<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5957787164027123713</id><updated>2012-02-16T11:54:08.469-08:00</updated><category term='understand'/><category term='control'/><category term='lotus pose'/><category term='Yoga poses'/><category term='floor'/><category term='abdomen'/><category term='nature'/><category term='stimulate'/><category term='relax'/><category term='breathing exercises'/><category term='practice'/><category term='supervision'/><category term='deep exhalation'/><category term='bladder'/><category term='personality'/><category term='deplete'/><category term='message'/><category term='physical exercise'/><category 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term='Anjali pose'/><category term='flexible'/><category term='precision'/><category term='happy'/><category term='activities'/><category term='relaxation'/><category term='effective'/><category term='learn'/><category term='life'/><category term='jobs'/><category term='exercises'/><category term='Camel pose'/><category term='joke'/><category term='habits'/><category term='fail'/><category term='Edmund Jacobson'/><category term='suffer'/><category term='heavily'/><category term='breath'/><category term='Cat pose'/><category term='breathing technique'/><category term='feet'/><title type='text'>HOW TO COPE WITH STRESS</title><subtitle type='html'>Are your problems getting on top of you?
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Which ones are good ideas…which ones that could help you?</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cope-stress.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5957787164027123713/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cope-stress.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Natica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15428171892108733407</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>22</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5957787164027123713.post-7333296536749506213</id><published>2011-09-29T07:03:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-29T07:04:17.157-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='quite'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='central'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mental'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beat'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='warmer'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rhythm'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='legs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='warmth'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='habits'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='deep'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='formula'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='health'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='distractions'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='master'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='heart'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='essential'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='breaths'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Autogenic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='routine'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='AUTOGENIC TRAINING'/><title type='text'>AUTOGENIC TRAINING-PALMING</title><content type='html'>Autogenic can help one manage and enhance positive behaviors in life. It helps you experience peace, warmth, and relaxation in your body. You can also have mental health which is very essential. You can also do this to avoid destructive habits like drug abuse. Ways to undertake autogenic training -palming.Start by choosing a silent quite place.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://annemitchellnd.com/images/ist2_5809263-silent-place.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://annemitchellnd.com/images/ist2_5809263-silent-place.gif" width="266" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Autogenic training - Silent quite place&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;The place should be very comfortable and without any distractions.Start by a rhythm of deep breaths. Make sure you breathe out more than you breathe in. Continue with this exercise until you are totally relaxed. Repeat this for a number of times in a day to master the relaxation formula. When this is repeated for three days in a week, you can comfortably say that you have attained supreme calmness.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.seeingwithoutglasses.net/Palming%20Pic.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://www.seeingwithoutglasses.net/Palming%20Pic.jpg" width="313" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Autogenic training - Palming&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/div&gt;For 21 days, practice normal breathing as per the formula says. You should then do the same to your body parts, but using the same breathing pattern. Alternate body parts: you can start by the hands followed by legs.For the following two weeks, practice the routine. Take the right hand followed by the left. You could say ‘my hand is becoming warm and heavy’.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.eye-exercises-for-good-vision.com/images/palming2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://www.eye-exercises-for-good-vision.com/images/palming2.jpg" width="218" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Palming - Autogenic training &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;After this, you should go to the leg followed by your heart beat.The next routine is all about the central part of your body. Say something like ‘My legs are becoming heavy and limp’ but you should ensure to maintain the same breathing rate. Go to your hands, saying something like ‘my hands are becoming warmer and warmer’. Lastly, proclaim your achievement of complete calmness.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5957787164027123713-7333296536749506213?l=cope-stress.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cope-stress.blogspot.com/feeds/7333296536749506213/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cope-stress.blogspot.com/2011/09/autogenic-training-palming.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5957787164027123713/posts/default/7333296536749506213'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5957787164027123713/posts/default/7333296536749506213'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cope-stress.blogspot.com/2011/09/autogenic-training-palming.html' title='AUTOGENIC TRAINING-PALMING'/><author><name>Natica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15428171892108733407</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5957787164027123713.post-6809512362349926166</id><published>2011-09-29T05:27:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-29T06:15:08.540-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='practice'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='silent'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='stomach'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nose'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Breathing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nature'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='control'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='activities'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Autogenic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='suffer'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='music'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='place'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='air'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='heavy'/><title type='text'>HOW DOES AUTOGENIC TRAINING WORK?</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.autogenics.com.au/how_does_it_work_files/autogenics-symbol-purple.png"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.essortment.com/images/education-teaching.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Autogenic can be carried out to people who undergo a lot of stress in their day to day activities. This could be used as a remedy to stress or a way of easing the same. It can also be used on people who suffer from anxiety disorder. It can be done at home to individuals although nowadays it is used to deal with low productivity by companies.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.essortment.com/images/education-teaching.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 501px; height: 313px;" src="http://www.essortment.com/images/education-teaching.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Autogenic training - Silent place&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For a person who has never practiced autogenic, first read a book that talks about the technique or search the sites that deals with the same. Go to a silent place that you cannot be distracted. Dress in a loose fitting outfit and remove your shoes. Put music that has tunes of nature if you so wish. It advised that you do this on an empty stomach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Have some breathing exercise .Take in air using the nose and out via the mouth. Make a point of breathing out more as the compared to breathing in. Place your hand on the abdomen and feel it move in and out with the breathing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.autogenics.com.au/how_does_it_work_files/autogenics-symbol-purple.png"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 504px; height: 504px;" src="http://www.autogenics.com.au/how_does_it_work_files/autogenics-symbol-purple.png" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;How does Autogenic training work?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Practice heavy breathing. You should utter a statement like ‘my hand is relaxed’ and as you breathe out. You could go further to saying ‘my hand is becoming tighter and tighter’. Repeat this for some 8 to 9 times. After you have gained control of your whole being say ‘I am totally relaxed’. Learn to practice this for three to four times in a day. Do this for three days in a week.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5957787164027123713-6809512362349926166?l=cope-stress.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cope-stress.blogspot.com/feeds/6809512362349926166/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cope-stress.blogspot.com/2011/09/how-does-autogenic-training-work.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5957787164027123713/posts/default/6809512362349926166'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5957787164027123713/posts/default/6809512362349926166'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cope-stress.blogspot.com/2011/09/how-does-autogenic-training-work.html' title='HOW DOES AUTOGENIC TRAINING WORK?'/><author><name>Natica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15428171892108733407</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5957787164027123713.post-4119252890440340199</id><published>2011-09-29T04:57:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-29T05:26:03.234-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='reflecting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='supervision'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='problems'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hand'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='concentrate'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='blushing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='heavy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='AUTOGENIC TRAINING'/><title type='text'>WHAT IS AUTOGENIC TRAINING?</title><content type='html'>Autogenic basically mean “self origin”. Autogenic training is training developed from one’s self. The training is comprised of the first stage that involves a series of six exercises. The exercises are carried out three to four times a week. To carry out the exercise, you are expected to have a relaxed state of mind. Here you are expected to have every part of your body relaxed. One is expected to think inwards and to concentrate on the inner self more.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tensoval.com/images/key_visual_autogenic_training.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 499px; height: 234px;" src="http://www.tensoval.com/images/key_visual_autogenic_training.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;Autogenic training&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For example; when your hand feels heavy, in reality it should be. When you are in this situation and reflecting to self, the hand should be light. As you perfect one procedure, a new one should be learnt. The other is when you master to control heart beat, breathing apparatus, inner organ and mind. During the whole procedure, one should be able to concentrate.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.eurothermen.at/images/content/bad_schallerbach/entspannungstherapie.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 502px; height: 438px;" src="http://www.eurothermen.at/images/content/bad_schallerbach/entspannungstherapie.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;Autogenic training - cope stress&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The whole idea was formulated by Johannes Shultz in 1930s.The main concept is to be able to train the body to follow mind. Autogenic should also make a person relax completely at all times. Dr. Gisela Eberlein in his study realized that one learns to control the organs and the organic system. When you master this, you could control the circulatory system and prevent blushing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.methodsofhealing.com/Types_of_Healing/files/2008/08/exercise.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 405px;" src="http://www.methodsofhealing.com/Types_of_Healing/files/2008/08/exercise.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Autogenic training&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is also advised that you should undertake autogenic under supervision. If the technique is not well handled it could be dangerous. One could experience emotional problems as a result of autogenic.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5957787164027123713-4119252890440340199?l=cope-stress.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cope-stress.blogspot.com/feeds/4119252890440340199/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cope-stress.blogspot.com/2011/09/what-is-autogenic-training.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5957787164027123713/posts/default/4119252890440340199'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5957787164027123713/posts/default/4119252890440340199'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cope-stress.blogspot.com/2011/09/what-is-autogenic-training.html' title='WHAT IS AUTOGENIC TRAINING?'/><author><name>Natica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15428171892108733407</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5957787164027123713.post-5262707433403664397</id><published>2010-04-12T14:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-12T14:23:19.518-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='activation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='affected'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hormones'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='immune systems'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='neurotransmitters'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fail'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='comprising'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='changes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='endocrine'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='heavily'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hyperactive'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='deplete'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nervous system'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='true'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='increased'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='required'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='situations'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='respond'/><title type='text'>Stress and its effects on the immune system</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Though we ignore often but it has been proved by the scientists numerous times that our immune systems are affected heavily with the prolonged and regular phases of stress. But at the same time it’s also true that short term stress can lead to an increased level of performance for some time, but that’s quite short lived.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Stress - effects on the immune system&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://spaceresearch.nasa.gov/research_projects/images/immune_12-2002_1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 313px;" src="http://spaceresearch.nasa.gov/research_projects/images/immune_12-2002_1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here lies the bottom line: whenever we face the situations of stress we fail to cope up with our sudden mental changes and end up with a prolonged phase of the stress issues.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Stress and immune system&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.nih.gov/news/WordonHealth/oct2000/images/str700.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://www.nih.gov/news/WordonHealth/oct2000/images/str700.gif" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Stress is known to deplete those cells in our body which are required to fight various illnesses. When we encounter some kind of stress in our lives then the endocrine system and the nervous system becomes hyperactive to respond to the stress situations. They release hormones and neurotransmitters which in turn affects the overall operational system comprising of the nerves and various body tissues.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;Immune system &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.delish.com/cm/delish/images/wF/women-peeling-orange-lg.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://www.delish.com/cm/delish/images/wF/women-peeling-orange-lg.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When the stress period continues for quite sometime then the above mentioned body systems also tend to continue their hyperactivity. Prolonged activation of the nervous and the endocrine system are quite harmful for the normal functioning of our immune systems. Such failure of the immune system may lead to medical conditions like obesity and failure of vaccines to various diseases including the likes of influenza, common cold etc.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5957787164027123713-5262707433403664397?l=cope-stress.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cope-stress.blogspot.com/feeds/5262707433403664397/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cope-stress.blogspot.com/2010/04/stress-and-its-effects-on-immune-system.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5957787164027123713/posts/default/5262707433403664397'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5957787164027123713/posts/default/5262707433403664397'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cope-stress.blogspot.com/2010/04/stress-and-its-effects-on-immune-system.html' title='Stress and its effects on the immune system'/><author><name>Natica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15428171892108733407</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5957787164027123713.post-5563496962235241151</id><published>2010-04-12T13:17:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-12T13:59:41.653-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='practice'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='understand'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='experience'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='potential'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='depression'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='power'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='benefits'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='personality'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='regular'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lifestyle'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mental exercise'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pessimism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spiritual'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='helps'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='living'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='human'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='meditation'/><title type='text'>Meditation: a humble yet effective mental exercise</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Meditation is a form of mental exercise. If you practice it in a regular basis then you are bound to reduce the anxiety level from your personality. Moreover all kinds of mental pressures including depression and pessimism can be treated permanently with the help of regular practicing of meditation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Meditation - Mental exercise&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://homeschoolingaddkids.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/stockxpertcom-id20494011-jpg-9633b661401bfeace1ed0f0c6acb01ef.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://homeschoolingaddkids.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/stockxpertcom-id20494011-jpg-9633b661401bfeace1ed0f0c6acb01ef.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Meditation is a very simple and easy to use and understand mental exercise. It’s an effort to explore the undiscovered depth of the mind of one’s self. Being trapped into the mundane lifestyle we fail to understand the exact and enormous potential of our mind. Regular practicing of meditation helps us to realize the latent power inside us.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;Meditation - help of regular practicing of meditation&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://fredzone.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/headphone_meditation.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://fredzone.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/headphone_meditation.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;You need not be a religious person to practice meditation. With some self-made adjustments you can easily deviate from the spiritual kind of meditation but at the end you’ll experience similar kind of benefits.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;You need not be a religious person to practice meditation&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.greatfun.com/images/brain_exercise_000.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 421px;" src="http://www.greatfun.com/images/brain_exercise_000.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Almost all the major religions of the world have got the concept of meditation in-built in it with some variations. Moreover some new age gurus have added their unique personal touch to the practices of mediation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Meditation - Mental exercise&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://static.technorati.com/10/02/01/4023/meditation.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://static.technorati.com/10/02/01/4023/meditation.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;As the modern human beings are becoming more confined to their mechanical lifestyle these days so the practice of meditation holds more meaning for them as it can show them the path of real living and true meaning of the life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5957787164027123713-5563496962235241151?l=cope-stress.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cope-stress.blogspot.com/feeds/5563496962235241151/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cope-stress.blogspot.com/2010/04/meditation-humble-yet-effective-mental.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5957787164027123713/posts/default/5563496962235241151'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5957787164027123713/posts/default/5563496962235241151'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cope-stress.blogspot.com/2010/04/meditation-humble-yet-effective-mental.html' title='Meditation: a humble yet effective mental exercise'/><author><name>Natica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15428171892108733407</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5957787164027123713.post-8924653210958824275</id><published>2010-03-19T12:41:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-12T14:24:26.781-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bladder'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='stimulate'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='legs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='impressive'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='practice'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Yoga poses'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mind'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ankle'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='effective'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lotus pose'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='yoga'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lotus'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pose'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='knee'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pelvis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='relaxed'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='abdomen'/><title type='text'>Go for the Yoga Lotus pose for complete relaxation</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The Yoga Lotus pose is a sitting pose. Among all the sitting Yoga poses the Lotus pose can be termed as the most effective one. But it should be remembered that this pose is not recommended for the fresh Yoga practitioners.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Yoga Lotus pose - cope stress &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://images.teamsugar.com/files/users/1/12981/48_2007/lotus.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 409px;" src="http://images.teamsugar.com/files/users/1/12981/48_2007/lotus.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Moreover while practicing this Lotus pose you must not forget to reverse the legs. This Yoga pose is easy to learn and there is no adjustments needed to the floor or your drawing or living room.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Cope stress: Yoga pose - Lotus pose&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://s3.amazonaws.com/readers/2009/07/06/33d91_1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 478px;" src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/readers/2009/07/06/33d91_1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The benefits of the Lotus pose are quite impressive. If you practice this pose regularly then a cool and relaxed mind is guaranteed. Moreover regular practicing of this pose is quite beneficial to stimulate the various regions of your body including the pelvis, bladder, abdomen and the spine. Then if you are a frequent sufferer of knee and ankle pains then the Lotus pose can provide you with permanent relief. In case of women this pose has a proven track record of providing relief to various discomforts emerging out of the menstruation issues.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Lotus pose, cope stress&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://mandalacollection.com/images/products/detail/32153.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 396px;" src="http://mandalacollection.com/images/products/detail/32153.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then as per established reports Lotus pose eases up the process of childbirth if it is practiced till late in the pregnancy period. But you should not manipulate the instructions while going for this pose.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5957787164027123713-8924653210958824275?l=cope-stress.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cope-stress.blogspot.com/feeds/8924653210958824275/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cope-stress.blogspot.com/2010/03/cope-stress-go-for-yoga-lotus-pose-for.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5957787164027123713/posts/default/8924653210958824275'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5957787164027123713/posts/default/8924653210958824275'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cope-stress.blogspot.com/2010/03/cope-stress-go-for-yoga-lotus-pose-for.html' title='Go for the Yoga Lotus pose for complete relaxation'/><author><name>Natica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15428171892108733407</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5957787164027123713.post-6539967385910606462</id><published>2010-03-19T12:22:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-12T14:24:46.846-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cope stress'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='legs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='feeling of stress'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hand'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='relaxation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Inhale'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='relax'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ankle'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='floor'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='yoga'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Tadasana pose'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='extend'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='concentrate'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tree pose'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Tadasana'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='weight'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='deep exhalation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='exhale'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Anjali pose'/><title type='text'>Go for the tree pose to make your thighs stronger: learn about Yoga tree pose</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The Yoga tree pose refers to that pose of Yoga where the Yoga practitioner bends his or her body like a tree. To start with this pose you need to stand in the Tadasana pose. Then try to shift your body weight towards the left foot. At this point don’t forget to keep the right foot firmly on the floor.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;Cope stress - The Yoga Tree pose&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://images.teamsugar.com/files/upl0/1/12981/07_2008/tree.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 536px;" src="http://images.teamsugar.com/files/upl0/1/12981/07_2008/tree.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the next step try to reach down with the help of your right hand and remember to hold the right ankle. In the next step bring the right foot upwards and then place the sole towards the opposite side of the left thigh. Try to firmly put your right heel in the left groin region so that the toes point towards floor.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Cope sress: Yoga pose - Tree pose&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.oasisstation.com/images/beach_yoga__in_tree_pose_shad.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 546px;" src="http://www.oasisstation.com/images/beach_yoga__in_tree_pose_shad.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the next step you should concentrate on keeping the hands on the topmost pelvis rim. Then try to extend the tailbone to the floor. Push the right foot sole opposite to the thigh with resistance from the left leg. Then hold your hands together in the Anjali pose and stare at a point on the floor at a distance of 5 feet from your face.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;Tree pose - Yoga - Cope stress&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.yogayoungsters.org/images/tree-large.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 430px;" src="http://www.yogayoungsters.org/images/tree-large.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Try to be in that pose for at least a minute and then with a deep exhalation get back to Tadasana and repeat all the above steps reversing the legs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5957787164027123713-6539967385910606462?l=cope-stress.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cope-stress.blogspot.com/feeds/6539967385910606462/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cope-stress.blogspot.com/2010/03/cope-stress-go-for-tree-pose-to-make.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5957787164027123713/posts/default/6539967385910606462'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5957787164027123713/posts/default/6539967385910606462'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cope-stress.blogspot.com/2010/03/cope-stress-go-for-tree-pose-to-make.html' title='Go for the tree pose to make your thighs stronger: learn about Yoga tree pose'/><author><name>Natica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15428171892108733407</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5957787164027123713.post-8977568489036980369</id><published>2010-03-07T11:07:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-04-12T14:25:07.812-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lie'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inhalation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='stretching'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='feel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='floor'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hands'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='yoga'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='help'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='problems'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='feet'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='learn'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cope'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='stress'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='shoulders'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cobra pose'/><title type='text'>Go for the innovative Yoga Cobra pose for a toned body</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The Yoga Cobra pose is quite beneficial to provide relief to your worries for not attaining a fit and toned body. Then when you go for regular practicing of the Cobra pose then an overall calmness will embrace you as a bonus addition.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;Yoga Cobra pose&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.yogayoungsters.org/images/cobra-large.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="http://www.yogayoungsters.org/images/cobra-large.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It strengthens your spine, increases the body heat to combat various diseases and helps in the stimulation of the various abdominal organs. Moreover you can achieve well toned and strong buttocks with the Cobra pose.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;Cobra pose - Yoga pose&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/3572538/2/istockphoto_3572538-yoga-cobra-pose.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 401px; height: 267px;" src="http://www.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/3572538/2/istockphoto_3572538-yoga-cobra-pose.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Cobra pose is easy to learn and get adapted to. Just lie on the floor facing downward. Then go for stretching your feet with the top touching the floor. Then spread out both the hands on the floor under the region of the shoulders with inward elbows towards your body. In the next move try to hold the pubis, feet and thigh tops to the floor. Then with an inhalation lift your chess with narrowed hips. Then keep the shoulders firm to the back with puffed up forward side ribs. You will feel a hard and firm back. Try to maintain this pose for at least 30 seconds.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;Cobra pose is easy to learn&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Cw4opilexJI/SmRPhyRwp6I/AAAAAAAADbA/9kjBlF6BUSk/s400/cobra+pose.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Cw4opilexJI/SmRPhyRwp6I/AAAAAAAADbA/9kjBlF6BUSk/s400/cobra+pose.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With the help of this pose you can treat your asthmatic problems, cope up with stress issues etc.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5957787164027123713-8977568489036980369?l=cope-stress.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cope-stress.blogspot.com/feeds/8977568489036980369/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cope-stress.blogspot.com/2010/03/go-for-innovative-yoga-cobra-pose-for.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5957787164027123713/posts/default/8977568489036980369'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5957787164027123713/posts/default/8977568489036980369'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cope-stress.blogspot.com/2010/03/go-for-innovative-yoga-cobra-pose-for.html' title='Go for the innovative Yoga Cobra pose for a toned body'/><author><name>Natica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15428171892108733407</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Cw4opilexJI/SmRPhyRwp6I/AAAAAAAADbA/9kjBlF6BUSk/s72-c/cobra+pose.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5957787164027123713.post-2570330912996184694</id><published>2010-03-07T10:49:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-04-12T14:25:24.757-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='yoga'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mental'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='India'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='methodology'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='coordination'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='exercise'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='practice'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='soul'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='body'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mind'/><title type='text'>What is Yoga: things you should know about</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Yoga is a gift from India to the world. It is a fabulous kind of physical and mental exercise for complete uplift of a human being. Extraordinary mind and body coordination can be achieved with the help of regular practicing of Yoga.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;What is Yoga - Yoga is gift from India&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.yogaschool.in/images/ganesh1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 422px;" src="http://www.yogaschool.in/images/ganesh1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The history of Yoga is thousand years old and can be traced back to the times of dedicated Hindu saints who sacrificed their lives in search of divine redemption.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;What is Yoga - The history of Yoga&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.discover-yoga-online.com/image-files/yoga-history.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://www.discover-yoga-online.com/image-files/yoga-history.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yoga seeks to unify all the visible and invisible aspects of a human being. Within the last few decades the practice of Yoga has seen a terrific advancement and publicity. Thanks to the phenomenon called globalization, now Yoga is a popular practice in the Western part of the world as well.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;Things you should know about:What is Yoga&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.welt.de/multimedia/archive/1227370582000/00706/eng_yoga_gbs_BM_Bay_706703g.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 401px; height: 267px;" src="http://www.welt.de/multimedia/archive/1227370582000/00706/eng_yoga_gbs_BM_Bay_706703g.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With time Yoga has undergone some modifications. But the basic methodology and the poses still exist. Just with the emergence of new age Yoga gurus and schools some fresh varieties have been added to the existing history of Yoga.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;What is Yoga:Things you should know about&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.sacredfunk.com/ashley/graphics/chakra2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://www.sacredfunk.com/ashley/graphics/chakra2.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the simplest terms, Yoga can be defined as the holistic process by which a human being can realize his inner self with the appropriate coordination of the body, mind and soul. The overall benefits of Yoga are really more than superb.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5957787164027123713-2570330912996184694?l=cope-stress.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cope-stress.blogspot.com/feeds/2570330912996184694/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cope-stress.blogspot.com/2010/03/what-is-yoga-things-you-should-know.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5957787164027123713/posts/default/2570330912996184694'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5957787164027123713/posts/default/2570330912996184694'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cope-stress.blogspot.com/2010/03/what-is-yoga-things-you-should-know.html' title='What is Yoga: things you should know about'/><author><name>Natica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15428171892108733407</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5957787164027123713.post-7760920058463020781</id><published>2010-02-04T09:12:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-04-12T14:25:40.735-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mental'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='physical'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bridge pose'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='postures'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cat pose'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='practice'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Compass pose'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Yoga poses'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bow pose'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mind'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bird of Paradise pose'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Child’s pose'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Awkward chair pose'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Boat pose'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Camel pose'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cobra pose'/><title type='text'>Choose the appropriate Yoga poses for complete peace of mind</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;These days Yoga is a best-selling word in all parts of the world. Irrespective of caste, creed and culture now everybody has adopted the practice of Yoga for a complete peace of mind.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt; Yoga poses - Tree Pose&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.prevention.com/images/cma/Corn_TreePose.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 548px;" src="http://www.prevention.com/images/cma/Corn_TreePose.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;But at the same moment as Yoga is a combination of physical and mental exercises so the quest for mental peace is helping people to achieve a well-built body too. But we have seen that not everybody adopting Yoga are getting optimum benefits.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;cope stress:physical and mental exercises&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://yogasuzy.com/wp-content/uploads/yoga-pose.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 269px;" src="http://yogasuzy.com/wp-content/uploads/yoga-pose.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;There may be a lot of factors behind this kind of failure. But the most important factor behind this failure is the wrong selection of Yoga poses. As Yoga is a gift from the orient to the occident so with time a lot of modifications have got immersed with the original poses and postures. So it has become a daunting task now-a-day to choose or select the appropriate Yoga poses for oneself.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;Yoga poses - cope stress&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.tonywalker.com/images2009/yoga-pose.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://www.tonywalker.com/images2009/yoga-pose.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We should understand the fact that there are different Yoga poses for various age groups of people. Moreover some Yoga poses are not suitable for people with specific medical conditions. Then these poses may vary depending upon the beginner or advanced level of the Yoga practitioner.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;Yoga poses - Cobra pose, Lotus pose...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.minddisorders.com/images/gemd_02_img0105.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 473px;" src="http://www.minddisorders.com/images/gemd_02_img0105.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;So, proper and accurate knowledge and information must be sought before moving into the path of Yoga. Otherwise, it may backfire in a huge manner. The most popular Yoga poses include Awkward chair pose, Bird of Paradise pose, Boat pose, Bow pose, Bridge pose, Camel pose, Cat pose, Child’s pose, Cobra pose, Compass pose, Corpse pose, Eagle pose, Eight angle pose, Fish pose, Lotus pose and Garland pose etc.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5957787164027123713-7760920058463020781?l=cope-stress.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cope-stress.blogspot.com/feeds/7760920058463020781/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cope-stress.blogspot.com/2010/02/choose-appropriate-yoga-poses-for.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5957787164027123713/posts/default/7760920058463020781'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5957787164027123713/posts/default/7760920058463020781'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cope-stress.blogspot.com/2010/02/choose-appropriate-yoga-poses-for.html' title='Choose the appropriate Yoga poses for complete peace of mind'/><author><name>Natica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15428171892108733407</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5957787164027123713.post-1818067198761815384</id><published>2010-02-04T08:46:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-04-12T14:26:03.134-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Edmund Jacobson'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='muscular tension'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='legs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Inhale'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='relieve stress'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='neck'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='feet'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='arms'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='buttocks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='comfortable'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='exercise'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Progressive Muscle Relaxation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='shoulders'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='stressed'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='exhale'/><title type='text'>Progressive Muscle Relaxation</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify; font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;When you are feeling stressed out or anxious, your body will feel muscular tension.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;You will then feel all those aches and pains that go with being stressed or under pressure. The best way to relieve you of all those muscular tension is through exercise.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;relieve stress - Progressive Muscle Relaxation&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://markspsychiatry.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/relax_muscle.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="http://markspsychiatry.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/relax_muscle.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;An effective form of exercise to relieve stress is the Progressive Muscle Relaxation (PMR). This technique was developed by Edmund Jacobson in the early 1920’s. According to Jacobson, muscular tension accompanies anxiety. This means that in order to relieve anxiety, one has to relax the muscular tension.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;Progressive Muscle Relaxation (PMR)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.bewellbuzz.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/yoga-meditation.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 382px;" src="http://www.bewellbuzz.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/yoga-meditation.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You can begin the Progressive Muscle Relaxation by sitting down or lying down and making yourself comfortable. Start by tensing all the muscles of your face. Inhale while holding this for the count of eight.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;Progressive Muscle Relaxation - cope stress&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://blstb.msn.com/i/77/C97E5CAE250F4E256995F4DFF7D95.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 360px;" src="http://blstb.msn.com/i/77/C97E5CAE250F4E256995F4DFF7D95.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Then, exhale and be completely relaxed. Let the tension from your facial muscles seep. Next, do the same steps on your neck and shoulders. Continue and repeat the procedure down your body.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;Cope with stress:Progressive Muscle Relaxation&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.eurothermen.at/images/content/bad_schallerbach/entspannungstherapie.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 401px; height: 352px;" src="http://www.eurothermen.at/images/content/bad_schallerbach/entspannungstherapie.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For a shortened version, you can repeat the procedure just on the four main muscle groups. These include the face; neck, shoulders and arms; abdomen and chest; buttocks, legs and feet. The whole PMR session will approximately take you 30 minutes finish.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5957787164027123713-1818067198761815384?l=cope-stress.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cope-stress.blogspot.com/feeds/1818067198761815384/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cope-stress.blogspot.com/2010/02/progressive-muscle-relaxation.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5957787164027123713/posts/default/1818067198761815384'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5957787164027123713/posts/default/1818067198761815384'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cope-stress.blogspot.com/2010/02/progressive-muscle-relaxation.html' title='Progressive Muscle Relaxation'/><author><name>Natica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15428171892108733407</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5957787164027123713.post-5709098464732906831</id><published>2010-02-04T08:18:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-04-12T14:26:20.083-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='relieve stress'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='minds'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Inhaling'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='physical exercise'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='muscles'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Morning Breathing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='relaxation'/><title type='text'>Morning Breathing</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Are you feeling stressed out these days? You are not alone. Nowadays, people from all walks of life feel stressed out from all the pressures hounding them everyday. People no longer have the pleasure of taking some time out and just do the things that will help them forget their deadlines and other important stuffs to do.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;cope stress - Morning Breathing&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://blogs.glam.com/glamfit/files/2008/05/yoga_mandy.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 599px;" src="http://blogs.glam.com/glamfit/files/2008/05/yoga_mandy.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;One of the most simple and popular forms of relaxation is doing some physical exercise. These exercises will not only keep you healthy but it can also help you in loosening all those tense muscles and clear your minds of things that are bothering you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;cope stress - physical exercise&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos2.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/c/3/5/e/highres_4610014.jpeg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://photos2.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/c/3/5/e/highres_4610014.jpeg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Doing some breathing exercise will help you relax, relieve stress, and reduce tension. It will decrease high blood pressure, fast breathing, and increased heart rate. One of its popular forms is the morning breathing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;Relive stress - morning breathing&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.egyptyoga.com/images/Img153.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 228px;" src="http://www.egyptyoga.com/images/Img153.gif" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is best to try morning breathing when you wake up in the morning. It will clear your clogged nasal passages and relieve muscle stiffness. From a standing position, with knees bent, bend forward from the waist. Your arms hang close to the floor.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;Relax - Morning breathing&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.thesecretsofyoga.com/Photos/Bikram/Large/STANDING%20DEEP%20BREATHING%201.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 304px;" src="http://www.thesecretsofyoga.com/Photos/Bikram/Large/STANDING%20DEEP%20BREATHING%201.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Inhaling slowly and deeply, return to standing position by rolling up slowly, lifting your head last. Hold your breath for a few seconds in this position. Return to original position while exhaling slowly.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5957787164027123713-5709098464732906831?l=cope-stress.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cope-stress.blogspot.com/feeds/5709098464732906831/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cope-stress.blogspot.com/2010/02/morning-breathing.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5957787164027123713/posts/default/5709098464732906831'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5957787164027123713/posts/default/5709098464732906831'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cope-stress.blogspot.com/2010/02/morning-breathing.html' title='Morning Breathing'/><author><name>Natica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15428171892108733407</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5957787164027123713.post-6119025434426969223</id><published>2010-02-04T01:20:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-04-12T14:26:38.545-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='yoga'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Roll Breathing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='students'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Working adults'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Breathing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='feeling of stress'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='stress'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='health'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='breathing exercises'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='stay-at-home moms'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='meditation'/><title type='text'>Roll Breathing</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;With all our daily activities, hectic schedules and mounting deadlines, getting stressed out cannot be avoided. Stress, nowadays is a part of life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Roll Breathing - meditation&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.contentwire.com/img/868wAPP-NT-FD4_h.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 603px;" src="http://www.contentwire.com/img/868wAPP-NT-FD4_h.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Working adults, stay-at-home moms, and even students sometimes feel the pressure and get stressed out. Being under pressure or stress can affect not only our work but also our health.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;Roll breathing - practice in any position&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://z.about.com/d/pilates/1/5/U/1/-/-/RollBackD400x268.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="http://z.about.com/d/pilates/1/5/U/1/-/-/RollBackD400x268.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is best for us to take some time out and relax our minds and bodies. We can do some exercises that can rejuvenate our body and clear our minds. Breathing is one of the most practiced forms of exercise. They combine it breathing exercise when doing yoga, imagery and meditation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Roll breathing is a form of breathing exercise that is utilized to develop the full use of the lungs and focus on the rhythm of one’s breathing. You can practice roll breathing in any position. It is advisable though that when you are just starting out, it is best to lie on your back while bending your knees.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;Roll breathing - breathing exercise&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i.ehow.com/images/GlobalPhoto/Articles/5275729/311186-main_Full.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 401px; height: 267px;" src="http://i.ehow.com/images/GlobalPhoto/Articles/5275729/311186-main_Full.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Put your left hand on your belly and your right hand on your chest. Breathe in through your nose and breathe out through your mouth. Remember to make a whooshing sound when breathing out. There are some beginners who will feel dizzy the first few times.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://z.about.com/d/pilates/1/5/U/1/-/-/RollBackD400x268.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5957787164027123713-6119025434426969223?l=cope-stress.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cope-stress.blogspot.com/feeds/6119025434426969223/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cope-stress.blogspot.com/2010/02/roll-breathing.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5957787164027123713/posts/default/6119025434426969223'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5957787164027123713/posts/default/6119025434426969223'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cope-stress.blogspot.com/2010/02/roll-breathing.html' title='Roll Breathing'/><author><name>Natica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15428171892108733407</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5957787164027123713.post-8797547111207662252</id><published>2010-02-04T01:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-04-13T01:37:15.298-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='neurotransmitters'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='exercises'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Breathing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='relieving stress'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='information'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='feel relaxed'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='functioning'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='message'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='relax'/><title type='text'>Breathing Exercises for Relaxation</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Breathing exercises&lt;/span&gt; is the easiest and cost-free exercise methods that we can use so that we can be relaxed. It makes us &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;feel relaxed&lt;/span&gt; because our mind and body feels relaxed at the same time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;Breathing Exercises for Relaxation&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.iposture.com/images/pho_exercise_relaxation-dove.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 401px; height: 234px;" src="http://www.iposture.com/images/pho_exercise_relaxation-dove.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It has been said that &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;deep breathing&lt;/span&gt; is one of the best ways to lower if not eradicate stress in the body. It is so because when we do deep breathing, the &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;neurotransmitters&lt;/span&gt; will be sending message to our brain to calm down and&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; relax.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;deep breathing - Relaxation&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.life123.com/bm.pix/breathing-exercises.s600x600.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.buzzle.com/img/articleImages/304186-2665-24.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 604px;" src="http://www.buzzle.com/img/articleImages/304186-2665-24.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;The message will then be &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;sent by our brain&lt;/span&gt; to our body relaying the information that we should relax.We should be aware that our breathing pattern affects our &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;body functioning.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Breathing exercises&lt;/span&gt; is a very good way of relieving stress and reduce tension. Also, this type of exercise is very &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;easy to learn&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;Relieving stress and reduce tension&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.yogameditation.com/var/corporate/storage/images/media/images/boen_2/70270-1-nor-NO/boen_2_image_300_w.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 577px;" src="http://www.yogameditation.com/var/corporate/storage/images/media/images/boen_2/70270-1-nor-NO/boen_2_image_300_w.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You do not have to go to a gym and enroll yourself in a program because it can be done anytime and anywhere you want it. There are no &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;special tools&lt;/span&gt; or equipment that will be used in doing this kind of exercise.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;breathing exercises - Relaxation&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.relaxmax.lu/images/img-en_entreprise-bien_etre-big.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="http://www.relaxmax.lu/images/img-en_entreprise-bien_etre-big.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Lastly, there are &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;different breathing exercises&lt;/span&gt; and all you have to do is learn how to do it and you choose which style of breathing exercises will work for you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5957787164027123713-8797547111207662252?l=cope-stress.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cope-stress.blogspot.com/feeds/8797547111207662252/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cope-stress.blogspot.com/2010/02/breathing-exercises-for-relaxation.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5957787164027123713/posts/default/8797547111207662252'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5957787164027123713/posts/default/8797547111207662252'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cope-stress.blogspot.com/2010/02/breathing-exercises-for-relaxation.html' title='Breathing Exercises for Relaxation'/><author><name>Natica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15428171892108733407</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5957787164027123713.post-3399347643737487188</id><published>2010-02-04T00:35:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-04-13T01:43:25.033-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='graceful'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='feeling'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pilates'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='exercises'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='precision'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='strong'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='technique'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='steps'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='strength'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='body'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='stretching'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='yoga'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bodies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='control'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='flexible'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='contrast'/><title type='text'>Pilates Yoga</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;People nowadays are very &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;interested&lt;/span&gt; to know what is the difference between &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;pilates and yoga&lt;/span&gt;. Actually, both forms of exercises have a lot in common. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;The six principles&lt;/span&gt; in pilates is centering, concentration, control, precision, breath and flow.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Pilates - Yoga&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt; - cope stress&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.cascinapapaveri.com/UserFiles/Image/sml-laura-weston.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 570px;" src="http://www.cascinapapaveri.com/UserFiles/Image/sml-laura-weston.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;These principles can also be used to &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;describe yoga&lt;/span&gt;. But in , to these principles, pilates and yoga also have differences and through this aspect, it made the two form of exercise such a great team.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Pilates and Yoga&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;: cope stress&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.110over70.com/img/yoga.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 323px;" src="http://www.110over70.com/img/yoga.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pilates is more&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; focused on strength of the body&lt;/span&gt; while yoga is more focused on stretching the body to make it more flexible. Pilates also includes stretching and yoga also develops strength but the only difference is on the emphasis, on how it is being carried out.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;stretching and Yoga - pilates - cope stress&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://healthaidindia.com/images/yoga-pilates-exercises.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 392px;" src="http://healthaidindia.com/images/yoga-pilates-exercises.gif" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;These two &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;exercises&lt;/span&gt; also share the same &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;steps and techniques&lt;/span&gt; on how to achieve a more strong and sturdy body without losing its &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;flexibility&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;Pilates and Yoga&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;cope stress&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.itsacorething.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/gisele_pilates.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 337px;" src="http://www.itsacorething.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/gisele_pilates.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Benefits of yoga and pilates are &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;extraordinary&lt;/span&gt;. Different people of different ages can also try these exercises. It does not only develop a long, &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;strong and graceful bodies&lt;/span&gt; but it also supports the achievement of very high levels of body, &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;mind and spirit fitness&lt;/span&gt;. Both of these exercises can be used to decrease&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; feeling of stress&lt;/span&gt; and increase state of well-being.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://isca-web.org/filer/sports%20pics/Pilates.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5957787164027123713-3399347643737487188?l=cope-stress.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cope-stress.blogspot.com/feeds/3399347643737487188/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cope-stress.blogspot.com/2010/02/pilates-yoga.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5957787164027123713/posts/default/3399347643737487188'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5957787164027123713/posts/default/3399347643737487188'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cope-stress.blogspot.com/2010/02/pilates-yoga.html' title='Pilates Yoga'/><author><name>Natica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15428171892108733407</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5957787164027123713.post-3114367625275058809</id><published>2009-11-08T09:38:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-04-13T01:46:46.300-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='help'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='muscles'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='stress'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='start to panic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mint and valerian'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='feel relaxed'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='stretch'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Stand up'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='stressful situations'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lemon balm'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='found'/><title type='text'>Relaxation Method</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;The rapid pace of life that requires to make more as soon as possible, often lead to stressful situations.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://languagelearning.campuseuropae.org/file.php/1/News/work_in_progress.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://languagelearning.campuseuropae.org/file.php/1/News/work_in_progress.png" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Have you ever sat at the computer continuously for several hours? Worked, studied, prepared presentation, while you were in a race against time? Thoughts began running confusingly back and forth and then you just could not do any more. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;You start to panic&lt;/span&gt;, how and when the work will be done. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;You have found the stress&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;Relaxation method:cope stress&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://ext.sac.edu/is/images/students.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 346px;" src="http://ext.sac.edu/is/images/students.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;The rapid pace of life that requires from us to make more as &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;soon as possible&lt;/span&gt;, it often lead to such situations. It is therefore good to know some &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;simple ways of relaxation&lt;/span&gt;, which will help you in stressful situations.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;Relax:will help you in stressful situations&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.clivir.com/pictures/shingles/relax.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 344px;" src="http://www.clivir.com/pictures/shingles/relax.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;While working&lt;/span&gt;, take a short rest periods. Stand up, stretch and the walk. Drink a glass of water or tea.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;Cope stress - Drink a glass of water...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.rutherfordcountytn.gov/ema/images/glass-of-water.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 451px;" src="http://www.rutherfordcountytn.gov/ema/images/glass-of-water.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. If you have the option to "disconnect yourself from the world". &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Sit down or lie down&lt;/span&gt;. The room should be quiet. Calm your mind, breathe deeply and relax your muscles.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;Relax your muscles - Yoga poses - cope stress&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://kingslynnyoga.co.uk/images/yoga-poses-text.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 274px;" src="http://kingslynnyoga.co.uk/images/yoga-poses-text.gif" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3. Make a list of tasks you need to do. When you complete the task, erase it. This will increase your confidence.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4. Plants such as lemon balm, mint and valerian have a calming effect.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5957787164027123713-3114367625275058809?l=cope-stress.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cope-stress.blogspot.com/feeds/3114367625275058809/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cope-stress.blogspot.com/2009/11/relaxation-method.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5957787164027123713/posts/default/3114367625275058809'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5957787164027123713/posts/default/3114367625275058809'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cope-stress.blogspot.com/2009/11/relaxation-method.html' title='Relaxation Method'/><author><name>Natica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15428171892108733407</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5957787164027123713.post-6524422279260331693</id><published>2009-10-31T13:49:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-12T14:29:11.345-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beautiful'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jennifer Aniston'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='joke'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='be happy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='to look better'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='smile'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ashton Kutcher'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cameron Diaz'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='eyes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='look at pictures of smiles'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Will Smith'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='looks good'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='David Beckham'/><title type='text'>Smile more  :)</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Cameron Diaz - big smile&lt;/b&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://waynesmovies.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/cameron-diaz.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 535px;" src="http://waynesmovies.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/cameron-diaz.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Many people are a little nervous about smiling because they don't think their smile looks good. No matter how professional, intelligent, or in control you think a serious face  makes you appear, people almost always respond better to a smile. The easiest way to a great smile is to be happy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Will Smith -&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; beautiful smile&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://blogs.bet.com/entertainment/spotlight/bet-blog/assets/2009/04/will_smith.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 546px;" src="http://blogs.bet.com/entertainment/spotlight/bet-blog/assets/2009/04/will_smith.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;You can be happy all the time…but not everybody is; when you are not, you can think happy thoughts instead. Think about something or someone that you care about, or think about a good joke that you just find hilarious. Remarkably, when you're feeling down, smiling can help cheer you up, even if you have to coax a smile out at first.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;David Beckham - happy smile&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://thymai.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/david-beckham.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 545px;" src="http://thymai.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/david-beckham.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;When we think of smiling, we think of the mouth, but the eyes may actually be more essential to a warm, genuine smile. When your eyes do smile, remember how it feels, which muscles are working and how…with practice, you'll be able to smile with your eyes at will.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Ashton Kutcher&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; - honest smile&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.gossipcheck.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/ashton-kutcher.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 549px;" src="http://www.gossipcheck.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/ashton-kutcher.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;If you want to improve your smile…look at pictures of smiles that you believe are beautiful. Think good thoughts and remember that you are beautiful…inside and out.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Jennifer Aniston&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; - great smile&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://jenniferaniston.celebden.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/jennifer_aniston1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 534px;" src="http://jenniferaniston.celebden.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/jennifer_aniston1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Your smile is bound to look better if you feel good about yourself!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5957787164027123713-6524422279260331693?l=cope-stress.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cope-stress.blogspot.com/feeds/6524422279260331693/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cope-stress.blogspot.com/2009/10/smile-more.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5957787164027123713/posts/default/6524422279260331693'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5957787164027123713/posts/default/6524422279260331693'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cope-stress.blogspot.com/2009/10/smile-more.html' title='Smile more  :)'/><author><name>Natica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15428171892108733407</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5957787164027123713.post-5803256185026598075</id><published>2009-10-31T08:47:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-12T14:29:48.058-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='yoga'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='immune systems'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='eyes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='practice'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Yoga breathing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sitting in a comfortable'/><title type='text'>Yoga Breathing</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Breathing is the first thing we do when we are born and the last thing we do when we die.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.nirvanaisnow.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/yogainsun.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 325px;" src="http://www.nirvanaisnow.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/yogainsun.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Way breath…simple answer…because, strengthens your respiratory and immune systems, promotes healing on emotional, physical and psychological levels, &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;reduces stress&lt;/span&gt;, energizes greater alertness to your body and brain, supports clear, truthful thinking and actions…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;strengthens your respiratory&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.discover-yoga-online.com/image-files/yoga-breathing-lungs.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 294px; height: 290px;" src="http://www.discover-yoga-online.com/image-files/yoga-breathing-lungs.gif" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Yoga breathing will help you to develop the maximum capacity of your lungs, activating areas that are usually inactive. Right from the beginning you should gain awareness of how restricted your breathing actually is. With a little effort and practice, you will soon notice an improvement!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Yoga breathing - cope stress&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.wellness-springs.com/images/yoga2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://www.wellness-springs.com/images/yoga2.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Finally, when we look at effect, Breathing Techniques have two major advantages. Not only our body and mind relax through the Meditations, but our breathing itself improves as well. It is not very surprising then that many Meditation Techniques are based on breathing!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;Breathing Techniques - Yoga - cope stress&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.bare-essentials.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/meditation_pyfq.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 340px;" src="http://www.bare-essentials.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/meditation_pyfq.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Yoga breathing techniques - conditions:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;First, make sure you are sitting in a comfortable, relaxed position before starting any yoga breathing techniques. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;Gently close your eyes and relax.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;Also try to find a quiet place, free from any distractions, and also one which is well-ventilated with fresh air. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;Sit with your spine straight, and perfectly upright. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;The yoga way of breathing will come naturally to you.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i.ehow.com/images/GlobalPhoto/Articles/4604742/82605_Full.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5957787164027123713-5803256185026598075?l=cope-stress.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cope-stress.blogspot.com/feeds/5803256185026598075/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cope-stress.blogspot.com/2009/10/yoga-breathing.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5957787164027123713/posts/default/5803256185026598075'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5957787164027123713/posts/default/5803256185026598075'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cope-stress.blogspot.com/2009/10/yoga-breathing.html' title='Yoga Breathing'/><author><name>Natica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15428171892108733407</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5957787164027123713.post-8572042105889182776</id><published>2009-10-25T13:19:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-12T14:31:00.340-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='relaxed breathing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Long exhalations'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Deep and regular breathing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Natural'/><title type='text'>Relaxed Breathing</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;You can use breathing to relax quickly and to get control of the situation.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.prevention.com/pvnstatic-assets/images/298x232_article_size/health/298x232_relaxation_sleep_ST.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 360px;" src="http://www.prevention.com/pvnstatic-assets/images/298x232_article_size/health/298x232_relaxation_sleep_ST.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Deep and regular breathing&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;When under heavy pressure, this will help to change your superficial, tight and often short breathing into a deep and constant breathing.Start your inhalation from your belly, to your ribs and midriff. Finally up to the upper part of your chest. For breathing out, do the same thing the other way round - from your chest - to your belly again.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Relaxed breathing&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt; - cope stress&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1231/866110617_14d583e540.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 360px;" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1231/866110617_14d583e540.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;This type of breathing makes sure that the energy that you will need to get things under control again flows into you and is a bit similar to the way you breathe during sports, for instance.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Deep and regular breathing - cope stress&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_nyciwO2PuYA/Srsn_3Md-FI/AAAAAAAAANo/enceXUYf9UY/s320/yoga+poses+%282%29.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_nyciwO2PuYA/Srsn_3Md-FI/AAAAAAAAANo/enceXUYf9UY/s320/yoga+poses+%282%29.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Your breathing is not high, superficial, and uneven anymore. Mind you, you are still in a state of agitation but you are in control again.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Long exhalations&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Often only a few long, deep exhalations are enough to relax. The exhalations must be longer than the inhalations.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Long exhalations - cope stress&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.masenka.be/wp-content/may05artofbreathing.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://www.masenka.be/wp-content/may05artofbreathing.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Through this type of breathing, we trigger the relaxation response that should slowly take us back to the balance in which normally, we are relaxed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Natural, relaxed breathing&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Natural - relaxed breathing&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt; - cope stress&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/PTGPOD/540401%7EWoman-Meditating-on-Beach-Posters.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 470px;" src="http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/PTGPOD/540401%7EWoman-Meditating-on-Beach-Posters.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Here, we let the breathing have its way and do whatever it likes. We observe without controlling it. There should be no tension and everything goes smoothly and wonderful!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5957787164027123713-8572042105889182776?l=cope-stress.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cope-stress.blogspot.com/feeds/8572042105889182776/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cope-stress.blogspot.com/2009/10/relaxed-breathing.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5957787164027123713/posts/default/8572042105889182776'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5957787164027123713/posts/default/8572042105889182776'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cope-stress.blogspot.com/2009/10/relaxed-breathing.html' title='Relaxed Breathing'/><author><name>Natica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15428171892108733407</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1231/866110617_14d583e540_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5957787164027123713.post-3828396827252387258</id><published>2009-10-23T10:02:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-13T01:49:52.103-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nervous'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Breathing Techniques'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='breath'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rhythm'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Meditation Techniques'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='balance'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='upset'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='energy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mind'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='relax'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='emotions'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='happy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Meditation object'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='stress'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='freedom'/><title type='text'>Breathing Techniques</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Breathing - Meditation Techniques - cope stress&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://maryjaneryan.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/meditation2-saidaonline.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://maryjaneryan.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/meditation2-saidaonline.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;When you use the breath, you are able to harness the &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;mind&lt;/span&gt; and gain control of your emotions… and it gives a lot of freedom…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Breathing -&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;  Meditation - Yoga - cope stress&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://taniecdlaciebie.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/meditation.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 336px;" src="http://taniecdlaciebie.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/meditation.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Breathing is a top indicator of how body and mind are feeling at this moment. Are we &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;stressed&lt;/span&gt;, upset, happy, nervous, or putting in too much effort, just look at your breath and you will know at once.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Yoga - Breathing&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt; - cope stress&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://azuryoga.net/images/chakras.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://azuryoga.net/images/chakras.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;This &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;technique&lt;/span&gt; manipulates the flow of energy through the channels in body, bringing &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;balance&lt;/span&gt; that is both stimulating and &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;relaxing&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;Moreover, we see that in western medicine, sports, and psychiatry, oriental &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Breathing Techniques&lt;/span&gt; are applied. We can change the speed or the place of our breath to relax. Our breathing is a suitable &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Meditation&lt;/span&gt; object because it is always there, anytime, anywhere, in a more or less constant and even rhythm.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Breathing Techniques - Meditation - cope stress&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://media.readersdigest.com.au/dynamic/95/69/46/breathe-istock.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 288px;" src="http://media.readersdigest.com.au/dynamic/95/69/46/breathe-istock.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;You can use Breathing Meditation Techniques anytime, anywhere - in the living room, at work, during a traffic jam, during moments of &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;stress&lt;/span&gt;, etc.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;anytime, anywhere - in the living room...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.beautynewsnyc.com/home/uploads/2008/03/miraval_yoga_in_livingroom.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 399px; height: 273px;" src="http://www.beautynewsnyc.com/home/uploads/2008/03/miraval_yoga_in_livingroom.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Finally, when we look at effect, Breathing Techniques have two major advantages. Not only our body and mind &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;relax&lt;/span&gt; through the Meditations, but our breathing itself improves as well. It is not very surprising then that many &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Meditation Techniques&lt;/span&gt; are based on breathing!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5957787164027123713-3828396827252387258?l=cope-stress.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cope-stress.blogspot.com/feeds/3828396827252387258/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cope-stress.blogspot.com/2009/10/breathing-techniques.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5957787164027123713/posts/default/3828396827252387258'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5957787164027123713/posts/default/3828396827252387258'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cope-stress.blogspot.com/2009/10/breathing-techniques.html' title='Breathing Techniques'/><author><name>Natica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15428171892108733407</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5957787164027123713.post-5906319709392089452</id><published>2009-10-17T07:23:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-12T14:32:54.677-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='duplicate keys'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='problems as challenges'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='negative people'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='depressed'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sleep'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rain'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='stress'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='smile more'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='jobs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='exercise'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='breathing technique'/><title type='text'>Prevent Stress</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;STRESS-PREVENT&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.islandcrisis.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/stress.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 323px; height: 301px;" src="http://www.islandcrisis.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/stress.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;1. Get up 15 minutes earlier.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;AWAKE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.sepet-sanj.com/sprostitev/prebujanje.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 265px; height: 400px;" src="http://www.sepet-sanj.com/sprostitev/prebujanje.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;2. Prepare for the morning the night before.&lt;br /&gt;3. Don't rely on your memory … write things down.&lt;br /&gt;4. Repair things that don't work properly.&lt;br /&gt;5. Make duplicate keys.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;KEYS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dailyspeculations.com/Keys.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 401px; height: 298px;" src="http://dailyspeculations.com/Keys.png" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;6. Say '' NO'' more often.&lt;br /&gt;7. Set priorities in your life.&lt;br /&gt;8. Avoid negative people.&lt;br /&gt;9. Always make copies of important papers.&lt;br /&gt;10. Ask for help with jobs you dislike.&lt;br /&gt;11. Break large tasks into bite sized portions.&lt;br /&gt;12. Look at problems as challenges.&lt;br /&gt;13. Smile more.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;SMILE MORE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; - SMILEY STRESS BALL&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://mrhiggins.net/algebra2/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/smile.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 399px; height: 403px;" src="http://mrhiggins.net/algebra2/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/smile.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;14. Be prepared for rain.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;RAIN&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Books/Pix/pictures/2008/09/25/rain460.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 303px;" src="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Books/Pix/pictures/2008/09/25/rain460.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;15. Schedule a play time into every day.&lt;br /&gt;16. Avoid tight fitting clothes.&lt;br /&gt;17. Take a bubble bath.&lt;br /&gt;18. Believe in you.&lt;br /&gt;19. Visualize yourself winning.&lt;br /&gt;20. Develop a sense of humour.&lt;br /&gt;21. Stop thinking tomorrow will be a better today.&lt;br /&gt;22. Have goals for yourself.&lt;br /&gt;23. Say hello to stranger.&lt;br /&gt;24. Look up at the stars.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;STARS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8EgiIAyEmxE/Stnb-KNpYiI/AAAAAAAAACs/575mUbppUf8/s1600-h/zvezdno+nebo.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8EgiIAyEmxE/Stnb-KNpYiI/AAAAAAAAACs/575mUbppUf8/s320/zvezdno+nebo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393583889692844578" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;25. Practise breathing slowly.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;BREATHING TECHNIQUE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://commercialpark.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/yoga.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 365px; height: 400px;" src="http://commercialpark.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/yoga.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;26. Do brand new things.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;27. Stop a bad habit.&lt;br /&gt;28. Take stock of your achievements.&lt;br /&gt;29. Do it today.&lt;br /&gt;30. Strive for excellence, NOT perfection.&lt;br /&gt;31. Look at a work of art.&lt;br /&gt;32. Maintain your weight.&lt;br /&gt;33. Plant a tree.&lt;br /&gt;34. Stand up and stretch.&lt;br /&gt;35. Always have a plan B.&lt;br /&gt;36. Learn a new doodle.&lt;br /&gt;37. Learn to meet your own needs.&lt;br /&gt;38. Become a better listener.&lt;br /&gt;39. Know your limitations and let others know them too.&lt;br /&gt;40. Throw a paper airplane.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;PAPER AIRPLANE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.igniteseattle.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/445392913_53c13e695d.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://www.igniteseattle.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/445392913_53c13e695d.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;41. Exercise every day.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;EXERCISE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.wentyleagues.com.au/Libraries/What_s_On/exercise.sflb.ashx"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 342px; height: 403px;" src="http://www.wentyleagues.com.au/Libraries/What_s_On/exercise.sflb.ashx" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;42. Get to work early.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;43. Clean out one closet.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;CLOTHING&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8EgiIAyEmxE/StniXFlyPnI/AAAAAAAAAC8/6IeUlC1GHRw/s1600-h/pospravljena+omara.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8EgiIAyEmxE/StniXFlyPnI/AAAAAAAAAC8/6IeUlC1GHRw/s320/pospravljena+omara.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393590915018407538" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;44. Take a different route to work.&lt;br /&gt;45. Leave work early ( with permission).&lt;br /&gt;46. Remember you always have options.&lt;br /&gt;47. Quit trying to ''fix'' other people.&lt;br /&gt;48. Get enough sleep.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;SLEEPING&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.possibilities.nu/hypno_sleep.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 343px;" src="http://www.possibilities.nu/hypno_sleep.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;49. Praise other people.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;50. 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