Your at work, and you have a dead line to meet, and your feeling anxious and irritable; now is the time to take a five minute break. Even a five minute break, away from the hosile ground you may have created, will help you sort things out. Leave everything right where it is and give yourself just five minutes. More than likely it will give you a much need break and when you return to the task at hand, you could have an entirely different perspective. Most importantly right now, in order to give yourself this break, is you need to try to totally clear your mind, and really focus on the following instructions.

First off, relax your entire body, allow yourself to feel heavy; as you breathe. Close you eyes, take in a few deep breaths; in through you nose, hold it for a second, and exhale through you mouth. Keeping this pattern going, focus on the top of your head, visualize the sun warming this area.Very slowly let this warmth take over your forehead, eyes, and cheeks; slowly relax this area, while still breathing through you nose and exhaling through you mouth. Feel the sun or the warmth radiate over your shoulder, down your arms, to the tips of your fingers, now visualize the stress leaving these areas. Enjoy the moment! Now feel that warm sensation trickle down you back, and over you chest, with each breathe you exhale, release these areas of stress. Slow visualize the warm extending down your legs, first your thighs, over your knees, through you calves, really relax; continue your breathing. The last part now is very important, as you relax your ankles, and feet, really feel the warmth as it extends through your toes, and prepare with you this breathe to release all the stress and tension,  take in a really deep breath, hold it, and exhale getting rid of the stress. Now take a few moments to enjoy this relaxed state, continue breathing. Now slowly proceed back to your task at hand, but not before getting yourself a cup of fruit juice or eating a piece of fruit to slowly get yourself back in the work mode.

Some people’s reaction to this, is to say;”how can I take a break I have too much to do”? What you don’t realize is that when you reach a state of mind where you are over-whelmed, your begin to run in circle, and accomplish nothing.

So go ahead, take five minutes and relax.