Mitigate Chronic Stress with These 3 Daily Mindfulness Practices
Simple ways to increase your mindfulness each day.
Chronic stress is one of our biggest killers.
It is linked to “heart disease, cancer, lung ailments, accidents, cirrhosis of the liver and suicide”. While things like overeating and smoking are obviously not good for us, chronic stress often slips under the radar as a health concern, but wreaks havoc beneath the surface.
It’s so crucial for our health, therefore, to take steps each day to mitigate this chronic stress. While of course we can’t completely get rid of stress, we can use tools to lessen its impact. And one such tool is mindfulness.
While a formal meditation practice has loads of benefits on its own, and I highly recommend that everyone meditate in some capacity, simply being more mindful can also have a huge impact on both your physical and mental health.
Here are 3 easy ways you can increase your mindfulness on a daily basis.
1. Get Outside
“An EPA study found that Americans spend approximately 90 percent of their time indoors…We are, after all, animals, and it’s hard to forget that, even if some try real hard, surrounding themselves with walls, metal, glass, and screens. Those…
