Stress Reduction

nicole.hopkins

Greetings.

Stressed?

Watch this for a moment. Full screen. Headphones if you have them. Focus on observing the river. Its flow. Its rushing, rushing flow. Lovely river. Look!



I just did. I feel better already.

Share your stress reduction (and intervention) tips below.

Or, ask for tips on combatting your own stressful/fearful thoughts.

lpadr009

Stress reduction: BELIEVE IN YOSELF

jenifferk

1. Love that the video is three hours long.
2. Exercise! It's like taking a nap that you feel less guilty about :-)
3. Dance break between reviewing sections!

Andrew K

Taking an unplanned night off from studying and going out on a date with my wife!

DumbHollywoodActor

3 fingers of scotch instead of 2 fingers.

Andrew K

Giving my dog a belly rub too!

Yeah, and an extra finger of scotch as suggested above.

ENTJ

@nicole.hopkins What are you? A liberal? ;p

jyang72

Try listening to "eye of the tiger" and "Burning Heart".

nicole.hopkins

Bump. Watch the vid, guys. Y'all needa chill some.

NYC12345

Correct answer: 90 minute massage on October 2nd

Pacifico

Massages lasting longer than 60 minutes have been shown to decrease activity in the frontal lobe due to excess relaxation, with recovery times taking anywhere from 24-48 hours. Here is a news report from a Palo Alto station about the Stanford neuroscientist who conducted the research:

nye8870

Puh-hahahaha!!

NYC12345

60 minutes it is, @Pacifico

ellie1991

So, here I am, headphones on watching a river flow down a mountain, drinking three fingers of Scotch, rubbing my neighbor's dog's belly; I don't have a dog ...
Yeah, I'm still freaking out.

nicole.hopkins

@Pacifico This is AWESOME news!! Thank you so much for sharing ... gonna go get message for less than 60 minutes on Friday.

EDIT: SON OF A ............