Breathe in energy
Placeyour hands on your knees or over your stomach, and breathe into your belly so that your hands rise and fall with your breath. Imagine you’re inhaling a white light that fills your body with vital energy. Do this for five full breaths. Then, as you inhale, tighten the muscles that connect your shoulders and neck, pulling your shoulders up toward your ears. “When your shoulders are snug around your ears, hold your breath for just a second,” says Karl D. La Rowe, a licensed clinical social worker. “Then exhale as you release the tension and your breath in one big whoosh-as though you’re releasing the weight of the world from your shoulders. Repeat until you feel refreshed.”(These breathing exercises can help reduce anxiety.)
