Today we are going to sit down and have a real chat (even though I’m the only one who will be talking and you can do nothing but listen). Today we are going to talk about talking. So this is something that I feel is severely underrated. After a long hard day filled with nothing …
Month: September 2016
Looking at green (How trees can help our stress levels)
Let me ask you a rather strange question. When was the last time you looked at some green? And I don’t mean the colour green, anyone can look at the colour green (like a green shirt or something); when I say looking at green I mean looking at trees, the grass and nature. It’s a …
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Cursing to calm you down
Have you ever accidentally bumped your toe against the corner of a table? If you answered yes (and I imagine most of you have) then the next few words that came out of your mouth probably went something like this, “F#@%, you m#@$%&+;&*@ table. How in the f#@$ can you cause so much pain? Oh …
Hobbies to calm you down: Origami
Photo credit to: Carlos ZGZ A lot of people say that a good way to relieve stress is to take up a hobby of some sort. The reason behind this is to take your mind off of everything else, not just the things that stress you out, but everything else. The idea is to put …
Games that calm you down: Zen and the art of transhumanism
I like to consider myself a gamer, and even if I am not that good at them I still like to play. There are a lot of games out there, board games, card games, video games, computer games, mobile games, you name it, and people play games for various reasons, mostly when they are bored …
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Measuring your stress
One thing I realised during the course of my life is that while I can tell when I’m stressed out, I often underestimate just how stressed I am. Like let’s say I had a bad day, now I feel slightly sad and pissed off, which is okay, what else can you expect from a bad …
Gaming to control stress
In this blog I talk a lot about different ways to help calm yourself down, relax and manage your stress. I even try out these techniques myself because it seems unfair to tell other people what to do to manage stress and relax but then not try them out yourself. To me that’s a bit …
Meditating for dummies (Training your monkey mind)
So I saw this video recently where a monk (I think his name is Mingyur Rinpoche) explains meditation and how you don’t really need to blank out your mind, you just need to be able to focus your mind on one thing. Even if your mind wanders its fine, as long as you bring it …
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Music soothes the savage beast part 2 (How singing can calm you down)
Before, I talked about listening to music and what it does for you. I mentioned some of the different genres if music, how music affects your mood, how I tend to listen to music every day, all that good stuff (least I hope it was good). Now I’m going to talk about music again, but …
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Alternative Yoga 