Breathe. Sit up straight, put your hand on your belly and feel your lungs fill and your tummy poof out with air.  Then release it slowly.

Many of us are in a habit of breathing from our chest and rib cage, that is the breath of fight or flight, stress, running away from your predators. Today’s predator looks more like a full calendar and stuffed inbox, but we breathe like we are anxious a lot of the time.

Deep full breaths take but a few seconds to fill us up, and allow us to exhale some of the nervous energy we carry. It can be done anywhere, sitting or standing or waiting at a traffic light.

After a few practices you might even be able to do it without your hand on your belly, funny to think about – but it is a skill many of us have lost.  Try it now and see how you are doing sit up straight, feel your lungs fill and your tummy poof out with air.  Then release it slowly.