Breathing is good. At school, I was pitching huge quantities of old papers. Found a buried treasure, a list of One-minute, Five-minute, Fifteen-minute, Thirty-minute, and One-hour Smoothers. Holidays tend to bring on the stress with hardly a minute to spare so I thought I would share the One-Minute Smoothers. Hopefully there is something for every one to give yourself a quick recharge of energy.
- Take four long, slow breaths, and as you exhale, imagine that a gray cloud of stress, worries, or troubles is leaving your life, and as you inhale, imagine that peace and love and wisdom are filling you up.
- Take your shoes off, rub the bottoms of your feet with your knuckles, and massage the joints and tips of your toes.
- Smell something nice, like an orange or your child's hair, or put on a dab of perfume. Roll your head around to loosen your neck.
- Splash water on your face.
- While standing, bend over to touch the floor, shake your arms loosely, and straighten up slowly as you take in a big breath.
- Look at something pretty.
- Knead your neck and shoulders.
- Nibble something good.
- Rub your eyes and the bones around them gently.
- Hug your child or partner for one whole minute.
- Stretch your mouth open as wide as you can, like a lion roaring, and then let your face relax.
- Remember a good joke.
- Repeat a favorite saying or prayer to yourself.
- Courtesy of http://life.familyeducation.com/parents/stress/35846.html
The list is for me to remind me what I need to do when I feel anxiety creeping up to unmanageable levels. I hope the lists help you too.
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Hopefully reposting this resolved the problem of an extra box floating around. Sorry for the error.
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