Welcome to the Anxiety Slayer Series. Our mission is to assist you with creating more peace and tranquility in your life

through anxiety release exercises and supportive tools created to slay your anxiety.

Stress experts are telling us that by the time we get that holiday, it's almost too late. Many of us are so run down before we get a break that when we finally

get away a body takes a nose dive and decides to really let go by succumbing to exhaustion

or sometimes a bug. We already know that taking a walk or going for

a swim or attending a yoga class are great ways to diffuse stress, but a recent

study found that we can also achieve great results and relaxation without even having to leave our desk.

The university's study encouraged participants to try a simple stress relief technique that involved breathing slowly and visualising a peaceful place.

The study revealed that just four mini relaxation sessions of a couple of minutes

duration over the course of a day reduced work-related stress as effectively as

15 minute blocks of progressive muscle relaxation.

Those who took part said they were happy to stick with the quick and easy relaxation sessions in the future

because they could benefit from them in such a short amount of time.

Here's a mini-break experience for you to try.

Close your eyes, drop your shoulders, and relax your jaw by decorating your face with a hint of a smile.

Lean back in your seat and let yourself go somewhere beautiful in your mind, somewhere peaceful and

calm. The perfect location for you to just be calm and relaxed.

Take a deep breath in and let it go. Keep taking deep breaths in and as you exhale let stress and tension float up and away into the sky above your head. Imagine your chosen place as vividly as you can.

See the landscape around you. Right in the colors and really use.

Brighten the colours and really use all the powers of your imagination to make this a very vivid experience for you.

And stay a minute or two among this soothing scenery. I'm going to be. Oh, Oh, And when you feel ready, refreshed and relaxed, you can return to whatever you need to do,

and get on with your day.

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