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Use your breath to create a sense of calm.

Mindfulness has been around for over 2,500 years, but has become more popular in the last decade.

The most simple thing to start with is our breath. It is free, always with us, accessible and pretty fundamental to living.

Author of ‘Life on a Knife Edge’, Rahul Rangali, American brain surgeon says, “Our breath is a weapon we have against anxiety. We can use our breath to think clearly”

Whenever you have a spare 5 minutes, this is a good place to begin.

Sit, or stand, with a soft focus.
Breath in deeply and as you breath out imagine your muscles relaxing. Next time you breath out close your eyes and enjoy this feeling of letting go.
Now try to make your in breath through your nose (for a count of 4) and hold for 5 and the your out breath either through your nose or mouth (for a count of 6).
Repeat 3 times and then go back to your normal breathing, in through the nose and out through the mouth.
Observe the breath entering and leaving the body.
When thoughts inevitably enter the mind, try and label them.
Unhelpful thoughts are seen to lose their power if you name them. For example, ’I am having an anxious/ worried or planning based thought’.
This can help us disconnect ourselves from our thought patterns. Remember thoughts are merely words and not always based on truth.
When you are ready open your eyes and try to take a few moments to note how you are feeling.