Stress Relief Mantras
When was the last time you checked in on your stress level? It’s easy to forget to check-in on ourselves when so much is happening in the world around us. Especially when we’re busy taking care of our loved ones. The most dangerous thing about stress is how easily it can sneak up on you. You don’t notice how much it’s affecting you.
Over time, stress and tension can build up in your shoulders, neck, and stomach and make you feel as if you are in knots. Very often it is your overactive mind or thoughts that make you feel stressed and anxious. By focusing on a mantra instead, you can give your mind a much-needed break and stop stress in its tracks.
Even a one-line mantra and a few seconds of repeating it can reset and reprogram your brain enough to feel less stressed. In turn, we feel less stuck, more in control and more confident when dealing with everyday stressful events. A mantra can change your stress levels at that particular moment with a single session or can change the way you manage stress from now on with repeated practice.
Whenever you notice that you are breathing too fast and your chest is tight, take a minute to pause and repeat a stress-reducing mantra to yourself.
Repeating a stress-relieving mantra can be powerful and help remind you that although you may not be in control of everything in life, you are in control of how you feel. Your thoughts often drive how you feel, and if you learn to manage your thoughts then you can also learn to manage your feelings.
We’ve put together a few stress-reducing mantras so that the next time you notice that you are breathing too fast and your chest is tight from stress you can take a minute to pause and repeat one of the following:
How and when to recite this mantra: State the mantra in your mind as you inhale, and then once the mantra is complete, exhale. Repeat 3 times.
How this mantra can help you: Your breath is a powerful tool that can instantly evoke feelings of relaxation. The above mantra is great to use when you need to release pent-up tension. Use it while meditating or doing your daily chores.
How and when to recite this mantra: Place your hand over your heart as you recite these words 3 times. This will help to instill peace in your heart and your body.
How this mantra can help you: This mantra is very powerful and helps remind you that you may not be in control of everything in life, but that you are in control of how you feel. Actually, the only thing that you really have control over is how you respond to the situations you find yourself in. Your thoughts often drive how you feel, and if you learn to manage your thoughts then you can also learn to manage your feelings.
How and when to recite this mantra: Place your hand over your heart as you recite these words 3 times. This will help to instill peace in your heart and your body.
How this mantra can help you: This mantra is very powerful and helps remind you that you may not be in control of everything in life, but that you are in control of how you feel. Actually, the only thing that you really have control over is how you respond to the situations you find yourself in. Your thoughts often drive how you feel, and if you learn to manage your thoughts then you can also learn to manage your feelings.
How and when to recite this mantra: Recite this mantra 5 times out loud or to yourself. Write down a list of the things that you need to release from your life.
How this mantra can help you: You should be checking in with yourself every day in all areas of your life. When you do this you can then take an inventory of what can stay and what needs to go. When you state an intention to release something that no longer serves you, you are already setting it into action.