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What's the difference between Stress and Anxiety?
So, meera that's an important question
I think both, stress and anxiety
are sort of overlapping concepts.
Stress essentially can be defined as
when the capacity to deal with the situation is
less than the demand of the situation places on you.
So stress in that sense is a primary experience
but because you're not been able to deal
with the situation you may feel anxious
I don't know how I will deal with it
so they overlap in that sense
stress, anxiety and even depression
the symptoms or the concerns may overlap a lot.
So you may feel stress because of the situation
and then feel anxious about dealing with that situation.
So it can be like that.
It's not mutually exclusive categories
and you know not being able to deal with that situation
because of anxiety you may further feel stressed
that I don't know how this is going to happen.
So, there is ambiguity or uncertainty and anxiety
which will lead to further stress.
This is my favourite go-to stress buster
and I teach it in almost all my classes.
Come into a comfortable cross-legged position
and take a few natural breaths
breathing into the belly from the nose
and exhaling and drawing the belly back to the spine.
Then make a peace sign with your right hand
and fold the first two fingers into the palm.
Place your thumb on your right nostril
and ring finger on the left nostril.
Lift your ring finger off the left nostril and inhale
then place the ring finger back down
and exhale out through the right nostril.
Inhale again and then exhale out through the left.
This completes one cycle.
Repeat this four to seven times.
For this next one
come into a child's pose.
Keep your knees wide,
drop your torso between your legs
and extend the arms outwards spreading your fingers wide.
Take two to five breaths here.
Then lift off into a tabletop position
bringing your knees closer in
directly under the hips and wrists below your shoulders.
Inhale and on the exhalation walk your left hand forward
and to the center.
After this thread your right arm underneath the left
lifting the hips and twisting at the spine.
To deepen this pose
you can walk the hand further in and come out to your fingertips
bending at the elbow and making a 90 degree angle.
Take five to seven breaths in this pose.
Make sure you don't put too much weight on the head
and please adjust your position so you don't strain your neck or shoulder.
To come out press into your left hand
and slide the right arm from underneath and return to tabletop position.
This pose stretches your shoulders, chest, neck, back
and helps release tension normally held
between the shoulder blades and the upper back.
All it really takes is a few minutes a day
to center yourself and beat stress at its own game.
Until next time stay tuned and stay glamrs.
And thank you so much Pratishtha doing this today
it was a pleasure having you here.
Have a great day, I'm Jenifer Karai,
until next time stay tuned and stay GLAMRS.