Calm breathing
Slow, gentle breathing that can help you feel calmer.
Time: About 5 minutesLevel: Gentle Can be done sitting
From Module 3, Learn
One-minute pause
A short break to notice how you feel and come back to the moment.
- Time
- About 1 minute
- Level
- Gentle
- Position
- Standing or sitting
- Equipment
- None
- Space
- Anywhere
Step by step
- 1.Stop what you are doing. Sit or stand, with your eyes open.
- 2.Notice how you feel. Name it quietly to yourself, like "this is worry".
- 3.Press your feet slowly into the floor. Breathe out slowly, and let the next breath come by itself.
- 4.Look around. Find three things you can see and two things you can hear.
- 5.Ask yourself what you need now, like water, rest or a stretch. Then go back to your day.
Make it fit you
Easier
Just press your feet into the floor and breathe out slowly.
Harder
Do it a few times a day, whenever you notice stress.