waive Vibration Getting Back into the Rhythm of a Happy, Healthy Life.
What a wonderful tips! These exercises look very relaxing. Lately I have been reading Dr. Sha’s “Soul Power” Series books to help me deal with stress. “Soul Communication,” so far has been very beneficial but I am also extremely excited to read, “The Power Of Soul,” scheduled to come out in January. Ridding myself of stress is very important to me- thanks for your great tips.