54 Techniques to Calm Down When Feeling Overwhelmed.

A hectic lifestyle, especially nowadays, means your health is going down quickly.

Your heart rate is panicking too often, and your stress level goes through the roof. If you don’t start to calm down, your overhaul health and your life are at risk.

With everything happening for the past few years, more and more people are seeking century-long proven lifestyle techniques to calm down: soothing your body, mind, and soul.

That’s the combo your health requires for a balanced and happy life. You only need to decide to change it wholeheartedly.

Can Self-Soothing Techniques Be Effective Enough?

How to Calm Down Efficiently Yourself?

Many techniques are widely available, offering variations to accommodate everyone at any level and age.

Online is the absolute gold mine place to find tools to combat your overwhelmed, stressful life. Since 2020, local communities have implemented activities to answer their needs.

Techniques For Overwhelmed Mindset to Do On Your Own:

Doing things that stimulate a deep feeling of joy and happiness within you:

• Dancing - on your favorite songs like nobody’s watching (morning is best to start the day). Leave your stress at the door.

• Singing - with all the strength of your lungs.

• Meditate - at least 1x/day (2x is better; 3x/day is fabulous). Meditating is a must-do if you want to calm down. The usual sequence for practice is the morning-afternoon-before bed. Here are some techniques to try because one doesn’t fit all:

• Classic - many are available online. You probably have practiced it at some point; if not, here’s a possible one to try.

• Grounding - my favorites are from Jeffrey Allen. Once you practice them often, there is no need to be guided.

• for a Higher-Mind connection - here is a possible one for you, or check with Jeffrey Allen again.

• Connect with your Intuition - I love what Sonia Choquette offers on the topic (here is a possible one).

• Practice some Yoga - at least every day. A classic technique with various forms to suit anyone’s liking (I prefer Kundalini Yoga - here’s a possible one to try).

• Qi-Gong - at least every day. It may seem passive for the body, but it’s compelling to calm down (and more).

• Do some Pilates - at least every day. This is a favorite of mine, soothing perfectly both pillars: physical and mental.

• Swim in the ocean - perfect exercise for a healthy body; salted waters benefit your skin, and it’s a mega cleanser for any negative energy sticking around.

• Swim - at your local community pool (or your own).

• Practice some good old Aqua Gym at your local community pool (or your own)—a gentle technique inside the water but more powerful than doing it on the ground.

• Take a Long Walk - outside for 30min or longer. You can walk inside your place too. Be creative!

• Read a Book - comfortably seated, minimum disturbances. Pick a genre you love and dive into it for at least 1 hr/day. Or go crazy, and read for the whole day. Stimulating your brain’s cells is a must.

• Cook whatever YOU love (or test a new recipe) once a week. Happy belly, happy soul!

• Drawing or Sketching - can deeply calm down. Allow some me-time, at least 1 hr/day. Be creative or use a coloring book with some colored pencils or pastels.

• Pick up some brushes and do some Painting - on your interior walls (if you wish) or on a canvas. A lot of techniques are available. Here are a few ideas:
  

• Acrylics

• Watercolor

• Oil-based
  

• Photography - can put you in a calm level of mind. It’s only you and whatever chosen subject or object. Smartphone or digital camera, your pick.
  

• Cleaning your place - can do great if you are feeling overwhelmed. , don’t overdo it; go to others instead.
  

• Travel - Start with your surroundings, and get bigger inside your own State/Province, then country. By bicycle, motorbike, car, train, boat, or plane.

• Journaling - write down in a notebook your day; don’t keep anything inside overwhelming you.

• Journal your daily Gratitude - an effective way to calm down your soul and spread some love.
  

• Practice some Sport - the choice is yours; at least 1hr/day. Here are a few for inspiration:

  • Running

  • Swimming

  • Cycling

  • Paddleboarding

  • Fishing

  • Climbing (indoor or outdoor)

• Volunteering - give some of your time to your local community. The most potent way to forget about your hectic life is because you give with your heart. Today’s world calls for being present for each other and inclusive to be ONE again, all together.

  Volunteering can change someone else’s life completely, and it makes you feel good about yourself. Here are a few suggestions:
  

• At school or after school for homework.

• At your local farms (so much to do).

• Animal shelters are in desperate need of help.

• At your local homeless shelters (for food, clothing distribution, or company).

• Outdoor (so much trash is scattered around)

How to Calm Down Someone Else?

While we examined some techniques to practice independently, many others exist with your family, friends, and the local community. Here are a few, widely inspired by the previous soothing ones above:

• creating a Book Club - for any age or genre.

• creating a Knitting & Crochet Club - anyone can learn and practice with each other. It's about sharing knowledge before it's forgotten.

• creating a Sewing Club - with this economy, sharing such art can change many's lives and prevent losing it for good.

• creating a Cooking Club - it's a joyful time to gather while cooking and sharing the result with your community. Make it once a week or monthly.
  

• create a Learning/Teaching Club - so much knowledge exists within your local community; it's time to share and learn more (the possibilities are endless):

• A Foreign Language

• Mathematics

• Electricity

• Marketing

• Carpentry
  

• creating a Sports Team Club - you pick what you enjoy playing with others; it's all about fun! Performance inevitably brings stress.
  

• creating a Community Group - a safe place for anyone to talk about anything, not to feel alone. Calm down the stress level with others can help:
  

• Mental health is one topic where everyone would benefit from sharing their feelings and emotions.

Embrace The Art of Calming Your Body, Mind, And Soul.

This list offers 54 different ways to reach the goal of self-soothing. Try as many as possible to prevent any boredom.

One thing is finding efficient ways to calm down daily and giving your health a fair chance to strengthen again.

It’s up to you to initiate this change for yourself and any loved ones.

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