Sarah Palin, calling in sick, sudden business trips, deadlines, cold rainy weather, what else?  Oh yeah, the bailout….

I am stressed, as are you.  I am stressed from multi-tasking and talking politics, stressed from uncertainty and cold weather, you name it, and I am feeling the pressure. You are too.  I know it; I know you have an active relationship with stress right now.  SO what are we going to do?

I know what I am going to do.  First I am going to breathe.  You thought I was going to say, “Get a massage!”  I thought of that, but in truth, the first thing to do is take a bigger breath than normal. You can do it now, it’s free, easy, and it engages your lymph, which will continue to work as you read on.  Getting more oxygen in you will dissipate the stress, clean up your blood and clear your mind. Not in just one breath but one is a start, now take your second breath.  A big one people!  Okay, two breaths in and our lymph is rocking, pulling toxins out of our blood, moving them up and out, so what next?  You guessed it!  One more breath, last one I promise.  Did you do it?  Close your eyes this time and feel the expanse of your ribs as you breath in.  Can feel recent tension (like annoyance, distraction or ‘the rush to work’ hang over) sitting in that ribcage?  Breath into it and let it go.  Simple.  Now you are done.  You did more for your stress today than everyone you have emailed this week.  So do all your buds a favor and forward this link.  Breathing’ ain’t nothing but a thing, and taking 3 big inhales will do more for your body than I have space to write about, but you feel it now don’t you?  Let it go and pass it on.