Tools - Walk
How taking a walk can help jealousy?
In order to control your jealous emotions, you need to take steps towards overcoming it. Walking is an excellent relaxation technique for reducing stress. Taking a walk will help you relax and collect your emotions. In fact, this is a powerful relaxation practice whose effectiveness rivals tai chi, yoga and meditation. Walking can be used to relieve mental stress and even physical pain in a relaxed environment.
Why walking?
The pros for this technique is that walking can trigger increases in heart rate and breathing, so you breathe more which helps inhibit lots of stress producing hormones. You can distract yourself from your problems and focus on other things, which will help you get your mind off your troubles. The overall location which you choose to take a stroll at also helps relieve stress if there’s lots of greenery. There are no expenses involved, you can walk any time you are free and enjoy the benefits of this technique.
How It Works
If you want to utilize this technique to its maximum potential, try the steps below:
- Take some time off to go for a walk. This can be the moment you start feeling jealous, or if that’s inconvenient, then pick another time where you can give yourself at least fifteen minutes to go for a stroll.
- Choose a location which is soothing and quiet. Avoid places with busy traffic or pollution. The environment where you walk in plays a key part in the relaxation technique.
- Pick a pace which is easy for you. The goal here is not to break into a sweat or burn calories. This session is for you to unwind yourself, so pick a pace which is relaxing for you. Keep your pace comfortable and your strides short.
- Breathe as much as possible so that you are relieving yourself off stress. If you are walking in a place with lots of fresh air, then this is especially helpful.