Today we are all exposed to external factors and are in a constant state of stress. But not only world events affect our condition, but also daily routine, problems at work and in personal life, accumulated fatigue and burnout, all this increases stress and negative impact on our condition. We need tools that will help us quickly bring ourselves back to normal. How do we react to stress? First, we are exposed to anxiety (a signal of danger and combat readiness), then comes the stage of mobilizing all the body’s reserves (active resistance and struggle) and finally stage of exhaustion. At the psycho-emotional level, this manifests itself as despair, frustration, and powerlessness. A chronic condition can lead to depression. If you imagine that we are today under the influence of stress factors around the clock. We don't have breaks or vacations. Information pressure, external political and economic factors, the internal situation at home, relationships with loved ones - all this affects us every second. It turns out that you and I are at the stage of exhaustion without the possibility of replenishing resources. How does our physiology work? When danger arises, all resources are aimed at fighting and adapting to current conditions, which means the basic functioning of the body suffers. And if you also had some chronic ailments and diseases - accordingly, there are no resources to support them - all chronic diseases get aggravated at once. Under the influence of stress, all systems of our body suffer! Robert Sapolsky’s book “The Psychology of Stress” clearly demonstrates the body’s reaction a zebra fleeing from a lion in the savannah. The same thing happens to us every day. BUT at the same time we do not realize our physical potential and do not give an outlet to the accumulated energy. First, we sit for a long time and courageously in a traffic jam in the car, then we open the refrigerator and grab a drink, pour a glass, wash it down and light a cigarette. One of the most effective, understandable and accessible tools for dealing with stress is physical activity. Physical activity does not only mean exercise, sports, fitness. Muscle relaxation and breathing practices are in fact also part of physical activity. Today, competent trainers use all these methods in a comprehensive manner to achieve the highest results of physical and psycho-emotional endurance. This includes physical activity, such as a walk in the park with the dog and general cleaning of the house and washing windows - everything that makes you get off the couch and start moving, preferably on a regular basis. Physical activity helps: maintain the overall tone of your physical condition and improves your mood, promotes the production of endorphins and seratonin (hormones of joy), which in turn are involved in the regulation of sleep, appetite, digestion, reduces the risk of various diseases associated with metabolic disorders and the functioning of the heart and blood vessels, and accordingly reduces the possible impact of stress on the functioning of these organs and anxiety. reduce anxiety levels through muscle relaxation. When we experience fear and anxiety, our muscles tense and tighten. During physical activity, you have to alternately tense and relax your muscles, and this automatically relieves muscle tension caused by a state of anxiety. Feel your own effectiveness, the ability to overcome difficulties, and achieve results (with moderate loads). From the point of view of concentration, when performing physical exercises, a person’s attention switches to his physical body, reducing the significance of the current problem, and therefore reduces the level of anxiety. Small physical victories and efforts on oneself strengthen, give self-confidence and motivate for further actions and steps. Physical activity is a natural, genetically determined response to stress. Our ancestors needed to move in order to survive: to get food, to defend themselves