If you feel stressed and can't stop thinking, take a short break and breathe deeply and consciously three times. Find a place where you won't be disturbed for at least five minutes. Sit upright – cross-legged is ideal – and make sure your spine is straight so that the energy can flow freely from your ischial tuberosities to the crown of your head. If you like, close your eyes and place your hands either on your knees or on your heart and belly to better feel your breathing. When you're ready, close your eyes and take two minutes to settle into the space and into your body. There's no goal you have to reach. Everything you feel is exactly right as it is right now.

Consciously focus on the natural flow of your breathing. Let your breaths become longer and more intense. Breathe in evenly on a four-count rhythm and exhale evenly on a four-count rhythm. Take at least three such deep breaths and feel the calmness you bring into your body. End the exercise by expressing gratitude for the time you have taken for yourself.

The downward dog strengthens and tones the entire body.
A gentle inversion pose where the heart is above the head, stimulating blood circulation throughout the body. Downward Facing Dog opens the front and shoulders and stretches the back of the body.