Comments on: Stress and Tension at Work: When Your Body Speaks, Do You Listen? http://staceyshipman.com/2010/01/27/stress-and-tension-at-work-when-your-body-speaks-do-you-listen/ Stress Management and Confidence Consultant and Speaker Massachusetts Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:52:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Relax your body, reduce your stress http://staceyshipman.com/2010/01/27/stress-and-tension-at-work-when-your-body-speaks-do-you-listen/comment-page-1/#comment-1360 Relax your body, reduce your stress Tue, 28 Sep 2010 00:03:43 +0000 http://staceyshipman.com/?p=794#comment-1360 [...] do you relax your body to reduce stress? (keep it healthy, please!) I hope you’ll share with us, so we can all learn [...] [...] do you relax your body to reduce stress? (keep it healthy, please!) I hope you’ll share with us, so we can all learn [...]

]]> By: Stacey Shipman http://staceyshipman.com/2010/01/27/stress-and-tension-at-work-when-your-body-speaks-do-you-listen/comment-page-1/#comment-536 Stacey Shipman Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:00:23 +0000 http://staceyshipman.com/?p=794#comment-536 Karl - I couldn't agree more. I think if we're able to listen to our own needs we'll also be more in tune to the needs of others even as it relates to business. Megan - Thanks for sharing your story. The movement really does help and I'm glad it's helping you! Karl – I couldn’t agree more. I think if we’re able to listen to our own needs we’ll also be more in tune to the needs of others even as it relates to business.

Megan – Thanks for sharing your story. The movement really does help and I’m glad it’s helping you!

]]> By: Megan "JoyGirl!" Bord http://staceyshipman.com/2010/01/27/stress-and-tension-at-work-when-your-body-speaks-do-you-listen/comment-page-1/#comment-535 Megan "JoyGirl!" Bord Fri, 29 Jan 2010 11:11:33 +0000 http://staceyshipman.com/?p=794#comment-535 Stacey, this is so true and the toll sitting/computers/phones/etc. takes on our bodies slowly builds until it manifests into constant discomfort! When I started writing at home every day last year without the proper "workstation," I noticed that my lower back started screaming after a few months. I have a makeshift chair, so this didn't surprise me. Also, the shoulder on my dominant side gets tense and fatigued very easily. If I make sure to move more - get up, walk around, stretch and especially strengthen the tense muscles by doing concentrated movements on them - my pain disappears. Thanks for this great advice! Stacey, this is so true and the toll sitting/computers/phones/etc. takes on our bodies slowly builds until it manifests into constant discomfort!

When I started writing at home every day last year without the proper “workstation,” I noticed that my lower back started screaming after a few months. I have a makeshift chair, so this didn’t surprise me. Also, the shoulder on my dominant side gets tense and fatigued very easily.

If I make sure to move more – get up, walk around, stretch and especially strengthen the tense muscles by doing concentrated movements on them – my pain disappears.

Thanks for this great advice!

]]> By: Karl Staib - Work Happy Now http://staceyshipman.com/2010/01/27/stress-and-tension-at-work-when-your-body-speaks-do-you-listen/comment-page-1/#comment-534 Karl Staib - Work Happy Now Thu, 28 Jan 2010 20:35:42 +0000 http://staceyshipman.com/?p=794#comment-534 Listening to our bodies is a vital part to feeling and being successful. If we are too stressed out to enjoy our wins, what's the point? I like how you described the "wiggling thing" that we do with our shoulders. I know that I do this when I get too deep into my work. When I start doing this I need to step back and listen to my body's need for movement. Listening to our bodies is a vital part to feeling and being successful. If we are too stressed out to enjoy our wins, what’s the point? I like how you described the “wiggling thing” that we do with our shoulders. I know that I do this when I get too deep into my work. When I start doing this I need to step back and listen to my body’s need for movement.

]]> By: Stacey Shipman http://staceyshipman.com/2010/01/27/stress-and-tension-at-work-when-your-body-speaks-do-you-listen/comment-page-1/#comment-533 Stacey Shipman Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:10:49 +0000 http://staceyshipman.com/?p=794#comment-533 Lance - Yes, we get "caught up" in something...and fail to pay attention to our body. I'm glad there is no pain! Jodi - You're welcome. It is important. Our body carries us, it needs good attention sometimes! Katie - The transition from up and about to desk is a tough one...I'm glad to hear you have more awareness for it! Tess - YAY for yoga! Yes, it is a blessing, and it's typical for one side of the body to have more than the other. Tom - Yes, a new perspective is also a great reason to stretch...it is good for mind and body! Lance – Yes, we get “caught up” in something…and fail to pay attention to our body. I’m glad there is no pain!

Jodi – You’re welcome. It is important. Our body carries us, it needs good attention sometimes!

Katie – The transition from up and about to desk is a tough one…I’m glad to hear you have more awareness for it!

Tess – YAY for yoga! Yes, it is a blessing, and it’s typical for one side of the body to have more than the other.

Tom – Yes, a new perspective is also a great reason to stretch…it is good for mind and body!

]]> By: Tom Volkar / Delightful Work http://staceyshipman.com/2010/01/27/stress-and-tension-at-work-when-your-body-speaks-do-you-listen/comment-page-1/#comment-532 Tom Volkar / Delightful Work Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:53:44 +0000 http://staceyshipman.com/?p=794#comment-532 There are many good reasons for moving around at work. Frequently I like to get up and look out different windows because even that small change can change our perspective and have us seeing things with different eyes upon our return. I'm happy you are looking out for how we feel. There are many good reasons for moving around at work. Frequently I like to get up and look out different windows because even that small change can change our perspective and have us seeing things with different eyes upon our return. I’m happy you are looking out for how we feel.

]]> By: Tess The Bold Life http://staceyshipman.com/2010/01/27/stress-and-tension-at-work-when-your-body-speaks-do-you-listen/comment-page-1/#comment-530 Tess The Bold Life Thu, 28 Jan 2010 02:02:55 +0000 http://staceyshipman.com/?p=794#comment-530 Great questions. I am aware and I do get up and move although I'm not always sitting properly. One of my arms has more tension than the other as well. I'm committing to get up and stretch more. I have began yoga and that's a miracle in itself! Great questions. I am aware and I do get up and move although I’m not always sitting properly. One of my arms has more tension than the other as well. I’m committing to get up and stretch more. I have began yoga and that’s a miracle in itself!

]]> By: Katie West/The Levity Coach http://staceyshipman.com/2010/01/27/stress-and-tension-at-work-when-your-body-speaks-do-you-listen/comment-page-1/#comment-529 Katie West/The Levity Coach Thu, 28 Jan 2010 01:51:50 +0000 http://staceyshipman.com/?p=794#comment-529 I love the intention you are asking us to bring to our body each moment....having recently started spending more hours at the computer after many years of work that had me up and about...I am trying to be more mindful of stretching an honoring the body messages I am getting Thanks Stacey! Katie I love the intention you are asking us to bring to our body each moment….having recently started spending more hours at the computer after many years of work that had me up and about…I am trying to be more mindful of stretching an honoring the body messages I am getting
Thanks Stacey!
Katie

]]> By: Jodi at Joy Discovered http://staceyshipman.com/2010/01/27/stress-and-tension-at-work-when-your-body-speaks-do-you-listen/comment-page-1/#comment-528 Jodi at Joy Discovered Thu, 28 Jan 2010 01:24:36 +0000 http://staceyshipman.com/?p=794#comment-528 Hi Stacey, Great article--what a really good reminder to be *aware* of our body, its movements and what it is telling us--and to *act* on our body's messages by getting up and moving around. Thanks!! Jodi Hi Stacey,
Great article–what a really good reminder to be *aware* of our body, its movements and what it is telling us–and to *act* on our body’s messages by getting up and moving around. Thanks!! Jodi

]]> By: Lance http://staceyshipman.com/2010/01/27/stress-and-tension-at-work-when-your-body-speaks-do-you-listen/comment-page-1/#comment-527 Lance Thu, 28 Jan 2010 01:06:12 +0000 http://staceyshipman.com/?p=794#comment-527 Stacey, So, I am aware of this...except when I'm not. What? Well, I do notice when I "need" to get up and just move, except sometimes when I get wrapped up in something, and that awareness "slips". Good reminder to just think about it more often. Luckily...no pain!! Stacey,
So, I am aware of this…except when I’m not. What? Well, I do notice when I “need” to get up and just move, except sometimes when I get wrapped up in something, and that awareness “slips”. Good reminder to just think about it more often. Luckily…no pain!!

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