Brainstorming – Style

“Kommersant Style” talks about the means of overcoming psychological discomfort, relieving tension, mental relaxation with the help of both traditional and unusual methods that have appeared recently.

In the fight for peace, all means are good: meditation, the right scents, focusing on the positive, switching activities traditionally help to cope with stress. New places for practicing pranayama, qigong, yoga are opening up in Moscow, and cosmetics with a relaxation effect are gaining popularity (even if it is often written only in the name). Even familiar accessories get a new meaning – literally the other day a brand of sunglasses appeared in Russia, which offers to look at the world in the energy vibration that corresponds to your inner state, and, if necessary, correct it. Whether it works or not is a matter of attitude and trust.

Practical esoteric

Working with anger, relieving stress and building adaptive mechanisms is offered in the Ashram space, which is led by Natalia Osmann. In addition to well-known practices, they offer soundhealing (impact on the nervous system with the help of sound vibrations of singing bowls), aurasoma (work with color) and transpersonal psychology. Natalia says: “In any practice, it is believed that where you direct your attention, your energy goes there. If a person has 2000 thoughts in his head and constant stress, then it is very difficult to concentrate. They often say: “Turn off your brain.” I don’t really like this expression. I would formulate: “Learn to divert the focus of attention from stress and problems.” Pranayama, which includes thousands of different breathing practices, helps a lot with this. Mantras help me to relieve stress and calm down. There is a White Sun group, which, by the way, has repeatedly received the Grammy, I warmly recommend them. They have a series of mantras that are wonderfully relaxing.”

To cope with stress, Fresh Spa by Natura Siberica launched a collaboration with Svetlana Bondarchuk’s yoga and Pilates studio Funny Studio. The message is this: bringing the body into an ideal shape, and the mind into a state of harmony and balance, is practically the formula for absolute happiness, that is, you are not only calm, but also look good. Spa body treatments for two are sold here along with a gift certificate for an hour of individual yoga training.

The recently opened studio 50 Body & Mind at Patriarch’s Ponds, in addition to the usual Pilates, includes choreographic classes, barbie yoga in silk, orgasm reflex practice and wellness parties. New approaches look attractive and greatly change the usual healthy lifestyle landscape.

Breathe and speak

Many experts advise, first of all, to focus on how we manifest and feel ourselves in space, on working with the body, but not through muscles, but indirectly through voice and breathing. So, Maria Grudtsova, head of the Mind Body direction at ProTrener, believes that anxiety can lead not only to sleep disturbance, but also to social isolation, depression, and health problems. “As a Pilates coach, I can recommend focusing your attention on your breathing in moments of anxiety. Slow breathing will help the nervous system return to parasympathetic status. It is also a good exercise for the diaphragm, the main respiratory muscle. And at night, drink relaxing herbal tea, milk with a spoonful of honey – all this helps to fall asleep, ”she advises.

Excitement, anxiety, stress, arising, are immediately reflected in the body, even if you do not notice it. How? First of all, clamps, excess muscle tension. This is solved by the already somewhat hackneyed awareness, which is absolutely out of place here. It helps to release excess tension – so stress goes away. “It is a proven fact that emotions affect the physics of the body, but the physics of the body also affects emotions. I change my physical state, let go of tension – my emotional state also changes. The excitement goes away,” says Vadim Kurilov, who teaches the technique of working with the voice. Speaking clearly, beautifully, legibly is not always the goal, the main thing is to free your natural breath, thus getting rid of unnecessary tension in the body. “You can put a reminder on your phone once an hour with the text “release stress”. Such sessions can be carried out up to ten times a day. Act like this: I see a reminder – for a second I release the pelvis, stomach and jaw and notice how the air enters through the partly open mouth “into the stomach”. I don’t make an effort to breathe with my stomach, but I release tension, and as a result, breathing is released, ”Vadim shares a useful practice. In addition, he advises in his inner speech to replace the word “relax” with the phrase “release excess tension” – this way you can achieve a productive state, not too relaxed, but well-collected and focused.

Irina Kirienko