Grief Is Full Of Feelings Of Stress - Learn A Quick Technique To Release Stress

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Using Mindfulness to Reduce Feelings of Stress 



 If you are experiencing low energy, headaches, racing thoughts, elevated emotions, or feelings of despair, you may find releasing the stress from your body will bring you back into balance.

This simple technique will help you move from the first person experience to one of an observer to your thoughts, feelings, and actions. 

 - The first step is to close your eyes. 

- Take a long, deep breath and focus all of your attention to the air coming into your lungs, lingering for a second or two, and slowly begin to release your breath, as your shoulders drop and the tension releases. Do this at least 3 times in a row or for as long as you wish. 

- Now, picture a river in front of you... you can see the ripples in the water, as the current flows in one direction. 

- Every item in your mind becomes an object floating down this stream... you can picture each thought, feeling, memory, experience you've had as a separate item that is like a leaf floating on top of the water and being pulled away from you by the current in the water. 

- You watch them float away from you, until you can no longer see it as it is too far away. 

- As another thought, memory, or sensation comes to your mind, you picture each of them on top of new leaves, and they each make their way over the ripples in the water, and they are gently pulled from your mind and finds its way down the stream to be released. 

- If there are pleasant thoughts that you want to keep, you can place those beautiful items in a pile by your side, that you will continue to hold onto after we are finished this visualization. 

- Continue to release all the items that are making you feel stressed, by watching them float away one-by-one until you begin to feel better. 

- Close off this awareness technique by bringing your attention back to your breathing, and take 3 more long, deep breaths and then collect your positive aspects that you've left in a pile beside you and open your eyes. 

 You can do this technique multiple times per day, if you are experiencing a very stressful situation. All you need is a few moments of your time, perhaps during a restroom visit, to bring yourself into serenity within minutes.



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Kim Halerwich-Clark is a Certified NLP Practitioner and Life Coach, as well as, the author of seven personal development books. Kim is an Instructor on Udemy where she teaches a variety of topics to students all around the globe.  

She is the Founder of The Solution Wizard Company 
that is dedicated to assisting individuals in 
overcoming challenges that face society every day.



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