3 Types Of Exercises That Cure Anxiety
June 25, 2008 – 7:27 amDo you know that there are exercises which cure anxiety? Yes! Just spend half-an-hour daily doing exercises to lessen your anxiety. Certainly, you will improve a lot.
You can relax your muscle tension, reduce your stress hormone cortisol level, increase your neurotransmitters and boost the feel-good endorphins with certain exercises.
So here are some useful exercises which cure anxiety and put you at ease…
Aerobic Exercise
Curing anxiety or reducing the symptoms is possible with Aerobic exercises. While doing these exercises, you will breathe faster and more deeply. This maximizes the amount of oxygen in your blood. By the way, you can also have a positive mental attitude.
When you do Aerobics, you will consume maximum oxyzen. So you can improve your overall physical and psychological well-being.
Breathing Exercises
Breathing exercises will help you a lot curing anxiety. Learn proper breathing techniques at any expert. If you are taking shallow breaths, it means you need more oxygen. So Diaphragmatic breathing (breathing from abdomen) will help you. Learn and practice it in sitting a chair or lying on your back.
At first, practice this exercise for five to ten minutes for about 3-4 times per day. And gradually increase the amount of time you spend doing this exercise. So breathe right and cure your anxiety.
Imagery Exercises
You need imagery or visualization skills to cure anxiety. With them, you can relax thoroughly as anxiety and tension decrease. You have many ways to do these imagery exercises. For example, visualize the most beautiful scenic place you have been to for abot ten minutes.
Or you can use the imageries like wax softening and melting, a tight, twisted rope slowly unwinding, and holding a remote control and turning down the volume on your muscle tension etc.
So find a calm place where no one disturbs you. Then practice these imagery exercises for about 20 minutes.
So exercises will improve your mental, emotional, and physical health. Your resistance to stress will increase and this will cure anxiety.
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