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10 ways to feel more relaxed at work while waiting for your holidays
This article will allow you to relieve lots of small pain in few minutes, and help you to feel more relaxed at work in many different situations – no drugs necessary while waiting for your holidays.
Traditional Chinese method
This article is for the most part based on yoga and acupuncture.
Acupuncture? At work? Let me explain. This traditional Chinese medicine was started in China 4,200 years ago. The Chinese discovered that the acupuncture could treat pain and tension in a efficient, painless and fast way.
In fact, our nervous system is in charge of the reception, the sending and the treatment of messages coming from nerves. The organs and muscles of our bodies act in accordance with the influx sent by nerves, so if our organs or muscles don’t function properly any more, the points of our nervous system have to be treat.
In this case, we will just use our thumb and index finger to put pressure on different parts of the body to remove the pain. This pressure stimulates the nervous system by releasing endorphins in the area, neutralizing the pain, and which will restore a the health between organs, muscles and the nervous system.
1. How to optimize your break and recuperate as much energy as possible
To make the most of the few minutes before you go back to work, start by sitting properly in your chair and tilt your head forward.
First, reach with one hand as far down your back between your shoulder blades, then rub your spine and neck while bringing your hand up toward the base of your skull. Finish off with a head massage.
Better yet, keep your fingers aligned as bring your hand up along your spinal column to maximize pressure.
Second, cross your hands behind your head and, with your thumbs, massage the base of your skull in a circular motion. You could even continue along the nape of your neck.
2.Feeling oppressed? Overwhelmed? Here’s how to fix it.
A quick way to take the weight off, you have to undo your splenic plexus – OK, I guess it probably doesn't make sense at all to you, the splenic plexus is a point in the middle of your chest above your diaphragm.So, now close your fist by placing your thumb inside of the other fingers and slowly massage your splenic plexus. Drive away all pain by focusing on this circular motion and breathing deeply.
3. How to relax discretely
While waiting for the interview of your life, and the assistant is just in front of you, do not show her how nervous you are, focus your exercise where she won’t notice - your feet.First, press your back into the chair rest and try to relax as much as possible. Second, without taking your shoes off or moving your ankle, raise your toes as far as they will go and then downwards. Do this five times for each foot.
Third, raise your foot on the point of your toes and lower it to the floor five times. Each movement will massage your feet and relax you.
If you do this, eyes closed, breathing deeply, and squeeze your buttocks five times until the end of the exercise – that’s better!
4. How stay zen in a tense meeting
If you are speaking with an annoying customer while your boss is hovering just behind you, or if you are having an tense meeting with your boss and the tension is only rising, this exercise will help you to keep your cool.Start by putting your hand on your knee – don’t worry, no one will see it, thanks to the fact that it’s under the table. Close your right fist and breath deeply, while keeping your left arm relaxed. Feel the pressure rushing into your right arm. Hold you breath for a few seconds before exhaling.
If necessary, repeat this exercise with the other arm.
5. How to remove key tension points in your body
Apropros the introduction, the two easiest ways to simulate the nervous system to liberate some endorphins are massaging your hands and feet.
In this case, just massage your hand, as it is definitely more discreet. Finally, it will help you feel better and continue to work while waiting for your holidays.
You can start by massaging - in small circular motions - your hand with the thumb of the opposite hand. You can also rotate your wrist while lightly holding it with the opposite hand. Finish the exercise by squeezing each phalanx, really good if you linger on the painful points.
6. Spend all day in front of your computer?
Recuperate your eyes in 2 minutes.
This exercise can be done either with heat or cold. To use heat, first warm your hands by rubbing them together like you would do on a cold day; for cold, just use a cold can of soda. Then put either your warmed hands or the cold can of soda on your close eyes and enjoy the temperature difference. Breath deeply and concentrate on inhaling and exhaling.
Then remove your hands or the cold can, but keep your eyes close for few seconds.
Put two fingers on each of your temples and massage them in a circular motion. Slowly open your eyes and... your ‘re ready to work again!
7. How to focus our energy
If you are about to present an important project which you have been working on for a long time in front of the board of managers, find a calm place for two minutes, close your eyes and try this yoga pose.Put one foot forward, focus yourself, take a deep breath, stretch your right arm out behind you, the other one in front of you and stay in this position for few second.
Exhale deeply and punch with your left arm. The target is an imaginary object in front of you. Repeat as necessary.
8. How to get your working day off to a good start...
Start by raising your arms and stretching them as far back as they will go while stretching your legs out in front of you.Then let your right arm dangle by your side, followed by the left, give them a shake.
Finally, while still seated, bend forward and grab your ankles, then slowly sit up.
9.Are you working in an open space? Can't focus on your work any more? Here’s the solution.
Although isolating yourself from the noise in an open space is almost impossible, you could make them more tolerable by massaging your ears.It will help if you can take a short rest in order to be more focused, despite the prevailing noise.
Start this exercise by closing your eyes and firmly massaging the auricle of your ears with your thumb and your index fingers.
hen move on to your ear’s lobe, also known in French as “point de la sagesse”. After repeating a few times, pinch it while pulling it down.
To finish this exercise, lay your hands flat on your ears to create the calming sound of waves - instant of happiness.
10.Are you feeling stressed and buried with work? How to find serenity again.
For this exercise stand up, find a quiet place and, as usual, close your eyes.Then cross your arms over your chest, keep your shoulders lowered and relaxed, and simply spread your elbow while you breath deeply. Do it a few times. With this simple movement, you will be able to fell your sternum rise and your ribcage opening and create a relaxing sensation.