European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 27, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Survival tips for the by Laurie Jones Baltimore Sun. I he work is piling up. Id phone is ringing Oil the Hook and you in late Tat a meeting. You re so lense you can barely keep. . What can you do. You d love to escape to a secluded Boach Hul since hat is nol possible at he moment Why not go there in your imagination imagery closing your eyes and imagining yourself in another place is one of several simple relaxation. Hal Sioss manager Cal experts say can help you gel through i a tensions of everyday. Me. of of people have the idea that you have to mar Jimtale or do yoga for 20 minutes every Day to control stress says John Curtis director of the University of Wisconsin stress management Institute which trains. To ally care providers to Leach stress management classes those i hits arc Good but realistically most people arc not going to take the Lime to do them every Day. And Hal s of because there Are lots of Quick simple ways 1o relax. Ii you can breathe,.you can relax among Way b to control stress exports suggest try deep breathing. Breathe deeply from your diaphragm not moving your Chest and shoulders. You should Pel your abdominal Muscles protrude As you breathe in and deflate when you breathe Oul As you Broache Oul your diaphragm and rib Mustos relax and your body May seem to sink Down into the chaw. You can use deep breathing anytime anyplace says Danielle Seery Smith a stress management instructor Wilh National Center Lor health fitness a american University in washing Ion. Ii you us Lake 60 seconds several limes a Day to do some deep breathing it will help you relieve watch diet and sleep. I always Tell people to Start with the basics says Glenn Schiraldi a stress management instructor at Iho University of Maryland make Suro you eat three limes a Day get enough sleep and exercise Al least three limes a week everyone s heard Asl this before but i can t emphasize it enough. You can l cheat on the basics if you do deep breathing or any other technique is not going to do much do aerobic exercise. Doing some Type of aerobic exercise Throe times a week is a Way to tap into the Energy your body builds Lepta Teddy through Iho Sless response says Seery Smith is s essential to pick a Typo of exercise you can enjoy in Hathor in s walking running biking aerobic dancing if it s nol something you enjoy then you re not going to Mako it part of your routine every week and that s the Tiole Point to Mako in a Parl of your keep work at work. Don t carry work problems Home with you says Diane Gibson director of activity therapy and stress. Management instructor at Sheppard and Enoch Pratl health system. Use your time at Home to refuel set reasonable goals setting realistic goals can be especially difficult Lor women these Days when they sometimes Pul pressure on themselves to be super women says Gibson. I can Uso Mysel As an example. Al one Point to my to i was trying to work full Lime raise our kids gel a s in graduate school and still make Sura the kids had milk and cookies when hey came Home from school every Day. It was an unrealistic Goat and 1created a. Tremendous amount of stress for myself by trying to be. Parted at All those schedule worry time.11 set aside a certain time each Day to think about things thai Are troubling you Schiraldi advises i give myself a 30-Minule period Al the end of each Day to think about i hangs Hal Are worrying Maho. Says. I find ii really helps me. When i Start worrying during the Day i Slop myself and Jot Down some of my thou gals end then put them aside until my worry time " also keep a journal and during the worry time i la while Down some of my thoughts and possible soul inns. To what s bothering me. He ends each worry Lime by using imagery. Sometimes i imagine Nysell in a relaxing place he says. Other times i recall in detail something pleasant that has happened to me. Tha Point is to and the worry time on a positive nole.". Refuse to worry about things you can t control or anticipate. Focus on i hangs that you can do something about says Gibson. Ii something is worrying you. Decide whether you can do anything about it. Ii you can Ihen do it. In it s Oul of your control Ihen let it go. Don l Waslo your Lime and Energy worrying about things that you can t do anything give yourself a treat every Day iry to do Al least one thing you enjoy it Dobs l be big says Schiraldi jus do Sorri ething Good Lor yourself listen to a favorite cassette gel out of the Ollice at lunch time make a special dinner Call a Friend anything Hal helps you relax and enjoy yourself stretch. Extend your right Arm in Iron of you Wilh your Palm facing up. With your loft hand gently pull Back the Igors of your right hand and hold the stretch Lor 10 to 20 seconds. Release the stretch extend your left Arm in front of you and repeal the exercise stand up and Orlend your right Arm in front of you. Slowly move your Arm toward the ceiling then toward the Back Ihen toward the Sida. Then reverse the motion bringing Youram irom the Side Loward the Back toward the ceiling and Loward the Iron repeat using Lell Arm. Make Sura you do slowly. Take a deep breath As you move your arms. Sitting at your desk extend your night leg straight out in front of you. Slowly relate your ankle from Lell to right curious goings on in the Lan by Enid Nemy new York times the Petite woman is skiing swiftly Down a slope somewhere in new England faster and faster she goes when suddenly to her horror she is i midair and heading Ovar a Dill. She Colas Oul for help lha words that Tumble from her is Are spoken in a Boston accent. That really terrifies her and Wilh that or Ruth Wos thelmer wakes up Happy to realize Hal it was All a dream a Lew words to herself that would have been catastrophic among them assures her she still has her grandma Freud accent and she sighs in Relief. While not everyone claims to have a recurring dream or even the one night Only variety there Are certainly some curious goings on in the land of nod. It is forever Christmas eve in Iho dream Blaina Trump has several limes a year. The hour is. In Lack. 10 p m. When Trump realizes she has t even begun her Christmas shopping. She dashes olt seeking shops that Are still open Sha does nol head for her Brohier a taws nah Avenue Tower instead she goes to a new Jersey shopping Center the Paramos Wall on route a to to exact.,. There the doors Are still open this alter All is a dream Page 1 the stars and stripes and there Are lots of clerks to wait on her. They probably dreamed she was on her Way. Mario Buatta Ono of the busiest men Aboul Manhattan. Says he uses his dreams to fulfil his social obligations. I often dream that i be seen somebody or phoned them even had dinner with them he said and i really Phinx that i of of do those things until i bump into them somewhere and they ask me when we re going to Gat together. Then i realize it s just been in a dream. 11 does to spill Over Inlo my business life but i sure ebb a lot of personal friends in my Carolyne Roehm s strangest dreams take place she is convinced following a dinner thai includes Steak and red wine. The scenario is pretty much the same she is in a hurry to get someplace and since her feet Are encased in blocks of can Only walk in slow motion. T everything thai should t go Wrang does go she said. I can l get a taxi my dog Falls Down a Hole i _ can t and the Bottom of my shirt closet All the time she s aware she s dreaming and is attempting to Calm herself Down. The recurrent dream o Usa Schier Roehm s assistant is much More simple., i m Ealing a pretzel and my Irani. Leeth fall " ,. George Peck is an actor bus Driver currently starring on monday i
