The "Suryanamaskar"

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Given below is the sought-after Suryanamaskar, which is often also, considered the shortcut to great body and mind. Dedicate around 10 seconds daily to each pose, and you would be done with the complete sequence in 2 minutes, giving your entire body and mind, both a good workout. It is preferable to do suryanamaskar early mornings in the open while facing the sun to absorb the immense energy this source provides. Pregnant women must avoid though.

Instructions:

1. Stand straight facing the sun with both hands folded

2. Raise your hands over the head. Bend backwards with the hands too going backwards. Remember to bend from the lower back and not strain the neck too much.

3. Now along with your hands, get your upper body to bend forward towards your knees. Attempt at making your hands go down to your feet, touching them and head being closest to your knees. Again, bend from the lower back to avoid overstretching any of your muscles.

4. Bring the right leg backwards with the knee touching the ground. Left foot to be bent at the knee between the hands. Hands to be in front of the body with the palms on the ground. Look up.

5. Now arch up your body completely from the hips. Keep the feet together and palms on the ground. Head to be between the hands looking downwards.

6. Bring the body on the ground with the feet, knees, palms, chest and forehead touching.

7. Raise your upper body with the lower firmly on the ground. Bend the upper body backwards as much as comfortable with the back forming a curve.

8. Repeat step 5

9. Repeat step 4 with the left leg going backwards.

10. Repeat step 3

11. Repeat step 2

12. Repeat step 1

Six mantras that help you overpower stress at your workplace

Stress is an everyday part of life, and while there are many types of stress, there are also healthy and unhealthy ways of dealing with stress. Stress can directly affect your health and wellbeing. This makes dealing with stress an important issue for all of us. Here are a few useful tips that can help you combat stress in a very effective manner.

Finding out the true cause of your stress is a very important thing. Until you know its cause you can’t devise ways of coming out of it. Stress management is of such high concern as being stressed can bring in multiple problems both to your professional and personal life.

 

1  For discovering new ways of managing stress you must find the exact cause of your stress and how you react to it. Managing stress is a very important aspect for any human being. Keeping a record of the activities that make you feel stressed out can help you in beating stress to a great extent and in a very effective way.

2  Sharing your reasons for getting stressed out with your near and dear ones can also help a lot. By telling them about your stress you will feel very relieved. They can even suggest new methods of dealing with stress.
 
3  One of the main reasons of stress could be overwork. If your overload yourself with work even then you feel stressed. Doing much more than what you actually can could prove very harmful to your health. By overworking you not only harm yourself but your work as well. The quality of your work can be greatly affected if you overdo your work. 

 

4  Many people jump from crises to crises, and at the end of the day they have not really done what is important to them. This can be due to a lack of goals, inability to say no, not delegating effectively. One of the main reasons for stress is when people fail to plan their work. Plan to do those things that are important to you, and then make sure that you do them and you can keep at bay from stress.

 

5  Exercising regularly can also help you get rid of stress at a very fast pace. Meditation and yoga are also very effective tools when it comes to reducing stress. Try squeezing in some physical activity in your daily routine. This could prove to be a very great stress buster. Workouts like taking the stairs instead of the elevator or taking a stroll during your freetime at work can also help a lot.

 

6  Your attitude plays a major role in your happiness at work. Being cheerful and mingling well with your colleagues can also help in overcoming stress to a very great extent.