If you are having a hard times dealing with everyday pressures and you are wondering what you can do to help ease the stress, here are some methods to deal with life problems.
Art therapy :
Art therapy is a form of expressive therapy that uses art materials, such as paints, chalk and markers to create a visual representation of thought and feelings. Art therapy is based on the belief that the creative process of art is both healing and life-enhancing. Art therapy offers an opportunity to explore intense or painful thoughts and feelings in a supportive environment. Drawing, sketching and colouring can calm the mind and also help to relieve one's anxieties and worries.
Aroma therapy :
Aromatherapy is a form of alternative medicine that uses essential oils and other aromatic compounds from plants for the purpose of psychological and physical well-being. It’s considered a holistic way of taking care of the body by enhancing the senses with pleasant smelling botanical oils. The essential oils found in aromatherapy will stimulate olfactory nerves by inhalation. Aromatherapy is an alternative way to promote relaxation, improve mood and reduce anxiety, and provide stress relief.
Dance therapy :
Dance is a good exercise and is often the most expressive way of communication. But dance therapy can improve emotional, social, behaviourial and physical conditions. Dance movements strengthens the connection between the body and mind through body movements. Dance therapy is based on the belief that the mind and body work together. Through dance, it is thought people can identify and express their innermost emotions, bringing those feelings to the surface. Dance therapy is offered as a health promotion service for reducing the stress and other chronic illness.
Music therapy :
Listening to soul stirring music after a day's hectic work is relaxing. But music is also used to reduce pain, alleviate stress, reduce hypertension and improve the general well-being of patients. Music therapy uses different ragas with special emphasis on certain notes to bring in a sense of balance. Listening helps to improve concentration, memory and reduce stress. In the active form of music therapy, importance is on participation and singing. It ishelpful in treating neurological problems and in enhancing speech fluency.
Touch therapy :
This touch therapy massage deploys human hands for the healthy healing of the body as it has been justified and proved that all living creatures need tender touch to thrive and grow. This natural touch therapy massage helps infants grow and develop and gain weight to survive. It is believed that people have disturbed energy fields, and by moving trained hands over the patient's body, a touch therapist can create an energy balance. The practitioner moves his hands around or on the patient's body to evaluate his energy field and then uses hand motions or actual touching . Touch therapy is widely used to lower pain, reduce blood pressure and fatigue, and to set right emotional problems.
Pet therapy :
Keeping pet is a wonderfully rewarding experience and ha many advantages. Gazing at fish swimming lazily in the aquarium sothes one's nerves and reduces stress. The physical contact of a pet is relaxing and studies have shown that it helps lower blood pressure. Pets can take the human mind off loneliness, grief, pain and fear, besides offering a sense of security and protection.
