REDUCING STRESS WITH TAO PHILOSOPHY

Tao means walking. This philosophy makes Asian people have more harmonic life with their surrounding, reduce stress, and increase happiness. In fact, this technique gives some advantage as relaxing our mind and making happier. These are several techniques you may try to do based on Tao philosophy.

Listen to Your Intuitio

Taoism teaches us to apply wu wei principle, doing some thing correctly and naturally as stated by professor in Asia Victoria Cass, PhD from University of Colorado in the book untitled “In the Realm of Gods”. When you base your decision on what you have to do, or what other people want you to do, your internal objection will prohibit your success. However, when you follow your instinct, you will be happy with your decision, including how to select soul mate.  You have to realize that it is hard to find the most correct way, so that you may try to sit down in a garden and relax your mind to listen to your hearth.

Playing

Taoism makes people like to take a walk and have other free activities as playing your pet or do something pleasant for several minutes every day as walking, calling friends, or playing computer game. This technique will increase your creativity.

Nature Correlation

There are so many reasons why Asian house is built around garden. Based on Tao philosophy that human realize that we are the biggest part of nature. A study shows that getting close to nature, we can relax our mind, increase optimism, solve problem, and reduce pain.

Follow the Stream of Life

Taoism encourages every person to be as water. When it gets trouble, it does not stop to stream or to jump it. Research shows that willingness to follow life stream and to find another solution for problem is the main characteristic of happy people all of their life.

Inhale the Aroma of Coffee and Rose Water

The motto of Taoist is “talking about way do not pass that way, think about life not life”. It means that life is direct experience. Too much talking and too much think may make you feel nervous. So, in this condition, you are better to focus on your sense as the voice of knife slicing fruit or coffee aroma. This technique will reduce speed and reduce stress.

Remember Tomorrow

Taoism do not teach you to give punishment for yourself because of mistake you made. By considering life as running journey, you will have what is called positive reframing which is related to emotional control making you stepping forward.