For some, stress adds too much energy, making them feel anxious and jittery. For others, stress drags energy out of the body into a state of exhaustion. Stress in this way can be regarded as another energy disorder.

Just the hustle and bustle of the holiday season can leave anyone with low energy, high stress, and even depression.

Understanding the different types of stress and you own stress responses is the key to ensuring that you turn stress into energy gain, instead of energy drain.

Stress And Physical Energy

Stress causes oxidation, an increased production of free radicals, which require more of the bodies resources to remove from the body. This alone can drain energy supply normally used for other activity.

Chronic stress not only has an impact on energy metabolism, but also on your wellness status in terms of reducing your immune response

Stress blocks energy flow throughout the body, making limbs feel heavy and movement less free flowing.

Stress And Mental Energy

Stress acts as an emotional barracade to clear thought processes and memory retention.

As the mind becomes overwhelmed it seeks refuge in the body by attempting to shut down physical energy so that it may withdraw from dealing with the stressors.

At work, it is very easy for mental stress to manifest in physical energy decline.

Relieving Stress And Releasing Energy At Work

There are two key elements of managing stress and energy at work:

Mental Toughness
The Right Stress Management Techniques

Mental toughness helps you change your focus to more energising thoughts. This allows you to maintain your energy levels, increase your enthusiasm and work in a more positive and productive manner.

Typical stress management techniques include:

Relaxation – a few key yoga stretches work wonders to release the tension in muscles and unblock energy flows. For a great mini yoga workout in a chair.
Breathing – the first sign of stress is blocked and shallow breathing. For tips on breathing exercises
Assertiveness – don’t avoid unpleasant situations that will need to be dealt with eventually. They are massive energy drains. Instead, avoid conflict by learning how to deal assertively with these scenarios.
Healthy lifestyle – maintain healthy eating habits to prevent sugar crashes and carbo blob outs
Time and task management – Learn to prioritise to focus on doing the right things at the right time.
Problem solving – stress builds when you feel out of control. Not knowing how to deal with problems gives a sense of being out of control. Having a simple problem solving template to work through key problem elements, and learning how to effectively delegate are critical business anti-stress, pro-energy skills.

Learn to recognise stress triggers and have interrupt actions to prevent stress getting to the point of becoming energy draining. Prevention is much more effective than cure.

Ways to Reduce Stress and Increase Energy Flow

Tai Chi
Breathing
Yoga
Pranic Healing
Mental Toughness
Crystal Therapy
Local Environment De-ionisation