One of the most effective ways to reduce stress is to exercise. Exercise is a natural anti-depressant, and it’s proven to be very helpful in dealing with any anxiety issue. Regular exercise has a tremendous positive impact on your mental well-being, shown by plenty of studies showing that being active makes you happy and content.
Exercise courses your body to send out neural transmitters such as Serotonin, Dopamine, and adrenaline, which contribute to your well-being and happiness. Endurance sports are proven to lowered activity in the prefrontal cortex, where emotional stimuli are transformed into actual conscious feelings. The very periodical nature of many sports such as jogging, cycling, and swimming is known to have a very calming effect. However, ultimately, your choice should be made what you enjoy most. If you have fun with what you are doing. It is so much easier to make exercise a habit and introduce it into your life routine.
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Cardio Exercise
Any kind of exercise is beneficial to your health. Still, Cardio workouts such as Swimming, Jogging, and Cycling seem to be the most effective in calming your mind, especially if you get to do them outdoors, fresh air, and under the sun.
Breathing Exercise
Pranayama (Breathing exercises) are known and proven to be one of the most effective exercises to relieve stress and anxiety. It lowers your heart rate, maintains your blood pressure, increases your energy levels, and, most importantly, decreases anxiety and stress, and improves sleep and a more focused mind. These exercises release toxins and detoxify your body and help your body and mind relax and release tension. It elevates the positive aura around you.
Meditation
Reducing stress doesn’t demand significant changes in lifestyle. When we feel under pressure or stressed, our bodies produce a cortisol hormone, which leads to stress and anxiety. Meditation productively helps with stress by reducing the side effects of the cortisol hormone. A study shows that regular meditation lowered stress more than almost every single medical or psychological treatment.
Yoga
Few minutes of yoga every day will make you more mentally alert, happier, and healthier. There are plenty of studies that demonstrate yoga’s potential for reducing stress. Oxford University quotes that people who practice yoga even once a week were less stressed, have lower blood pressure issues, and slept better at night.
Sports
It is well accepted that sports are good for our bodies and minds. The natural hormones that control pain and pleasure responses in the central nervous system; can lead to feelings of euphoria or what’s often called a runner’s high. The underdog’s victory over the favored team, the last-minute penalty shot that wins the tournament, the high energy training montages can improve your mood & memory and sharpen your focus and provide significant psychological benefits.
