At-home Stress Reliever

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Never before has one needed the help to take the best possible care of oneself than during this pandemic crisis&period; If you are working from home or looking after the kids and managing to strike a balance&comma; here are some tips to de-stress this summer holiday season&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Our gut feelings manage to alert our brain when things aren’t right&quest; Worries swirling around inside your head can slow your digestion or make your heart race&quest; Similarly when we are happy our gut and brain are in sync with the feelings and happy hormones are released&period; Messages between our gut and brain are constantly traveling up and down your body’s superhighway&comma; our vagus nerve&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>If we can learn to massage our vagus nerve—the longest cranial nerve stretching from our brain stem to our belly on to our colon&comma; will help soothe the parasympathetic nervous system&comma; lower cortisol or inflammation&comma; relieve tension migraine and anxiety besides amp up our immunity&comma; digestion and mood&period;c<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This nerve connects our body’s major organs to better the mind-body connection&period; Vagus nerve fibres running through our stomach and intestines&comma; diaphragm&comma; heart&comma; lungs&comma; throat&comma; inner ear and facial muscles form our enteric nervous system best known as our second brain&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Hence&comma; activating our vagus nerve gets us into a fight or flight mode&comma; triggering our brain and heart to calm down releasing feel-good &comma; happy hormones or neurotransmitters like oxytocin to promote feelings of rejuvenation&period; So we get into a rest and digest mode easily&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>There are many simple ways to activate your vagus nerve every day&period; Try to slow your breathing and encourages relaxation&period; Slowing your breath stimulates the vagus nerve&comma; calms anxiousness&comma; improves heart rate&comma; betters blood pressure&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-159300" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;londonglossy&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;07&sol;thumbnail&lowbar;Yoga&lowbar;Breathing&lowbar;Exercises&period;jpg" alt&equals;"stress relief" width&equals;"850" height&equals;"500" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3>Best tips to relax and breathe&colon;<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Humming or singing to yourself &lpar;even quietly&rpar; creates vibrations that massage the area of vagus nerve closer to the vocal chords&period; Chanting OM during yoga also creates vibrations in the throat which is soothing to the nervous system&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Slow your breathing down&comma; about six deep breathes a minute with meditation and mindfulness practices&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>● Opt for conscious breath-work&comma; or taking cold shower&comma; with the aim to deep&comma; slow&comma; diaphragmatic breathing&comma; allow the belly to swell when you inhale and sink with a gradual exhale improves the vagus nerve&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>● Belly breathing&comma; is great too&period; Sit or lie on the floor and put one hand on your belly and your other hand on your chest then observe the rise and fall&comma; heartbeat rises when you inhale and declines when you exhale&period; Try to practice this through the day&comma; perfect to release stress&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>● Breathwork also helps strengthen&comma; higher the vagal tone with overall health benefits for better physical and mental wellbeing whereas a decreased vagal tone leads to inflammation&comma; mood swings&comma; negativity&comma; depression and heart issues&period; Fitness enthusiasts have a good aerobic breathing so keeps them fit and fabulous overall&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Yoga Expert Raina Roy says&comma; &&num;8220&semi;Indulge in a few deep breaths then try long&comma; slow exhalations&period; Try inhaling to count of 5 seconds&comma; holding for 10 and exhaling for 7 to relieve mild mood swings&period; Even alternate nostril breathing or exhale through your nose keeping your mouth closed increases vagal tone by amping the diaphragmatic pressure&period; Try aerobic exercise&comma; work on the vagal by humming&comma; singing&comma; laughing and even cold shower or splash will work wonders&excl;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>Happy de-stressing&excl;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ed2e7430122">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; 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