For people who have a sedentary job or lifestyle it could work wonders. For the person who is already overworked and physically drained, it simply does not make any sense to add any additional workload. Activities that produce only Joy or Enjoyment should be considered, if anything makes you nervous or anxious Forget It. Many things we do for Pleasure create an enormous amount of stress, many of these include being bombarded by Sound with loud volume and discordant tones. If you doubt this, try spending an hour in a video game arcade or put music you find offensive on your stereo and crank it up.
Thoughts are perhaps the most important aspect of how Stress Is Created as well as being Reduced.
Simply put, Your Response to any given situation or thought you have about anything affects your energetic field and your physiology. Any time something causes an adrenal response your system is sending you a warning message. Part of the benefits derived from divesting one's self from the normal negative emotions is that the physical body acquires a more natural relaxed and rested state. In this state of serenity the body is more able to repair itself and maintain a higher degree of functional ability. The more you do the higher the stress, the best teacher of stress reduction is a Cat.