stress

I recently read "When the Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress," a book by Gabor Maté, M.D., about how chronic stress, especially that of childhood trauma and emotional repression, is linked to the development of diseases and other conditions.

When you feel edgy, this simple breath will help.

Place your right hand over your heart, or both hands, and breathe in gratitude for all that you are grateful for. Hold it for a moment as it circulates throughout your entire body. Feel it, and then breathe out the parts of yourself that are trespassing on your Divinity.  Pause for as long as is comfortable.