Sometimes you find
something that changes your direction. Today I stumbled on the two
articles below. Actually I was cleaning out my e-mail in-box and the title to
an article caught my eye. And below it was another equally enticing title. I
was definitely smiling by the time I finished reading them and I hope you
smile, too.There are two different approaches to stress here and both are
different from the main stream approach to stress management. They ask you to
1. Play and
2. Babble
Yep, That’s it.
Play and babble. Read them. Please. And below are my comments.
Did you ever see a
child who was totally engrossed in play who was stressed? I’ll bet not. When
was the last time you played? Yesterday I was a little
up-tight until my four year old grandson came in with a small football between
his legs walking like a penguin. He had a regular sized Nerf football with him
that he gave to me, saying nothing, but simply grinning the invitation to join
him. How can you pass up an invitation like that?
So I put the
football between my legs and joined him in the penguin waddle. We had a race
and, of course, he won. We were laughing too hard to continue after just a few
minutes. And the stressed-out feelings were gone. Everyone isn’t lucky enough
to have my grandson but there are still other fun, laugh producing activities
to use for stress relief. Get creative and find some for yourself.
But what about
babbling? Try it, you might like it.
Many years ago,
when I was an emotional mess, I went to a massage therapist who also did energy
healing work. Recognizing that I was an emotional mess, she told me to do this
exercise: when driving in my car, open my mouth and let any sounds that needed
to be expressed, come out. I thought it was the stupidest thing I had ever
heard of but figured it couldn’t hurt to try it. After trying several times
with no results, it happened. I heard the most mournful, angry sounds
primordial sounds- that I had ever heard coming from the depths of me. It was
intense and I was stunned. I did that every time I drove the car and after a
couple of weeks, it was done. And, as I look back, that was the beginning of
the real healing that took place. If you are very tense and very angry, you
might like to try this before you babble. Trust what you hear and allow
yourself to relax.
So what can you
lose except some stress? Hmmm. Can you play and babble simultaneously?
Get a group together and play Babble? It’s free and it just might work.
ARTICLE SOURCE: http://theselfimprovementblog.com/self-improvement/self-improvement-skills/stress/to-beat-stress-play-and-babble/
