Stress Management and a Power-Nap

A recent study in Greece showed that working men who had a nap after lunch had a 74% reduced rate of heart attacks over those who did not rest.

We are all subject to stress in one form or another and need to devise ways of reducing and avoiding it.

You will be less subject to stress if you are well rested and eat proper nutritious food. Many fast foods cause your mind and body to become hyperactive and then reverse this rapidly to a considerable down. The best food to eat is dominantly natural carbohydrate of fruit, vegetable, cereals, rice or pasta. This is absorbed slowly and keeps your blood sugar at a good level for a prolonged time.

The body and mind need more short periods of rest than we have been accustomed to allowing ourselves. Even a few minutes total relaxation will refresh you so that you can continue with what you were doing in a much more effective way. You can learn to relax fully and to have a power-nap quite easily in the comfort of your own home.

A power-nap will put you into a refreshing phase of sleep, but not so deep that you wake up feeling even more tired than before you started. A power-nap should last from a couple of minutes up to a maximum of twenty minutes and can be done anywhere - even in the middle of a meeting, as long as you know you have a period that doesn't involve you.

You should relax all the muscles of your body from the top of your head down to your toes. Imagine yourself to be in a warm and comfortable environment that has happy, relaxing memories for you, and gently will yourself in to a relaxing sleep. Say to yourself I am relaxing and drifting gently asleep, and repeat this slowly, and quietly. You will drift off in to a gentle sleep.

This may sound ridiculous and impossible to you but it will come easily with a little training and practice which you will be helped to acquire through the resource box web site.

You will learn to set your own internal alarm clock which will wake you up in the number of minutes you set it at. You will then gradually wake up to a bright sunny day, feeling rejuvenated.

Learn how to relax your body fully, apart from the whole concept of a full power-nap, by relaxing all your muscles from top to toe. This can be done in whole or in part while sitting at your desk or armchair. Loosen up your neck and shoulders, particularly if you are sitting at a computer screen all day. An on-site neck and shoulder massage is a great help in this.

Deep breathing in a confrontational situation will calm you down to be able to argue more rationally and effectively.

You will see more on this, and much more, in the better memory skills web site and you will have the opportunity to keep up to date by registering for the free e-zyne with recent news and the thoughts of others on the whole concept of better memory. This course is written by a family doctor with years of experience who has trained senior management from major international companies, the armed forces and government departments.

The full 26 week course covers 13 topics in fortnightly articles with guidance and encouragement to continue to learn. This costs only £52 and will open your life to new opportunities, interests and friendships.