Which Old-Fashioned Stress Remedies Really Work?

April 9, 2013 Subscribe · Forward Which Old-Fashioned Stress Remedies Really Work? Chances are, if you searched your office building, you'd find a dusty, old stress ball. These round little numbers are ubiquitous among corporate "freebies," almost taunting the drained office worker who'd rather chuck one at the boss than use it to de-compress. But before you launch yours at the corner window office, consider its original use: There are actually some real stress-relieving properties to the ball. And there are other, old-fashioned remedies that might be worth reviving, too.  Continue reading... 11 Ways To Eat For More Energy Exercise Moves To Help You De-Stress Thug Kitchen Isn't Messing Around Mouseketeer Annette Funicello Dies From MS Complications Red Meat Nutrient Linked With Heart Disease LOOK: 14 Healthy (And Delicious) Breakfast Ideas 5 Tasty April Superfoods New Technology Cuts Chocolate's Fat Content In Half The 10 Best Yoga Poses For Stress Relief (PHOTOS) 20 Reasons To Love Mindfulness (According To Science) TERRI COLE Be Here Now: 3 Exercises To Be More Present You may want to do just one of these exercises or try them all. Just like anything, the key to building your awareness and present moment consciousness is consistency. The more you do these exercises, the more you will be able to harness the unlimited potential that this moment is offering. Continue reading... JON WORTMANN 3 Secrets For Staying In Love We all become animals when our stress response fires. Paying attention to little ways we can make our relationships happier and even more precious helps us fall in love all over again. Continue reading... BEN GREENFIELD How To Injury-Proof Your Body How can you address these notoriously weak areas and ensure that you bulletproof your body? Continue reading... SARAH JENKS 5 Signs You're An Emotional Eater (And What To Do About It) So many of us have been taught that we need to "weigh less in order to live more," but I really believe we have to live more in order to weigh less. We have to stop waiting on the weight and start having fun -- only then will we finally stop being a slave to food and get out of body jail. Continue reading... MEQUILIBRIUM 4 Ways To Make Walking Work For You Your body evolved to do one thing exceedingly well: cope with bouts of acute stress and then recover from it. What your body did not evolve to do is face off with unrelenting stress while sitting in a chair for hours a day. You were designed to move -- more specifically, to walk. Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here. Unsubscribe here. Huffington Post, 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003