People suffering anxiety often focus on fearful thoughts of losing control or going crazy. Thoughts can trigger anxiety but it is the body’s response to the threat conveyed by our thoughts or our senses that accounts for anxiety. In other words, anxiety is the felt sensation of our body reacting in some distressing way. Some of those reactions include: increased heart rate, sweating, trembling, shortness of breath, choking sensation, tightness in chest or elsewhere in body, nausea, dizziness, numbness, chills or hot flushes. Fortunately, it is through breath therapy that we have a means to calm our body and relieve the pain.

Breath therapy is a kind of mindful breathing whereby in different ways one focuses on breathing and simply notices it. This kind of breathing connects to chi, the body’s powerful healing energy. It is connection with chi that gets lost during anxious episodes. Mindful breathing reasserts chi connection. And as this happens it can evoke a warm tingling or a subtle vibration as it eases pain, accelerates healing, calms respiration, clears the mind, soothes the spirit, invigorates circulation, improves digestion, and contributes to restful sleep. (more…)

Whether it’s the lack of mental energy and stamina, self-loathing, or sitting around the house vegetating, most depressed people find themselves falling into a hopeless rut. The good news is that with practice and discipline, you can reduce depression symptoms in just weeks by taking a few simple steps. By following these eight lifestyle adjustments, you can treat depression naturally and soon be on a path towards recovery:

Reclaim The ‘Old You.’

When a person becomes depressed, they tend to fall into a new routine of thoughts and habits, different than during ‘more joyful’ times in their life. In order to exit your funk and better manage depressive thoughts, this pattern of lifestyle and thinking must be altered. Getting back to the ‘old you’ is difficult while in a state of depression, but trying to overcome low moods should be attempted. Every effort should be made to reduce depression symptoms and start enjoying and experiencing the life you once knew. (more…)

Tea remedies for stress are increasingly being sought after by many individuals as the challenges of daily living in this fast-paced age steadily pile up. People are constantly subjected to a host of aggravating circumstances from work and home-related matters on a daily basis.

While many manage to satisfactorily cope up with these challenges, some struggle while others virtually collapse under the weight of these seemingly insurmountable burdens.

Stress inevitably sets in. What is stress? And why has this word gradually come into widespread use over the last few decades? (more…)

The bottom line in life is that we all will come across situations which irritate and anger us. The mark of a mature person is HOW we handle those situations. It is imperative that we have skills in our back pockets that are available to us when we need them. These ten simple things you can do to calm yourself down will help you to gain mastery of yourself, your emotions and your health. However, they won’t help unless you practice them every day, until they become your automatic response in any irritating or angry making situation. You will make mistakes, you will forget to practice but as soon as you become aware of this, just start again right from where you are.

Deep Breathing Wherever you are right now, just become aware of your breathing. Gradually change your breathing, until you are breathing in through your nose and out through your nose as you imagine your breath going all the way down below your belly button and emptying out from there. Allow your shoulders to drop and allow the tension to fall away from your body on the out breath. (more…)

People who suffer from depression can improve with the right homemade treatment. Natural depression treatments have several advantages to them. It is estimated that a quarter of all American women will suffer from clinical depression at some point in their lives, and that women are twice as likely to suffer from it as men. Take depression seriously. Depression affects millions of people and can range from being fairly mild to completely devastating. Only 30% of depressed people get any form of treatment at all, which is a big mistake. Without treatment, the frequency and severity of symptoms tend to increase over the years–just like other diseases. Here are a few of the effective home remedies for eliminating depression:

1)  Boil seeds of 2 cardamoms in 1 cup of water with tea (avoid black tea). Add honey for taste and drink it twice a day. (more…)

Do you ever get that feeling where you don’t want to talk to anybody? You don’t want to smile and you don’t want to fake being happy. But at the same time you don’t know exactly what’s wrong either. You just know that pain you felt so long ago, it’s hurting ten time.

If you feeling sad, lonely or blue, don’t run for anti depressants. There many ways to overcome a bad day and to bring yourself out of the dumps. Read on to know the tips for improving mood naturally.
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When it comes to reducing workplace stress, there’s only so much you can do to change your environment, your job or the people you work with. The following strategies for reducing workplace stress and improving performance rely on changing the things you CAN control - what you do with your body.

1. Get out of your chair. Tension builds the longer you sit while energy and metabolism slow. Several times during the day take a minute or two to move your body. Set your laptop on a cardboard box to stand and type, do some stretching to release muscular tension and stress, go up and down a couple flights of stairs, or go outside for a quick walk around the building. (more…)

You were driving along the freeway and you were just fine. The next minute you were overwhelmed by fear. Your heartbeat was pounding and racing; you were breathing faster than ever. You were already nauseous and dizzy, and out of control. Your hands were trembling and you felt like having a heart attack! You need to stop panic attacks or you would get crashing!

You went to your doctor but he told you there was nothing wrong. So, what happened that moment? It was just a panic attack. Having an attack while your feet are on the ground is different as when you are driving at 60 miles an hour on a crowded freeway. Do you have any idea how terrifying it would be if you had an attack while driving?

Here are some tips on how to stop a panic attack safely and as quick as possible while driving your car. (more…)