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With long hours, additional overtime, and lengthy commutes, all too often your work can take over your entire life, leaving you with little time for yourself. However, it is important that you take a break from work to destress and pursue the things that you love, as this will help you to return to work feeling refreshed and positive, and help to keep on top of your mental health and avoid burnout. Hobbies are a great way of taking your mind out of the workplace. Here are some fun hobbies that you can pursue to help you relax and destress after a long day at work.
Yoga
You will experience many benefits in your body and mind when you establish a regular yoga practice. Yoga is an ancient practice, having been developed at least 5,000 years in northern India, but it is only since the 1960s that it has gained popularity in the West. Yoga provides you with a low intensity workout that helps to gently strengthen and tone your muscles, whilst building flexibility and balance. As well as forming the poses, a large element of yoga practice is working on the breath, and you will learn stress-busting breathing techniques that can be applied in overwhelming situations at work to help keep you on balance. Try a 20 minutes yoga practice from online guru Yoga With Adriene as part of your unwind routine before bed.
Cross stitching and tapestry
Crafting is a great way to relax and unwind after work. Not only will you keep your hands and mind busy by learning a new skill, but you will be using the creative side of your brain which may be underutilized during the working day. Cross stitching and tapestry teach you a range of hand sewing skills and is a way of connecting with the sewers of generations past as you pick up the needle and take part in this centuries old craft. There are many fun cross stitch and tapestry kits available from haberdasheries like Really Maria, an arts and crafts shop London. Cushion cross stitch kits or wall tapestry designs make pretty additions to your home décor and are an absorbing and relaxing creating process.
Reading
There is nothing quite like delving into a good book at the end of a stressful day at work. Books are a great way to travel without the air fare: through their pages, you can visit countries all over the work, travel across time, and even visit other worlds. If you would like to give some direction to your reading, you could set yourself a challenge, such as reading the book list of banned classics.
Or, you always finish a book brimming with thoughts and opinions that you want to discuss, join a book club or book themed social media platform, like Goodreads, where you can connect with other readers from across the world and find ideas for your next read.
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