原文: Five Amazing Stress-Busting Methods on YouTube

(”Relaxation Assembly Line”; courtesy of phoenixawaken)

Stress affects your mood, your memory and your ability to concentrate, as well as your health and your overall feelings of well-being. Fortunately, there are several quick and effective techniques you can use to lower your stress levels and regain a sense of balance and tranquility. Below you will find five (5) YouTube videos that demonstrate some of the best techniques you can apply right now to reduce stress, so just press “play” and follow along with the videos.

1. Qigong Routine. Qigong means “working with the qi” or with the “life energy”. It’s the ancient Chinese art and science of learning how to control the flow of qi through a precise set of movements and respiratory techniques. The YouTube video below presents an easy to follow, sitting Qigong routine, that lasts for about four minutes and which will help you to relax.

2. Binaural Beats: Induce Alpha Brainwaves. Put on a set of headphones, press the “play” button on the video below, sit back, and close your eyes. You will hear a tone oscillating at 100 hertz on one ear, as well as a one oscillating at 105 cycles per second on the other ear. There will also be a third phantom signal called a binaural beat frequency which occurs in the brain; it pulsates at the difference between the tones it’s hearing in each ear.

Your brain cells will begin to move in resonance with the binaural beat, and your right and left brain hemispheres will begin to synchronize. This will lower your brain waves to the alpha state, the brain frequency associated with deep relaxation and meditation. The video lasts for about five minutes.

3. Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT). EFT is the emotional version of acupuncture, except needles aren’t used. Instead, you stimulate energy meridian points on your body by tapping on them with your fingertips. It’s very easy to learn and very effective in helping you to release any negative emotions you may be feeling and altering your mood. Just follow along with the video below:

4. Whole Body Guided Relaxation. The guided meditation below will help you focus on each body part, slowly relaxing your entire body.

5. Laughter Yoga. Every day new studies are being published on the myriad physiological and psychological benefits of laughter, and Laughter Yoga can help anyone partake of these benefits. Laughter Yoga consists of exercises designed to get people to laugh for no reason, combined with simple yoga breathing techniques. It uses a blend of playful and tension-releasing laughter exercises to improve health, reduce stress, and increase feelings of well-being.

Studies have shown that the body can’t differentiate between simulated and spontaneous laughter, and that simulated laughter produces the same positive changes in the body as laughing at a great joke. For more information on laughter yoga, visit my squidoo lens, “Laughter Meets Yoga”. Follow along with Sebastian Gendry, Director of the American School of Laughter Yoga, in the video below:

译文: 5个神奇的视频缓解你的压力！

压力让你心情烦躁，记忆减退，注意力分散，同时影响你的身心健康和幸福指数。幸好，这里有几个快速而有效的小方法，你可以试着来降低你的紧张感，回归平衡和安定的心理环境。下面是5个在YouTube上搜来的视频，你现在马上就可以试试这些最前卫的减压方法，按下“播放键”，跟着视频所说的做就行了。

  1 气功法。气功在中文里的意思是“气随形在”或者如西方所说“生命能量”的修炼。是古老的中国艺术和科学的结合，重在学习如何在一整套动作的完成过程中呼吸吐纳。下面来自YouTube上的视频里的动作很容易掌握，气功打坐，大概四分钟就能帮助你放松。

2 双耳不同步节拍法：阿尔法脑波诱导。戴上耳机（一定要戴上，否则听不到），按下视频“播放键”，坐下来，闭上眼睛。你一只耳朵将听到在100赫兹左右的声音，同时另一只耳朵将听到每秒震动105次的声音。在你大脑里还存在着第三种幻象信号，叫做双耳共振波，它随着两个耳朵所听到的不同声音的落差而产生。

你的脑细胞将随着双耳共振波而变得活跃，你的左右脑半球开始交流，试图达到统一。这个过程将降低你的脑波至阿尔法状态，即进入深度的放松和冥想状态。这个视频时间约五分钟。

3 情绪放松疗法。情绪放松疗法是对情感进行针灸治疗，不会用到真正的针，而是用指尖轻弹来刺激穴位。易学易懂，而且能非常有效地帮助你释放负面情绪，扭转心情。跟着下面是视频做就行了。

4 全身放松指导。下面引导性的提示将逐渐带你到冥想的状态，将你的意念集中到身体的每个部分，然后慢慢放松你的整个身体。

5 笑脸瑜伽。每天都有关于欢笑有益于身心健康的报道，笑脸瑜伽能将这些益处真真切切地带给你。笑脸瑜伽让人们练习自主地放声笑，毫无理由的，就是让你笑，伴随着一些简单的瑜伽呼吸技巧。它通过一系列搞怪的，缓解紧张的笑声练习来帮助你改善健康，减少压力，并且提升你的幸福感。

研究已经表明，人体无法区分故意的还是自然发出的笑声，而故意的大笑和因为一个笑话引起的大笑对身体都具有同样积极的作用。想要了解更多关于笑脸瑜伽的信息，请访问我的鱼眼镜头之“当笑脸碰上瑜伽”。跟着下面视频里的美国学校的笑脸瑜伽专家Sebastian Gendry，开始做吧！