{"id":1504,"date":"2017-05-26T15:24:58","date_gmt":"2017-05-26T20:24:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/jonesboro\/?p=1504"},"modified":"2017-05-26T15:24:58","modified_gmt":"2017-05-26T20:24:58","slug":"meditation-will-knock-down-stress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/jonesboro\/2017\/05\/26\/meditation-will-knock-down-stress\/","title":{"rendered":"Meditation For Caregivers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The hectic life of a caregiver is demanding and stressful.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, many family caregivers provide care full time without relief. One family caregiver said, \u201cCaregiving takes so much time and energy and patience. I love my job, but sometimes I just feel overwhelmed\u2026 you can\u2019t really be there for someone else unless you take care of yourself.\u201d She went on to say she was learning ways to reduce stress.<\/p>\n<p>While caregiver stress may not be eliminated, it can be managed.<\/p>\n<p>Try these 3 simple tips throughout your day to relieve stress:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Progressive relaxation:<\/strong> alternately tense and then relax your muscles starting from your neck to your lower back, upper arms to hands, abdomen and upper thighs to feet. Do this technique while taking slow, deep breaths, in through your nose and out through an open mouth.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Visualization:<\/strong> Think of a place or time that makes you happy and go there in your mind. \u00a0If it\u2019s the beach, visualize the waves rolling in and going out or recall a favorite pastime or funny story<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Centering:<\/strong> Find your center core right below your naval then take a slow deep breath. Breath in for the count of five seconds, hold the breath for five seconds and slowly exhale for five seconds. While doing this breathing technique, attempt to clear your mind and think only of your breathing. Repeat this five to eight times. Stop if you feel\u00a0 light headed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Taking just a 10 minute walk can lower your stress level and provide the physical activity all of us need.<\/p>\n<p>In Jonesboro, we provide FREE Family Caregiver Workshops for the general public.\u00a0 Please contact us to register for our next workshop at <a href=\"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/jonesboro\/contact-us\/\">https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/jonesboro\/contact-us\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Not in Jonesboro? UAMS Home Caregiver Training has locations in El Dorado, Ft. Smith, Hot Springs, Jonesboro, Little Rock, Pine Bluff, &amp; Texarkana.\u00a0For a list of locations and contact information, visit our website at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/\">uamscaregiving.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The hectic life of a caregiver is demanding and stressful. In fact, many family caregivers provide care full time without relief. One family caregiver said, \u201cCaregiving takes so much time and energy and patience. I love my job, but sometimes I just feel overwhelmed\u2026 you can\u2019t really be there for someone else unless you take&#8230;<\/p>\n<div><a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/jonesboro\/2017\/05\/26\/meditation-will-knock-down-stress\/\">Read more<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"author":364,"featured_media":1506,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/jonesboro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1504"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/jonesboro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/jonesboro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/jonesboro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/364"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/jonesboro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1504"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/jonesboro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1504\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/jonesboro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/jonesboro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/jonesboro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/jonesboro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}