RELAXATION TIME: Me Time

After the hustle and bustle of a week full of activities, it is good to relax and prepare your mind for the next week.

To be relaxed means to be free from tension and anxiety. Relaxation is any activity, process or procedure that helps anyone relax or reduce their level of anxiety, tension, stress or anger. These are emotions experienced mostly during the week.

Relaxation can come in any of the following activities: family outing, shopping, listening to music or watching TV, a film or documentary, swimming, work out, painting, drawing, reading, etc. basically activities that makes you happy and experience a sense of well being.

Experts can take you through a series of relaxation technique. These include breathing exercise, visualisation, progressive muscle relaxation, yoga, autogenic relaxation exercises, etc. These have techniques and can be learnt from professionals.

Your relaxation time is your ‘me-time’. Me-time greatly benefits you; you improve your health, reduce the likelihood of you being stressed; during this time you experience clarity of thought, feelings of joy and inner peace, increased energy and you release unwanted emotions.

Take time out to enjoy yourself, pamper your body and relieve your mind from the strain of work schedule. Any time of the week is good for this, provided you have that ‘me-time’. It helps your stay focused on goals and personal objectives.