Stress

Discover some of the little things you can do to relax and take it easy.

During every NASCAR season, racing fans the world over are beside themselves with pulse-pounding excitement as they watch their favourite drivers compete for riches, glory, and the Nextel Cup. It's also time to renew a debate that has gripped racing enthusiasts for years - should racecar drivers be considered athletes? Most people don't realize it, but professional racecar driving is a high-stress, physically demanding job.

Yoga breathing, also known as pranayama, can help to energize or calm you, warm you up or cool you down. Try these 2 yoga breathing techniques!

Our bodies respond to stressful or threatening situations in interesting ways, with all sorts of blushing, bumpy, fluttery, and shaky sensations.

Yuck it up - laughter is good for you! Discover why the benefits of laughing go beyond simply feeling happy.

Find out how food can be one of your best stress-busting allies.

You may feel you have outgrown play or that it is not worth your time. But play is an essential part of what makes us human and what makes us healthy.

Touch can actually give more than a momentary tingle or a second of solace; touch can comfort and heal.

Public speaking scares people silly. In fact, a Gallup poll of Americans found glossophobia - fear of public speaking - to be the most common phobia, beating out other bogeymen like needles, heights, thunderstorms, spiders, and flying. Performance anxiety, or stage fright, strikes at the worst possible times, and it can happen to anyone - students, CEOs, fathers-of-the-bride, American Idol contestants.

NASCAR races are raucous, body-shaking events. There's the rumble of dozens of engines, the screaming of delirious fans, as well as the shouting of the announcers. And, just beneath the cacophony, there's a vibration that only the drivers, ensconced in their sleek, powerful machines, with their helmets securely fastened, can feel - the rapid pounding of their hearts.

We all have to deal with stress in our daily lives - but how do we handle it? Let's look at stress, what it does to your body, and how to stop it from taking over your life.