Prevention is always better than cure and one of the best ways to reduce anxiety is to get rid of all that negative energy with hard cardiovascular exercise, good sleep and a wholesome natural diet. If your mind is moving too fast, you can benefit by moving your body more; this will cause your awareness to be focused on the movement of your body rather than being too involved in your thoughts. Soothing teas like chamomile and relaxing massages will also help. The ultimate method to learn for combating stress at the time of anxiety attack is to learn meditation and calming breathing techniques. Simply maintaining the concentration of watching your breath is extremely effective.
Concentrate on your breath – your breath controls your state of mind, so if you are stressed you will usually have a shallow breath. This means you will be breathing in the upper part of your lungs; your chest. By learning to breathe properly you will not only increase the amount of oxygen in your body, you will also completely calm your mind. This is achieved by simply concentrating on your breath for a little while and making sure you are breathing abdominally. Concentrate on breathing in through your nose and feel your tummy expanding as you breathe in. Concentrate on breathing into your tummy and feel the calming sensation of cool air entering through your nose. As you breathe out through your mouth feel the warm air leaving your body and imagine that all your tensions and are leaving along with the breath. Feel your tummy contracting as you breathe out and continue this awareness of gently breathing in and out for a few minutes. Be good to your mind and your thoughts; if your thoughts take you away from your concentration on your breath just watch them and gently guide your awareness back to concentrating on your breath. This method of concentration takes your thoughts away from your mind and helps them the slowdown. Regular practice of this kind of meditation can teach you to be able to completely stop your thoughts and establish your mind in a mode of serenity.
Take positive action – Another useful tool for reducing stress is to separate all the things you need to do and take them one step at a time. Write a list starting with the most urgent requirements and finishing with long-term needs. Just concentrate on each job at hand and tick them off as you complete them. Enjoy the process of improving your wellbeing by being organized and you will come to feel empowered by the effort of positive action.