How to Manage Stress at Work: 5 Stress Relief Exercises
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2026年09月12日
If you’re wondering how to manage stress at work, this video guides you through 5 simple stress relief exercises to help calm your body, regulate your Nervous System, and switch off after a stressful workday.
If work stress leaves you feeling wired, tense, exhausted, or unable to relax after work, these exercises are designed to help you interrupt the physical stress response using breathing, somatic practices, and Nervous System regulation.
Want more 5-minute practices for managing stress?
🧠 Get the Calm Mind & Body Toolkit → https://www.stevenintercontinental.com/the-calm-and-body-toolkit
You can deal with the stressful email, finish the deadline, leave the meeting, shut down your laptop and technically be “done” with the stressor. But still feel stressed in your body.
That’s because dealing with the source of stress is not always the same as helping your body recover from the stress response.
In this video, we cover:
• Why dealing with a stressor doesn't necessarily make the stress response disappear
• What happens to your body when you're under chronic stress
• The difference between managing stressors and managing the physiological stress response
• Why simply telling yourself to “calm down” doesn't work
• How to use breathing exercises for stress relief
• Cranial nerve stimulation exercises
• How to use these exercises when you're feeling wired, tense or overwhelmed
⏱️ TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - Introduction
01:00 - Roadmap
01:52 - Benefits of interrupting the stress response
02:48 - Is stress a mental issue?
04:20 - What is stress management?
10:00 - First recap
11:08 - Nervous System regulation exercises - Intro
14:06 - Cranial Nerve stimulation exercise - Eyebrow pressure
19:34 - Cranial Nerve stimulation exercise - Nostril pressure
23:44 - Breathwork exercise - Long exhales
28:49 - Breathwork exercise - Long sighs
32:32 - Cranial Nerve stimulation exercise - Eye circles
36:49 - Final recap
37:22 - Nervous System Regulation - How often/When/Where?
40:14 - Managing stress vs Nervous System retraining
41:50 Summary
THE 5 STRESS RELIEF EXERCISES:
🔸 Gentle pressure around the eyebrows
🔸 Gentle pressure around the nostrils
🔸 Longer-exhale breathing
🔸 Soft sighing exercises
🔸 Gentle circular eye movements
You can practice these exercises while sitting or lying down. Pause the video whenever you need more time with an exercise.
Want more guided practices without having to figure out what to do when you're already stressed?
The Calm Mind & Body Toolkit gives you additional short, guided practices you can use when you're feeling stressed, overwhelmed, wired, tense, or unable to switch off.
👉 Get the Calm Mind & Body Toolkit: https://www.stevenintercontinental.com/the-calm-and-body-toolkit
I'm Steven, a somatic coach and breathwork instructor helping high-functioning adults recover from the effects of stress, burnout, and trauma.
Subscribe for practical tools to manage stress, regulate your Nervous System, and recover from burnout.
If you found these exercises helpful, let me know in the comments how your body felt before and after the exercises.
And if this video helped you, share it with a friend or colleague who is dealing with chronic stress, work stress, or burnout and needs practical tools to manage their stress response.
Related video: Physical Symptoms of Stress — https://youtu.be/6uyXTAXhds0
⚠️ These exercises are intended for general education and relaxation and aren't a substitute for medical or mental health care. If a breathing or relaxation exercise makes you feel worse, stop and return to your normal breathing or seek appropriate professional guidance.
#StressRelief #StressManagement #NervousSystem #WorkStress #ChronicStress k #NervousSystemRegulation
If work stress leaves you feeling wired, tense, exhausted, or unable to relax after work, these exercises are designed to help you interrupt the physical stress response using breathing, somatic practices, and Nervous System regulation.
Want more 5-minute practices for managing stress?
🧠 Get the Calm Mind & Body Toolkit → https://www.stevenintercontinental.com/the-calm-and-body-toolkit
You can deal with the stressful email, finish the deadline, leave the meeting, shut down your laptop and technically be “done” with the stressor. But still feel stressed in your body.
That’s because dealing with the source of stress is not always the same as helping your body recover from the stress response.
In this video, we cover:
• Why dealing with a stressor doesn't necessarily make the stress response disappear
• What happens to your body when you're under chronic stress
• The difference between managing stressors and managing the physiological stress response
• Why simply telling yourself to “calm down” doesn't work
• How to use breathing exercises for stress relief
• Cranial nerve stimulation exercises
• How to use these exercises when you're feeling wired, tense or overwhelmed
⏱️ TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - Introduction
01:00 - Roadmap
01:52 - Benefits of interrupting the stress response
02:48 - Is stress a mental issue?
04:20 - What is stress management?
10:00 - First recap
11:08 - Nervous System regulation exercises - Intro
14:06 - Cranial Nerve stimulation exercise - Eyebrow pressure
19:34 - Cranial Nerve stimulation exercise - Nostril pressure
23:44 - Breathwork exercise - Long exhales
28:49 - Breathwork exercise - Long sighs
32:32 - Cranial Nerve stimulation exercise - Eye circles
36:49 - Final recap
37:22 - Nervous System Regulation - How often/When/Where?
40:14 - Managing stress vs Nervous System retraining
41:50 Summary
THE 5 STRESS RELIEF EXERCISES:
🔸 Gentle pressure around the eyebrows
🔸 Gentle pressure around the nostrils
🔸 Longer-exhale breathing
🔸 Soft sighing exercises
🔸 Gentle circular eye movements
You can practice these exercises while sitting or lying down. Pause the video whenever you need more time with an exercise.
Want more guided practices without having to figure out what to do when you're already stressed?
The Calm Mind & Body Toolkit gives you additional short, guided practices you can use when you're feeling stressed, overwhelmed, wired, tense, or unable to switch off.
👉 Get the Calm Mind & Body Toolkit: https://www.stevenintercontinental.com/the-calm-and-body-toolkit
I'm Steven, a somatic coach and breathwork instructor helping high-functioning adults recover from the effects of stress, burnout, and trauma.
Subscribe for practical tools to manage stress, regulate your Nervous System, and recover from burnout.
If you found these exercises helpful, let me know in the comments how your body felt before and after the exercises.
And if this video helped you, share it with a friend or colleague who is dealing with chronic stress, work stress, or burnout and needs practical tools to manage their stress response.
Related video: Physical Symptoms of Stress — https://youtu.be/6uyXTAXhds0
⚠️ These exercises are intended for general education and relaxation and aren't a substitute for medical or mental health care. If a breathing or relaxation exercise makes you feel worse, stop and return to your normal breathing or seek appropriate professional guidance.
#StressRelief #StressManagement #NervousSystem #WorkStress #ChronicStress k #NervousSystemRegulation
