To effectively combat stress, you need to activate your body’s natural relaxation response, a state of deep rest that puts the brakes on stress, slows your breathing and heart rate, lowers your blood pressure, and brings your body and mind back into balance. Techniques such as deep breathing, massage, aromatherapy, meditation, and yoga can help.
Normally, mental and physical stress cause increased levels of the stress hormone cortisol. This produces many of the harmful effects of stress, such as the release of inflammatory chemicals called cytokines. These effects can disrupt sleep, promote depression and anxiety, increase blood pressure, and contribute to fatigue and cloudy thinking.
With its focus on full, cleansing breaths, deep breathing is a simple yet powerful relaxation technique. It’s easy to learn, can be practiced almost anywhere, and provides a quick way to get your stress levels in check. Deep breathing is the cornerstone of many other relaxation practices, too, and can be combined with other relaxing elements such as aromatherapy and music.
Massage is an effective and beneficial treatment to decrease the feeling of stress. Stress is the body’s way of responding to physical and emotional demands. Massage helps to reduce stress by lowering the heart, relaxing muscles and releasing endorphins. Massage increases temperature in the body and promotes relaxation. When the body relaxes, heart rate is reduced. Stress levels are relieved and the feeling of calmness and relaxation increases. Stress also can be related to sport and exercise. Massage can help to control and relieve emotions of stress pre and post sport events.
The practice of Yoga and Meditation helps training your mind to focus and redirect your thoughts. Benefits for your physical and mental health are immeasurable and includes the decrease of stress hormone.
Massage therapists at Ulus Home Spa provide a wide range of massage therapy services combined with aromatherapy to decrease stress.
