wake up brush bathe eat breakfast commute work eat lunch work commute eat dinner sleep routine seems comforting but you are at no peace at work amidst meetings neverending deadlines house chores have i switched off the gas has my kid finished his homework and least of all while commuting and just like that stress builds into our lives while a little stress may be helpful too much stress can have a severe effect on you to help you ease out we give you a few techniques which will help you reduce stress the smart waybreathe when you feel too stressed out take 1015 slow deep breaths inhale slowly from your nose and exhale through your mouth this will help you to relax and give you a good frame of mindguided imagery practice guided imagery to combat stress plan in advance and this might just be your way out of stress city surround yourself with imagerysupporting objects and sounds it is a fun and easy way to break free from stress and a quick way to get mental peaceshut off it is very hard to switch off your cell phone due to constant texting and checking emails but an absurdly easy way to reduce stress is to switch off your cell phone an hour before and after you sleepsay no by saying no you are simply being assertive while respecting your own boundaries and to some extent your relationship with the person you say no to you need to think about yourself helping people is great but always agreeing with everything will create havoc for yourself as well as for othersavoid negative people if you are in the company of pessimistic people you will never be able to live positively change your group be in the company of optimistic people as they always say company does matterexercise make exercise part of your lifestyle as even a bit of exercise is good for your health exercise helps to reduce tension and increase blood flow to the brainpassion flower drink a cup of passion flower tea one hour before bedtime it is a great remedy for anxiety insomnia and a great stress busterlisten to music music is medicine for your heart and mind listening to your favorite and soothing music is a great way to bust your stressstop cribbing accept what you cant change though acceptance is difficult you cant keep cribbing about what has happened if youre unable to change the things that are bothering you take it up as a challenge and face itcry it out let your tears come out if you want to cry crying is natures great way to release toxins from your body and ease stressself hypnosis self hypnosis is a great effort to relieve stress it provides a simple and relaxing route to change habits relax your body and alters your thought patternsstay off the news your life already has loads of drama in it watching or reading sentimental news can make you