What is stress management?

Stress is a silent killer. It plays a significant role in physical illness and disease. Stress can be managed. Some of techniques of stress management are as follows:
Relaxation Techniques:

• It is a skill that reduces symptoms of stress and decreases the incidence of illnesses such as high blood-pressure and heart diseases.
• Deep breathing is used along with muscle relaxation to calm the mind and relax the body.
• Relaxation starts from the lower part of the body and progresses towards facial muscles and ultimately relaxes whole body.
Meditation Procedures:
• It is a yogic exercise of withdrawing the mind from all external stimuli.
• Meditation consists of refocusing of attention that brings about an altered state of consciousness.

• It involves such a thorough concentration that the meditator becomes unaware of any outside stimulus.