Table of Contents

Introduction
1.)Early Morning Routine
2.)Respiratory Exercises
3.) Cooking
3.)Scrub-a-dub-a-dub
4.)Put Away That Cell Phone
6.) Music to Relax Your Senses
7) The Power of Essential Oils
8) Refreshing Massages
Hot Stone Massage
9) A walk on the beach or in any natural surroundings
10) Human Contact
11) Role Playing and Singing
12) Acupuncture and Luxopuncture
13) Relax With Pets
14) Get into the Habit of Walking
15) Have a Luxurious Stress Busting Bath
16) The Soothing Tea Making Ceremony
Appendix
How to Make Rosewater Naturally
How to make an oatmeal scrub Bag
Conclusion
Author Bio
Publisher

Introduction

If you ask a number of people out there how they manage to rest and recuperate, especially after they have had a hectic session at work, or at the office, their answer is going to be that they have their own ways and means of unwinding unless of course they happen to be confirmed workaholics.

The age-old ways in which one could get rid of stress and tension, was getting a massage done, listening to music, cooking something in the kitchen, or just sitting quietly in one corner of the garden, and dreaming of absolutely nothing at all. The last one is of course something a large number of us want to do, if only we had the time to sit and stare! If I tell any of my workaholic friends, to take some time off to contemplate the reticulate venation of a leaf, they are going to give me a look of "what makes you that way, do you think I have the time to look at the venous system of a leaf?" They may have course not remember it, but when they were children, they spend hours and hours, contemplating a butterfly, a daisy, a dandelion, or anything else, which caught their interest, and did not consider that time wasted.

How come the moment we grew up, we decided to make stress and strain our portion, forgot how to relax, and decided we would rather live a life on the go, instead of at a turtle pace.

Here are 16 easy to do rest and relax tips, which are going to help you get rid of all that stress, strain and tension, which you have welcomed into your life, and which you can try out, depending on your lifestyle and the amount of time you have free, out of your busy schedule.

You may not know it, but some people have their own way of relaxing, and starting up the day in a manner which puts them in a frame of mind, which keeps them in a state of contentment, throughout the day. You have to find your own perfect beginning, to the start of the day, yoga, meditation, going for a walk, jogging, find out a routine, which suits you best, and then added to your daily lifestyle.

This reminds me of a really cute story told to me, by one of my friends, whose father told him that the first thing he did, when he woke up in the morning was touch his slippers 30 times, first thing in the morning. Well, I do not enjoy these bending exercises, first thing in the morning, but it seemed this oldster enjoyed this sort of activity. And then he gave a sly smile and wink and said, "Then I get out of bed and put them on."

I guess he had been pulling our leg to such a great extent that we needed binoculars to check where our foot was.