1. Breathe through your feet to help you feel more grounded in times of stress. This exercise can be done whenever your feet on the ground. As you inhale, imagine you are drawing in air through the soles of your feet, up through your legs and into your torso. As you exhale, imagine the reverse.

2. A medley of leaves. Visualize your hands cupped and holding autumn leaves of various hues. The leaves symbolize the mixed feelings you have for a friend, colleague or member of your family, or a current situation you are facing. Imagine that a gust of wind blows all of the leaves out of your hands, scattering them at your feet. With the contradictions gone, you are now free to make a fresh start.

3. Avoid correcting people. Mentally we often spend energy correcting other people’s appearance, speech, opinions, enthusiasms — everything. It’s as if they were a text and we are an editor. Don’t do this. Correction is unreal and pointless, as well as being a potential source of tension.
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1001 Ways to Relax by Mike George

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