Exercise with Anxiety?

I know it's tough to think about exercising when anxiety drag you down. I used to feel the same way. I didn't feel like I could even stand up sometimes, let alone exercise.

But, was I surprised to discover that exercise made a dramatic difference for me!

Did you know that exercise has these proven anxiety-reducing benefits?

Exercise has been proven to improve your mood; "burn off" stress; change the body's long-term automatic stress response, making you react more calmly with less false alarms of the fight or flight response; relaxes your muscles; and increases your sense of self control.

A small amount of exercise every day brings on “relaxation response”. According to Dr. Benson, “by repeating a muscular activity for 10-20 minutes twice a day, you can reduce symptoms of stress, increase your sense of wellbeing and create a feeling of being in control.”  

When you're getting started with exercise decide on a length of time that feels very do-able to you - whether it's ten seconds, one minute, or ten minutes.

Don't worry if you think it's not long enough to get much benefit. Creating an easily achievable goal is what counts when you're getting started because then you are more likely to stick with it.

Take Action:

- Start gradually if your symptoms are intense - even one or two minutes of walking in your house a few times a day is a great start! You'll be surprised how quickly you can build from there to create a habit of regular aerobic exercise and reap dramatic benefits.

- Find a buddy! I find it much easer rather then do it by myself esecially when anxious.

- In case you cant find one I suggest Get your personal trainer. You'll never workout alone again!

Believe me, You Can Do It!

Find out more about a natural ways to cure your anxiety !

 

Anxiety - the Modern Stress

Modern life is stressful. BUT not all stress is bad! In small quantities, stress is good -- it can motivate us and help us be more productive.

On the other hand - persistent and unrelenting stress often leads to anxiety, an unhealthy lifestyle and eventually burnout.

Anxiety is perhaps one of the most common emotions experienced when a person is stressed.

Research shows that anxiety can make you sleep fewer hours, get sick more often, remember less, become more prone to long-term disease and—as if you needed reminding—eat more. No wonder up to 90 percent of doctor visits are for stress-related complaints. 

Anxiety is a form of stress that we all want to avoid.

The lives of the majority of female professionals today are out of balance. And this imbalance is a reasonable source of stress. And stress feeds anxiety. And anxiety feeds stress.

Let's look at an example of how stress overload and lifestyle factors can contribute to anxiety.

You are a high-achieving women leader and you work 70 hours a week for several years. This puts excessive stress on your body. To make matters worse, you are so busy working that you only manages to get five or six hours of sleep a night, you do not exercise regularly, and you eat mainly foods that increase stress level. You cant even remember the last time you took time out for yourself.

Sounds familiar?

Your lifestyle creates stress in your life and produces a negative snowball effect.

Over time your body starts perceiving these constant stressors as a threat to your survival. Your body eventually gets "burned out" from repeated unnecessary stress reactions. It is on a constant state of alert - contributing to the physical and mental symptoms of anxiety.

Can You change it?: Yes.

You have the power to reduce or eliminate many of the stressors in your life.

How ?

Take Action:

First step - setting up the basics through integrating healthy lifestyle habits into your busy life - by making choices that promote calmness, self-care, and a balanced lifestyle:

- Sleep eight hours a night instead of six (You could find useful to support healthy sleep patterns with  soothing relaxing music and natural remedies for anxiety )

- Too anxious to sleep? Start a relaxing bedtime routine

- Eat well-balanced, healthy meals. (Read about 7 foods to sooth anxiety)

- Exercise regularly

- Work 40-50 hours a week instead of 70

- Simplify your life

- Find some time to relax daily :)  

- Learn to view stressors in a less anxious way so your body does not overreact to stressors when they occur.

Good news: you can help yourself back to health and balance.

Finding it difficult to do this on your own? Coaching helps…….

             

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