Instant stress-buster needed now! Can you help, please?
Have a big presentation to do or important meeting coming up? Feeling a little stressed or anxious? Sit down in a quiet area. Cross your hands over the centre of your chest. Close your eyes. Inhale deeply for a slow count of 8. Exhale completely the same way. Repeat for 3 minutes. When the time is done, release your hands, stand up, inhale and stretch your arms up over your head. Bring your arms down as you exhale. Open your eyes with a renewed sense of calmness.
Alison Finney is a certified hatha and kundalini yoga teacher in Ottawa. She is registered with the Yoga Alliance and the International Kundalini Yoga Teachers Association and is the founder of PranaShanti, a health and yoga resource. For more information, visit www.pranashanti.com.
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