Phew! Been busy buying and selling this season? By July, many agents are feeling that dreaded burnout starting to sneak up and sap some of their energy. So invest in a little meditation, relaxation and stress-reduction to get through the rest of the season until the fall comes—and everyone itches for the rush of the buying and selling frenzy to begin again.
Sweat It Out
Exercise is one of the best natural stress relievers available, but you don’t have to hit the gym for it. The FitFusion program offers a seemingly endless number of exercise programs from well-known trainers that you can stream on multiple devices wherever you are. Available on iPhone, Android, AppleTV, Roku, AndroidTV and FireTV—the accessibility of the programs leaves you with little excuse not to sweat a few minutes a day, no matter what’s going on.
Aspire to Relax
Spire, a small clip-on wearable, is sort of like a Fitbit for stress. It does a lot of the same things the ubiquitous fitness product does—tracks activity, steps and calories—but it also tracks your stress levels by location, time and activity, and offers brief exercises for you to literally catch your breath when things get overwhelming. Its app’s Breathwave feature is a live feed of your breath, and it notices when your breathing is tense and coaches you toward calm.
Treat Your Head Right
Headspace has quickly become the prevailing meditation and mindfulness app with more than a million downloads. The app starts you out on a free 10-minutes-a-day, 10-day meditation program that trains your mind to start practicing meditation. After that, you’ll have to subscribe, but you then unlock a catalog of programs that can focus your meditation on specific goals like health, performance or relationships, or help you in SOS moments of stress.
Holy Shiatsu!
Who doesn’t want a good massage when you finally wind down after a stressful day? This neck and back massager has eight deep-kneading massage nodes and three automatic programs to choose. Hang it over your shoulders or your back for deep relief. If you feel your feet are really where you need some help, Brookstone also offers a heated foot massager—but it will cost more for your poor feet.
Wrist Assist
The Sona Connected Bracelet has a sleek, upscale design that makes this wearable look a little more like a fancy bracelet or watch than a device that tracks your brain and body. Sona’s flagship program is Resonance, which paces your breathing in tune with your heart. Its activity tracker also tracks your energy burned, steps, distance and heart rate, and it helps train you to be more resilient and to stay calm when under stress.
Quiet Your Inside Voice
The benefits of meditation are numerous—it reduces stress, improves concentration and boosts health—but for a lot of people, getting into a groove so they can reap those benefits is a real challenge. Muse promises to be your personal meditation assistant, giving you feedback about your meditation in real time: When your mind is calm, you will hear calm and settled winds, and when your mind is active, the winds pick up and blow. For the competitive spirited, you can track the results of each session and try to achieve better meditation each day.
