I'm getting stress reduction through breathing exercises (also called meditation but

[CTyankee]

I don't mean the religious kind of meditation).

It's working well for me and it's drug free. I simply concentrate on breathing in and breathing out slowly and calmly. I concentrate on that and if a stray thought appears in my mind, I gently push it aside and go back to the breathing.

I'm no longer getting stressed out by "small stuff." It's wonderful.

[mitch96]

1. Thats exactly how I meditate

Air goes in , air goes out, repeat…
Been working for me for 40 something years.
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[silverweb]

2. Yes.

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]Glad it's helping! It works wonderfully for me, too.

[Jane Austin]

3. I use the Audible version of "Breathing"

by Dr. Andrew Weil for better breathing and to go to sleep.

He has several exercises - for energy, for meditation and for stress reduction.

I never finish the stress reduction exercise before I fall asleep.

[CTyankee]

4. I have one of those clock radios that has continuous sound of rainfall,

ocean, rainforest, etc and I used to play the ocean one every night to help me sleep. I should start using it again. The ocean sound was really effective because of the rhythmic sound of waves crashing on the shore...it's like the breathing exercise...