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Try these techniques to calm down.

Stop all stimulants like caffeine or loud music. Notice and let go of fear-based thoughts and worries from the past or concerns for the future. Change your physical space: move to a quiet room or just adjust your posture to a more comfortable position or find a more cozy place to sit or lie down * Turn on some soft, pleasurable music. Beware of your breath: see if you can relax it into an even flow of in breaths and out breaths * Center yourself: think of your whole being as being enveloped in a loving smile * Imagine a favorite place or moment that reminds you of peacefulness, warmth, and total acceptance; allow yourself to totally accept this place and yourself in the timeless now moment

Meditate: Focus on the quietness and peacefulness of your breathing, carry yourself into deeper relaxation by releasing your mind from any remaining fears or concerns or any feeling of mind or physical tension. Keep a relaxed focus on any tension or thoughts that come up and let them go, coming back to peacefulness of the eternal now. After a few moments take a few deep breaths and slowly open your eyes if dosed, give a gentle stretch, and fed the peacefulness and relaxation. Gently return to your daily tasks as a renewed spirit.

Take a yoga or chi gong or meditation class, or have a regular routine of exercise that you do * 60 outside and embrace nature * Do something caring or helpful for someone else * Drink calming herbal tea like chamomile
English chamomile , Roman chamomile the dried flowers of the perennial herb Chamaemelum nobile, used as a homeopathic preparation and in folk medicine as a carminative and counterirritant.
 * Take a herbal supplements for rest like valerian
1. a plant of the genus Valeriana.
2. the dried roots, rhizome, and stolons of V. officinalis, which are antispasmodic and sedative and are used for nervousness and insomnia.
 root or passionflower passionflower, any plant of the genus Passiflora, mostly tropical American vines having pulpy fruits. Some species are grown in greenhouses for their large, unusual flowers of various colors; those seen by early Spanish settlers were interpreted as symbolic of the Crucifixion (whence the name), the 10 petals and sepals, fringed corona, five stamens, three styles, and coiling tendrils representing in order the 10 faithful apostles, crown of thorns, wounds, or amino acids like Taurine taurine /tau·rine/ (taw´ren) an oxidized sulfur-containing amine occurring conjugated in the bile, usually as cholyltaurine or chenodeoxycholyltaurine; it may also be a central nervous system neurotransmitter or neuromodulator.

tau·rine (tôr
, L-Theonine, or GABA GABA - Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid
GABA - Georgia Antiquarian Booksellers Association
GABA - Great Australian Bugger All (colloquial term for the Australian Outback)
GABA - Greater Alameda Business Association (Alameda, California)
GABA - Greater Arizona Bicycle Association
. Add magnesium and calcium to your supplement regime * Take a warm bath or sauna * Get or give a massage * Call a supportive or nurturing friend * Go out and do some volunteer work or work in the garden * Stroke a loving pet * Read a spiritual or inspiring book or poem. Eat some healthy organic vegetables or fruit. Take care of yourself!
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Publication:New Life Journal
Article Type:Brief article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Mar 1, 2006
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