Where pain finds Hope
  • Home
  • Chronic Pain and Illness
  • Emotional pain and Loss
  • Our Ultimate Hope
  • Devotional
  • About

Chronic Pain and Illness

Christmas – Relaxation is Critical to Help You Deal with Stress

12/18/2020

Comments

 
Picture
Joshua 1:8a - Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it.
Relaxation at Christmas may be even more important than other times of the year and it is critical to help you deal with stress.
 
The kind of relaxation I’m talking about isn’t sitting down in front of the TV or even reading a good book, though these can be an important part of helping you unwind. Relaxation sessions are setting time aside in a room that is quiet for the specific reason to just relax.
 
  • Relaxation is therapeutic, not a luxury
  • Relaxation will give your body a chance to get energized for the rest of the day
  • Will keep your attitude relaxed
 
How often?
 
It’s best to set time aside in a quiet room, but if that’s not possible; then you can do smaller sessions even at your desk at work, if that’s all the time you have.
 
  • Relaxation sessions at the start of your day will give your body a chance to get energized for the rest of the day.
  • During the day, these sessions will help relieve pain and will keep your attitude relaxed.
  • You may need to schedule relaxation every 30-60 minutes on bad days.
 
There are two main types of relaxation methods – progressive relaxation and visualization.
 
  • Progressive relaxation
    •  Progressively tightening and then relaxing sets of body muscles starting at the top of the head and ending at the feet
  • Visualization
    •  Imagining yourself, in detail, in a relaxing environment
 
I like to visualize myself in a quiet setting beside a stream just downstream from a waterfall. The important thing is not where you imagine yourself being but imagining it in as much detail as possible.
 
Skillsyouneed.com in their article, “Christmas Stress Relief,” can be found some great advice on how to make your Christmas the least stressful as you can. One of the ideas is plan ahead and make a list of the things you will need to take care of before the big day. Along the same line is to make sure to get your Christmas cards out early. Many people are removing this form of stress by posting a Merry Christmas on Facebook or Instagram. My favorite idea is to decide a date when you will stop on Christmas preparations and spend some time enjoying the holidays. What good does it do if you have all the things on your list checked off if you find yourself frazzled and with no energy to enjoy your family and friends?
 
And even in the Bible, as the verse above says, it’s important to meditate on God’s word. There are many verses in the Bible about meditation. You can feel relieved that meditation is a good thing. Sometimes I choose when I’m doing a relaxation session, to focus my attention on a Bible verse and meditate deeply on it. And since we’re talking about relaxation at Christmas, why not choose a section of the Bible that tells the story of Christ’s birth and focus on what’s really important at Christmas.
Learn more
Picture
Key words: Christmas relaxation, therapeutic to body, visualization sessions, progressive relaxation, change of focus
Comments

    Author

    Karen Dalske is a freelance writer, public speaker, is active in her church and writes her blogs out of her own experiences of pain, illness and loss.

    Archives

    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016

    Categories

    All
    Balance
    Bedridden
    Breathing
    Cancer
    Caregivers
    Chronic Pain
    Communication
    Conservation
    Depression
    Doctors
    Evaluating Symptoms
    Exercise
    Famine
    Finances
    Flare Up
    Flare-up
    Food
    Giving
    Guilt
    Hardship
    Injury
    Laughter
    Learning
    Mind
    Old Age
    Pain Scale
    Perseverance
    Prayer
    Relaxation
    Selfdestructive
    Sick Child
    Sickness
    Side Effects
    Sleep
    Support-groups
    Surgery
    Teeth
    Thankful
    Treatments
    Types Of Pain

    RSS Feed

Picture

Home

Chronic pain
and illness

Emotional pain
and loss

Our Ultimate
​Hope

Devotional

About/
​Contact

Photo used under Creative Commons from paulhami
  • Home
  • Chronic Pain and Illness
  • Emotional pain and Loss
  • Our Ultimate Hope
  • Devotional
  • About