How to Manage Stress?

Stress is nothing but a physical/mental/emotional adjustment by the body to environmental changes.

Stress is a contributory factor if not the causative factor in many physical illnesses. To name a few:

• Asthma.
• Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS).
• Migraine.
• Diabetes
• Heart diseases.
• Tuberculosis - origin and outcome of which is modified by stressful situations like divorce etc.

Nowadays, most of the stress is encountered at the work place. This is largely attributed to targets, deadlines, cut throat competition if not only in corporate world but literally every walk of life.

There is a relationship exists between work pressure and performance at any work place:

• If there is no stress or low work pressure, the performance of the worker is likely to be sub optimal.

• If there is more stress, it will be a cause of anxiety and this will again be a cause for bad performance.

• So, the best performance area is when the work pressure and thus the stress is optimal.

How to Cope with Stress?

It is possible to cope with stress to some extent and control this menace naturally by doing:

• Regular practice of yoga every morning.

• Pranayam (breathing exercises).

• Meditation for about 15 minutes everyday.

• Proper exercises.

• Relaxation therapy.

• Music therapy.

However, at most of the time -- a little stress is not harmful, It could be beneficial in some way.