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Wellbeing Habits & Products to Reduce Stress, Anxiety and Tension
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items As someone who stress and worry a lot, I've had to find self care methods that gives me relaxation and relief. Here are my top tips to relax your mind and body and helps you feel better even during stressful times!
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Relief for tense & painful muscles
Tea
Natural remedies for stress & anxiety relief
Helpful tools and tips
Ways to ground yourself
Relief for tense & painful muscles
When you worry and stress or struggle with anxiety, the body has a tendency to get very tense. If you don't release the tension, it can accumulate and become painful over time. The key is to try and release the tension before it gets more stuck and c...
As someone who's had lots of issues with my back and neck for years, the shakti mat has saved me many times! I lay on my mat every single night and usually fall asleep on it. This mat helps you not only relax but it relaxes your muscles, increase cir...
Shakti Mats
Another little helper for tense and painful muscles! I get a lot of muscle knots and tension in my upper back and shoulders especially, and it's very difficult to massage them out myself. This little ball helps me massage them out easily! I like to p...
Massage Balls for Myofascial Release
When I need a reset mentally or physically, or if I'm really tired, I take a hot bath with some bath salt. The hot water relaxes the muscles which in turn helps you relax mentally as well and the salt will cleanse your energy. Make it into a little r...
Bath Salts
Another helper for tense muscles! When my back is paining me I lay down on my foamroller on the floor and roll it between the floor and my back. It gives relief almost immediately.
Foam Rollers
I don't know about you, but need to have some bubbles in my bath. I have tried many brands and many of them the bubbles aren't 'bubbling' enough or the foam disappears almost right away. The bath products from rituals are very rich and smells amazing...
Bath Foam - Rituals
I do love a good body scrub I find it really relaxing and almost therapeutic to use on my skin and leaves it soft and smooth, and helps me feel better in my body.
Salt Scrub
I always want to have one of these on hand if I ever get painful cramps, or back or neck pain. You heat it up, I use my microwave to heat it and then lay in on the part of the body that hurts. The warmth relieves the pain and helps you relax. Definit...
Wheat Pillow Heat Pack for Pain Relief
Tea
I drink a lot of tea, it is very soothing to me and certain teas help with different things. Here are my top recommended teas to try for stress, worry, or digestion issues.
Chamomile tea is something I keep at home at all times. Whenever I feel tense or stressed a cup of chamomile soothes my nerves and calms me down. Another thing you may not know about chamomile tea is that it's great for stomach aches or indigestion i...
Chamomile Tea
I struggle with anxiety from time to time and St. Johns wort tea has helped me reduce it several times. It's known to reduce anxiety, worry and insomnia.
St. John's Wort Tea
Green tea is known for having many health benefits. It contains antioxidants and can increase your metabolism, some research suggests it can even reduce the risk of cancer. I drink at least one cup of green tea per day, mainly because I really like i...
Green Tea
Natural remedies for stress & anxiety relief
This is my secret weapon to calm my nerves when I'm very stressed or anxious. It has helped me tremendously, and that comes from someone who has struggled with anxiety on and off for years!
When all else fails to reduce my stress and anxiety, I take KSM-66 and it helps almost immediately. I was very skeptical to it at first because I didn't think it would help me, but I felt a difference almost right away after taking it. If you can't s...
Ksm-66
Helpful tools and tips
Incorporating the following methods and products in your daily life will improve your wellbeing by reducing anxiety, stress and mental fatigue!
I don't go a day without using my air pods! My favorite thing is that it has a noise cancelling setting and I use it all the time, it helps me focus better, or when I'm travelling or running errands around town I don't have to listen to all the noise... pair if you like me are sensitive to noisy environments and love to listen to music, podcasts or audio books on the go!
Apple AirPods Pro : Electronics
If you don't already incorporate meditation in your daily routine, you need to try it asap. The easiest way, I think, to meditate is to listen to guided meditations. I listen to at least one guided meditation every single night, it has become a cruci...
Guided Meditations
EFT is a method where you tap on specific points to reduce stress, anxiety and tension in the body. My favorite EFT tapping instructor of all time is EFT with Brad Yates on Youtube. Give it a try and see how much better you'll feel afterwards!
Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) Tapping
Ways to ground yourself
Grounding essentially means getting out of your head and into the body and into the feeling of being calm and feeling safe. There are many different ways to do this, but here are some things you could try!
A really easy way to get out of your head, and into your body is to get out and get some movement, bonus point if you can get close to nature. There are many health benefits of walking, not just the physical exercise but studies show that walking in ...
Take a Walk
I was very skeptical to try yoga for years but when I discovered there are many yoga instructors who make youtube videos even for beginners, I felt called to try it. Adrienne is my favorite yoga youtuber, her videos are so easy to follow even if you ...
Yoga With Adriene
To get rid of mental clutter and racing thoughts, an easy way is to write it all down. You will notice that your mind will quiet down after you get those thoughts onto paper. I also like to write lists for myself, of things I need to remember. That w...
Journaling
As an artist, I know that when I am in the flow state painting, drawing, sewing, knitting, crocheting… I am 100% focused on that activity, meaning for that time I have no worries, no anxiety, I'm calm and present in the moment. I think this is so imp...
Get creative!