Stress Control-Play Music

#9.  Play Music

Listening to the right type of music is really important when you are trying to reduce stress and find your inner peace.  Some music when listened to, whilst stressed, can in fact heighten your stress levels. One type of music, which research has shown to help reduce stress is Baroque music. This music is written so that there is only 60 beats per minute and funny enough that is what our heart rate should be.  The baroque music has been found to increase the alpha waves in your left and right sides of your brain which help improve your learning ability, creativity and calmness.

Whilst you are working in the office on a demanding piece of work, simply put in a CDROM of music and listen to it as you are completing the work, but honestly do watch the type of music you are listening to or it can back fire.  Most corporate organisations are now realising the benefit of staff listening to music during the day and with 90% of corporate computers having CDROMs, it is possible to listen to music on your computer whilst doing your work, you may just need headphones.  I work in hundreds of corporate organisations a year and only one had a no music policy and that was because they were a call centre, which I can understand.  There is no reason why you can not listen to music during your break though to ensure you a feeling calm before hitting those phones again