Resting from the inside out and vice versa is paramount to feeling good. From the top to the nails!
After a period of tremendous tension, effort, stress, anxiety, running, it is natural to feel exhausted . Definitely physically or so you think, actually. What does this mean; That you need rest , rest, and when you mention these words, you usually mean the state you want your body to reach .
However, things are not exactly like that! What I want to say is that there is not only physical rest, but there are also 6 types of rest , which are very necessary to be healthy and balanced both physically and mentally. Shall we go see them?
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The 7 types of rest you should know
Physical rest
Ok, you know this kind of rest well . We are talking about sleep and relaxation of the body, which can come simply by going for a walk with friends, reading a book in bed or staring at the ceiling doing absolutely nothing.
Mental rest
It has to do with the pause you press on the brain . What does this mean practically? Stop thinking about work, what bothers you and upset you and think only positive thoughts.
Social rest
Social rest is about striking a balance between being around others, your loved ones, and making sure you have time for yourself. So, if you are doing too much – from a lot of work , countless meetings with friends and family, hobbies and more – maybe it’s time to hit a pause?
Spiritual rest is about searching , the inner search on your part to realize if there is meaning in everything you do.
Creative rest
Creative rest is all about ” play ” . A game can be some time you spend painting or building and it will really “clear” your mind.
Sensory rest
Sensory rest is connected to the environment, to the noises you hear from the street, to the television, to the constant notifications on the mobile phone. If you feel overwhelmed, tired, exhausted, do slow breathing exercises, or a walk in nature and experience the ultimate experience of sensory rest.
Emotional rest
The minimum daily rest also applies to the cases of shifts, as they are provided for as a work system in the P.D. 88/99. The minimum daily rest period is defined, for each twenty-four (24) hour period, which begins at 00:01 and ends at 24:00, the minimum daily rest of eleven (11) continuous hours (Article 3 of the P.D. 88/1999 as replaced by case 2 of subparagraph IA.14 of the first article of Law 4093/2012).
This minimum daily rest, which is expressly provided for by Directive 93/104/EC (currently 2003/88/EC), also applies to the cases of shifts, as they are provided for as a work system in the P.D. 88/99.
According to the above PD, shift work is defined as any method of organizing group work, in which employees succeed each other in the same jobs at a certain rate, including the rate of rotation, and which can be continuous or discontinuous thing which obliges workers to perform a task at different times, in a given period of days or weeks (par. 5 of no. 2)
A week is defined as the time period of seven days starting at 00:01 on Monday and ending at 24:00 of the following Sunday (par. 7 of no. 2).
The requirement to provide each worker with 11 consecutive hours of rest is a minimum requirement and national legislation transposing the Directive often provides more protective provisions, for example by providing workers with longer daily rest periods or establishing maximum daily working hours
The relevant provisions constitute a safety net for the health and safety of the workers concerned, which also takes into account financial requirements and shift work cycles.
Therefore, from the end of one shift to the start of the next, and the worker employed in the shift system should receive a daily rest of 11 continuous hours.
We point out that:
Workers must take one daily rest period for each 24-hour period. However, the Directive does not define this period as a calendar day. Such an approach would be de facto equivalent to imposing a work schedule which would not match normal working periods.
Therefore the reference period (24 hours) is not equivalent (does not correspond) to one calendar day.
That is, there is no possibility of employing an employee again, before the lapse of 11 consecutive hours of rest, even if the day changes according to the calendar (the next calendar day begins with a duration from 00.01 to 24.00). For example, if the employment of the employee ends at 23.00 in the evening of the day cannot be employed on the following day if 11 consecutive hours of rest have not passed on the grounds that it will be a new calendar day.
By establishing a framework of 24-hour periods, the Directive imposes a degree of regularity on daily rest periods. Therefore, the European Court (Judgment in case C-151/02), has ruled that in order to ensure the effective protection of the safety and health of the employee, regular alternation between work and rest must be provided, as a general rule. The purpose of daily rest is to provide workers with the opportunity to remove themselves from their work environment for a certain number of hours. The hours of rest must be consecutive and immediately follow a period of work, in order to give the employee the opportunity to relax and eliminate the fatigue inherent in performing the duties.