This podcast shares a Yoga breathing technique that's helpful in calming the mind and helping with clarity and concentration - two things that anxiety can really affect.
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Shann talks about how she's learned to respond to mental overload by taking time out for self-care and offers some refreshing words of advice on how we can all benefit from examining what's going on in our lives and recognising our need to take good care of ourselves.

How many times have you reacted to stress by blurting out a harsh response and escalating the situation? It can be hard not to. If you're already simmering then any extra little stress is going to provoke a spurt of steam, sometimes your steam just evaporates into the air, but sometimes it scalds people around you and that's not a good thing. So how can you stop those spontaneous eruptions? One way is to gather a selection of stress relief techniques and play around with them. There are a whole variety of ways to deal with challenges and frustrations, and it feels wonderful to know that you can break old patterns and grow new responses that are truly inline with who you want to be.
It's often helpful, when you want to learn a new skill, to look out for other people who've already mastered it. If you know someone who's able to keep cool, calm and collected no matter what's going on around them watch them! You can look at their posture, and their breathing as well as listen and look out for more obvious signs of how they operate.
If someone's good at handling stress, it usually means they know how to relax. Not only do they know how to relax, but they are relaxed. Their shoulders are not up by their ears, their gestures are smooth, and they have an easy going air about how they do everything. I've met a few people like this and they fascinate me.
This podcast features five of my favourite lessons I learned by observing others who handle stress brilliantly...
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Shann shares a beautiful meditation exercise for soothing stress and anxiety.