Get Calm on Purpose

Use these techniques to reduce anxiety & redirect your focus away from stress.
Consider practicing at least 5 minutes a day to melt stress & fatigue.

→ Sit in a quiet place, gaze at a favorite picture or flip through a photo album, and reflect on what the picture(s) means to you.

→ Listen to music that soothes you.

→ Think about your favorite vacation (beach, mountain top, etc) Close your eyes and “see” yourself there. What are you doing, wearing, feeling? What do youhear? What does it smell like?

→ Breathe in for 3 counts, hold, breathe out for 5-6 counts.

→ Change your scenery – get up and walk outdoors or to another room.

→ Move attention away from what you are doing for a few minutes. Rejoin more focused.

→ Run cool water over your hands, breathing slowly in and out.

→ Hold the “ball” – stand with arms outstretched. As you inhale, picture a ball of energy growing, arms expand with it. As you exhale, imagine the ball shrinking, arms contracting.

→ Head to Toe meditation: lie on back, palms up and eyes closed. “feel” everything from head, shoulders, arms, hands, fingertips, hips, thighs, knees, calves, feet, toes . Reverse back up to top of head.

→ The Pebble meditation: picture dropping a pebble in calm waters and the ripple effect it creates.

→ Tune In meditation: Lie or sit quietly, breathing deeply. Focus your attention on something you see, hear, or smell. Really tune in to it. How does it make you feel? Is it familiar or new? Does it bring back memories of something similar?