If you are in the middle or before of a stressful, important situation, to handle these situation right, you need to be relaxed. This is how you can achieve it:
When you breath, you deliver oxygen to all of your body’s cells, including those in your brain.
Normal breathing involves deep, slow inhalations and exhalations. When you are stressed, however, you tend to take shorter, shallower breaths, which don’t supply as much oxygen to your body; this actually increases the amount of stress you experience.
Breathing is fundamentally linked to the way we feel both mentally and physically. Simply changing the way you breath will enable you to handle stress better. Deep, slow, focused breathing can change the way you feel, give you an emotional lift, and reduce stress and anxiety.
Get in the habit of checking your breathing, and you will find that you can focus and center yourself simply by concentrating on the way you are inhaling and exhaling.
Exercise
These exercise slows your hearth rate, reduces stress level in the process, and makes you become more aware of your breath:
- Sit down and be aware of your breathing
- Inhale, exhale, and repeat
- Your breath may begin to slow and deepen, but don’t actively try to change it
- Just follow it without judgment for 5 minutes, or whatever time you have (there is usually no much time in stressful situations)
- You should be more relaxed by now then before
- Repeat as often as you need, practice it and achieve – relaxed all the time stage