10 Experts Reveal 10 Surprising Stress Relief Techniques

LOS ANGELES - June 14, 2013 - PRLog -- According to the American Psychological Association, 77% of Americans battle workplace stress on a daily basis, while the USA today suggests that 20% of respondents battled “extreme stress” in their work environment. We asked a panel of experts what you can do to relieve stress in your life.

Let go of activities that don’t bring you to your goals

“Before you agree to do anything that might add even the smallest amount of stress to your life, ask yourself: What is my truest intention? Give yourself time to let a yes resound within you. When it's right, I guarantee that your entire body will feel it.”
- Oprah Winfrey, TV talk show host

Make the decision to take a new action

“A real decision is measured by the fact that you've taken a new action. If there's no action, you haven't truly decided. If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten.”
- Tony Robbins, American self-help author and motivational speaker

Release your Perspective

“The components of anxiety, stress, fear, and anger do not exist independently of you in the world. They simply do not exist in the physical world, even though we talk about them as if they do.”
- Wayne Dyer, American self-help author and motivational speaker

Step back and think about what you’re doing

“Sometimes when people are under stress, they hate to think, and it's the time when they most need to think.”
- Bill Clinton, former US president

Does it really need to be done?

“Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is a nobler art of leaving things undone.”
- Lin Yutang, Chinese writer, translator, linguist and inventor

Meditate and call on the divine

“It takes a great deal of wisdom to know when you have to ask for help from the divine. Healing happens when a person is ready to receive it.”
- Frankie Fihn, Amazonian Shaman and cosponsor of June 22nd event at http://ShamanismLA.com.

Exercise your body

“Training gives us an outlet for suppressed energies created by stress and thus tones the spirit just as exercise conditions the body.”
- Arnold Schwarzenegger, former professional bodybuilder, actor, and politician

Chances are you already have the answer

“Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer.”
-William S. Burroughs, American novelist

Focus on the positive

“The mind can go either direction under stress—toward positive or toward negative: on or off. Think of it as a spectrum whose extremes are unconsciousness at the negative end and hyperconsciousness at the positive end. The way the mind will lean under stress is strongly influenced by training.”
Frank Herbert, American science fiction author

Replay past successes in your mind instead of reliving the negative

“Well, you know, a lot of people look at the negative things, the things that they did wrong and - which I do. But I like to stress on the things I did right, because there are certain things that I like to look at from a positive standpoint that are just positive reinforcement.”
- Tiger Woods, professional golfer