Our lives can be filled with pressure to keep up with the times. It is only reinforced by access to social media, which constantly shows how someone lives their best life. For people vulnerable to feelings of isolation or loneliness, it is easy to lose control and succumb to stress.

While it may not be possible to eliminate stress completely, there are ways to use some of the innovative technologies on the market to help reduce stress and promote relaxation.

You have to understand that digital technologies cannot be compared with stress reduction methods like, say, massage. Complete relaxation and a way to escape from reality can be provided by the hands of a professional master providing massage in Dubai. In a massage parlor, stress and nervousness levels are reduced many times, but if you don’t have a chance to visit a massage session, let’s still look at how to reduce stress levels with the help of technology.

Learn to breathe properly

Many mental health professionals consider diaphragmatic breathing, or deep belly breathing, to be one of the most beneficial stress relievers. The Calm app helps users learn this stress management skill to reduce the body’s response to a problem, and helps stabilize mood, control anger, and manage anxiety.

Immerse yourself in the virtual world

Imagine that you are walking under water: your body becomes light and translucent, your steps are slower and smoother. The whole world seems to be slowing down around. Now imagine this scene as a place for meditation. It is this experience that the Deep app offers through virtual reality – an experience that excludes the disturbing conditions of the real world. The designers have developed a game where you control the movements through your breath.

With a customizable controller strapped to the diaphragm and an Oculus Rift head unit, the user can direct their movements through the underwater world using diaphragmatic breathing. Inhalation allows you to gently rise, and exhalation to sink to the seabed. The point is meditation, but schools of fish and the underwater world around the user add to the joy of discovering a new world.

Watch video on YouTube

While less positive and even offensive content can be found on any site that allows the public to post videos, YouTube can actually be a great source of relaxation, humor, music, and positive imagery. A few minutes of watching content that makes us laugh or reminds us of the compassion and love that exists in the world can help relieve stress and reset our mood. 

You can improve your mood by listening to comedians who find fun even in our not-so-fun life, or relax by listening to unknown artists or musicians. A good YouTube video may be short and sentimental, but it can take our breath away and make us smile long enough to relieve some of the stress.

Play relaxing online games

Some video games aren’t relaxing at all – they require concentration, quick reflexes, and can make the user feel anxious as they try to get things done. Luckily, there are some games that can help relieve stress. 

Games like Flower, Little Wheel and Stardew Valley create relaxing digital worlds with beautiful, soothing graphics. And games like Pigment, for example, give the user access to a digital version of the adult coloring book that has gained popularity in recent times. Coloring books are known to reduce stress, increase concentration, and help practice mindfulness.

Use neurostimulation

MDCN Technology has developed NeoRhythm, a neurostimulating head device that helps a person relieve stress, focus, sleep and meditate better and more. This half ring shaped device uses a safe magnetic neuromodulation technique to target specific areas of the brain to help the user achieve a desired state of mind such as relaxation, focus or sleep.

Schedule meditations

The word “meditation” can conjure up images of sitting quietly on a rock in a field of flowers. But in today’s world, it can just be a soothing technique on a stressful day or week. Products from companies like Muse use the human brain to train them to relax, identify distractions, and teach them how to apply calming techniques to their daily routine.

This headset-style device can monitor breathing patterns and heart rate during meditation, and then send this information to a smartphone app. In doing so, the system converts the heart rate data into “soothing musical sounds”, which facilitates meditation.

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Modern technologies can generate additional stress, and can, on the contrary, reduce it. The main thing is to choose the right tech.