Relieve Stress ─ 20 Quick Techniques

Stress is a normal part of life: work pressures, family expectations, even recreational activities can become demanding. Activities to help prevent stress--like meditation, yoga, or exercise--are beneficial, but the anxiety that stress can produce in the middle of a busy day can be difficult to manage, if you don’t have thirty minutes to an hour to calm down.

In this quick guide, Katrin Schubert brings over twenty years of natural medicine practice to bring you a stress reduction first aid kit. Through 20 easy, calming techniques, including acupressure, breathing exercises, and guided imagery, you will learn how to relieve stress in 5 minutes or less. Pictures and illustrations will show you how to apply specific techniques in common stressful situations, a short explanation of the science behind the practices, and how to effectively use these techniques in your daily life.

Katrin Schubert, MD, has a PhD in human genetics from the University of Hamburg Germany and a BA in Life Sciences from Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. For the past 23 years she has been a practitioner of natural medicine in Kensington, Ontario, employing a variety of exclusively holistic and non-invasive modalities