Business trips can be stressful, so taking the time to ensure your own mental health and wellbeing during the experience is essential for staying at the top of your game. Jetlag, fatigue and anxiety all plague even the most outgoing professionals, so here are a few key mindfulness tips which will help you overcome your worries and make the most of your busy stay.
Practice breathing techniques
Whether anxiously rehearsing a big presentation or simply weary from the trip itself, keeping check on your breathing helps to calm your body and mind simultaneously. It’s an exercise which can easily be practiced in your hotel room at the Park Grand London Kensington. Relaxation techniques such as this can help to make you a more creative thinker, which is ideal for maximising the potential of your visit.
Block out the world, turn off your phone and focus solely on your breathing for a few minutes each day of your business trip, in both the morning and the evening. This is no easy task, as many of us are used to being bombarded with messages from the outside world – but turning inward will help you face the day with confidence.
Stay aware of your surroundings
Many people go through life in a whir of constant activity, and of course a business trip is by it’s very nature intended to be quite active! However, staying aware of your own feelings and thoughts during key moments of downtime helps you to process them and build healthier attitudes to both what you have to do, and what has happened during the day. Enjoy the little things and be present in the moment you are in – whether that’s enjoying a Kensington breakfast or plotting the day’s itinerary.
Take time for relaxation
Allocate specific times when you will be turning off your work-life and returning to a more natural state of being. Even the busiest of business trips should allow a little time to recharge your batteries – and this is a key aspect of mindfulness. Ensure you give yourself the opportunity to have a meal in the Park Grand Restaurant or have a relaxing bath before taking time to explore the sights of London in peace and tranquillity.
Practice positive thinking
In mindfulness practice, positive thinking is a moment-by-moment preoccupation. Just as you can become trapped in avoiding the present through worry, so too can the future interrupt. Harness the peace and positivity which is possible through focusing on what is happening in front of you, now. Don’t be afraid to shout down negative feelings; practice using your downtime to become your own best cheerleader.
Be grateful
Even the most stress-laden business trip gives opportunities for gratitude. You are able to travel for work and see places some people only dream of visiting, and you are alive and free to enjoy all life has to offer. Practice an attitude of gratitude for your life, your work and your trip.
