Modern people are generally busy, and there are always endless meetings and long to-do items waiting for you to deal with at work. Occasionally, the boss will suddenly assign you a task to complete in a limited time, which will make you breathless by the work; If you have a family, you may have to drive your children to and from school every day. When you finally get home from work, you still have to finish the housework ... you seem to be chased by all kinds of trivial things every day and never breathe a sigh of relief.

So Dina Kaplan, a contributor to Forbes, recommended a way to relieve stress: meditation. According to the research of brainwave research institute, when we are under intense pressure, we will have a psychological so-called "fight or flight response", which makes it difficult for us to keep calm and rational thinking and make the right decision, and we will act in a hurry.

The activity of "meditation" can help us get rid of this state and let us return to a state of natural relaxation. Herbert Benson, a doctor at the Institute of Physical and Mental Health of Harvard University, called it "relaxation reaction", which makes our brain send information and release chemicals, relax the muscles and organs of the human body and increase blood circulation. In this way, you will not only use biological instinct to deal with the immediate problem, but also think carefully and flexibly.

For meditation, you can follow the following simple but useful instructions to help you greatly reduce physical and mental stress! You only need to use the alarm clock of your mobile phone to calculate the time, but you don't need to set a special reminder to avoid interrupting your thoughts. Please sit with your head up, cross-legged or your feet flat on the ground, gently close your eyes and think about the following questions:

1. How do you feel?

2. What did you notice?

3. concentrate on your breathing. Between spitting and inhaling, do you inhale cold air or hot air? Does your breathing frequency increase or decrease?

It's perfectly normal when you realize that an idea has flashed through your mind. Please put your mind back to your breath again.

If you still have a lot of thoughts in your mind, it doesn't matter, because "meditation" is helping you: you are relieving physical and mental stress. Please try to imagine those thoughts as a thin river flowing gently in your heart. After they flow quietly, you can return your thoughts to breathing. When you practice meditation every day, you will gradually find that you can concentrate more on breathing.

No matter how long you meditate every day, you can stretch a little, move your limbs and slowly open your eyes after the meditation. You will find that you have just completed a successful relaxation meditation, which will help you make better decisions throughout the day!