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Stoplight De-stresser

Mary Schatz, M.D.

Every time you are stopped in traffic practice this simple BREATHING TECHNIQUE:

• Take a deep breath.

 

• As you inhale, feel your chest and belly expand.

 

• Then as you exhale, breathe out all your traffic-related stress.

 

• If you have the time, take another deep breath, again focusing on letting your chest and belly expand.

 

• Feel how this deep breath fills your lungs.

 

• When you exhale, let another layer of traffic stress leave your body and mind, leaving you energized, yet calm.

 

• When you start going again, keep this feeling of alert calmness with you.

 

Each successive practice builds on the prior ones, giving you a stepwise de-stressing process.

 

You may even find that you look forward to the next red light!!