More and more people are having to deal with stress and anxiety due to the fast pace of modern day living. It is quite commonplace for anyone of us to feel stressed and anxious at any-point in time and can be brought on by a number of different factors.

More commonly people feel stressed and anxious due to work or job related pressure or are perhaps experiencing difficulties at home with friends and/ or family. Stress is very much an everyday occurrence and simply the bodies natural way of sending out warning signals.

Therefore it's virtually impossible to eliminate stress completely but the key is to how you deal with your stress and anxiety. If you're under a lot of pressure and really feeling the effects of stress you are not only straining yourself mentally but it can cause the body to become slightly dysfunctional and effect your physical well-being.

That's why it's important to deal with stress and anxiety and manage it effectively, the following are a few simple and effective stress management techniques you can apply to help you deal with stress.

Dealing with the root cause of the stress

The problem for many is that they will worry about everything which is a major cause of stress alone. More often than not they become accustomed to it and aren't even aware that they are are worrying and stressing there-selves out. Whenever you find yourself starting to worry about insignificant things and start feeling stressed, take some time out and try to understand or pinpoint what has led to you feeling stressed.

Usually it's something quite trivial and can be dealt with fairly easily once you realize that there's nothing really to be stressed about. By getting to the source that has led to avalanche of niggling worries you can essentially deal with the stress as a whole and eliminate or at least alleviate it.

Stop worrying

One of the most common symptoms as well as causes of stress is worry. More often than not worry leads to worry and before you know it you're worrying about the most trivial things! There's certainly no quick fix here and it's important to know that everybody worries, again it's one of the bodies defense mechanisms and is ingrained in us all.

The key again is to manage it effectively, it's important to keep yourself entertained and your mind busy and engaged in productive activities and engage in things in general that allow you to free your mind of these niggling worries. It could be something as simple as putting on your favorite c.d and listening to music. More extreme strategies for coping with stress could be something like taking a short vacation, the most important thing though is to take your mind away from worry and replace it with positivity.

If you can't change the outcome then don't worry about it

Far to many people allow situations that are outside of their control to get them stressed and anxious. For instance you may be held up in a really bad traffic jam and feel yourself getting stressed and agitated, perhaps even muttering under your voice and tooting on the horn. Unfortunately though this is a particular situation that you have no control over and allowing yourself to get stressed doesn't change the outcome so try to avoid getting stressed when you're in a situation where you have no control.

Use mind calming techniques

There are also natural techniques for dealing with stress such as yoga and meditation. Alleviating stress through meditation is particularly effective if one takes the time to incorporate meditation into their daily routine. Meditation helps to calm the mind and relieve any worry and stress by channeling your thoughts and energy on the "here and now". It provides an escape from the ongoing stresses and worries of everyday life and is certainly worth experimenting with.

Yoga is beneficial for dealing with stress as it can help your body unwind and relieve any built up tension. If you have a particularly stressful day and your feeling both mentally and physically fatigued then practicing yoga for just 15 minutes upon returning home can revitalize both your mind and body.