10 Easy Ways To Relax Yourself After Work
Life in this age is getting busier and busier and people are ready to compromise on their family and social life along with their health for securing their jobs. However, the strenuous work takes a toll on the mind and body as people are giving more and more time to their jobs. We can find rising number of people who dedicate more than 8 hours a day to their work and have to satisfied with the same amount of pay at the month’s end!
But after giving those whopping hours to your work, you come home with that lethargic attitude and stick yourself to your beloved couch and watch television till your bed time. This is what relaxing after work means to you! Think for yourself, do you really feel relaxed and rejuvenated when you watch television? Are you really filled with energy and enthusiasm to work tomorrow?
If your answer is no, then you are probably not aware how to relax your body and mind and prepare it for a new day. You need to revitalize your stressed senses by simple techniques that will instantly unwind your mental and physical stress. To know what can truly give you a refreshing feeling after a busy day, read these 10 easy ways to relax yourself after work:
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Relax Your Face Muscles
If your day was a mayhem, then don’t let your mind get frustrated. Think that this is not the first time, you experienced such a tiring day. Your eyes, mouth, ears and forehead muscles need instant relaxation as they have one of the most easily tiring muscles. You must give your face a soothing massage by placing both your palms side by side on the face where your little fingers are lightly placed on your eye lids, index fingers on the sides of the forehead, thumbs on the ears and lower palms on the cheeks. Move both hands clockwise for five times and anti-clockwise for five times. Then lie down for 10 minutes with eyes closed and feel the relaxation.
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Relax Your Strained Legs
In today’s life, most people have sitting jobs. But such sitting jobs can be harmful to the legs as the blood flows into the leg placed in downward direction due to which the blood circulation process towards the heart gets hampered. Even your legs will feel too tired and swollen. For relaxing your legs, you must ensure that the blood circulation regularises. You must sleep with your back on the floor and place your legs against the wall. The blood will move in the upward section of your body and your strained veins will instantly get soothed.
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Take A Soothing Bath
There is nothing better than a soothing bath to de-stress yourself and at the same time, spend some time alone. Take out your favourite body shampoos and aromatic oils and step into your bath tub. Bathing after a tiring day, will relieve your physical stress and your mind will get a respite from the stressful thoughts of work. In fact it will relax your senses to an extent that you will be filled with a new energy.
Read: 7 Wonderful Effects Of Taking A Cold Shower
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Have A Cup Of Herbal Tea
For people who spend most days at work in a chaotic environment, for them reaching home is itself an achievement and for them, there is nothing as good as a cup of herbal tea that tells them to enjoy the feeling of being at home. Lemon tea, chamomile tea, basil leaves tea, green tea, etc are well known stress busters and they keep you healthy from inside.
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Get A Massage
Massage is the best way to heal stress accumulated in body muscles. You can simply massage your legs, head and back with fragrant oils to relax your senses and to untangle the tight muscles. Or make a monthly routine to visit your preferred spa and get a full body massage for yourself. The effect of professional massage will be highly comforting and at the same time, you will ensure a peaceful treat for yourself for a month of hard work.
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Try Simple Relaxation Yoga Poses
Yoga is an ancient form of connecting your mind, body and soul in a manner that disconnects yourself from the world. You can try easy and relaxing yoga poses that you can perform after coming from work to give an instant vigour to your body and peace to your mind. Search online for various simple yoga poses along with the breathing pattern and bring it into your habit.
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Have A Healthy Snack Before Dinner
Some people believe in the myth that after a hard day’s work, you need to give yourself a cheesy treat to compensate it. People are habitual on binging onto something as soon as they reach home. Instead of biting onto those high calorie cookies or biscuits, try some soul soothing fruit or vegetable juices that temporarily eliminates your hunger pangs while providing a relief to your senses.
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Listen To Soothing Music
Music has been one among the top rated stress busters across the globe. Music takes you to a completely different world and gives a respite to your mind from thinking about how the day went. It can relax you to the core and bring back some energy within you. So after coming from work, give some time to yourself and listen to your favourite tracks and feel the stress moving out of your mind and body.
Read: 10 Interesting Effects of Music on Mind
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Write Down Your Day’s Events
Maintaining a diary to record your day’s events helps you to get rid of your work thoughts. Each day in the evening, write down all the day’s happenings and what actually caused you so much stress. When you mention it comprehensively, you will let the topic out of your mind and your mind will find peace.
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Go For A Walk
The evening breeze is your natural stress buster. Go for an evening walk to rejuvenate your mind and body by letting in the freshness of the evening. Walking will improve the body’s blood circulation and you will feel the walk revitalizing. You will also have a sound sleep after you go for an evening walk, thus ensuring a complete mind and body relaxation.
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Snehashree Bhat
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