You could feel overstimulated by your surroundings today. This could be the result of a hectic schedule, and you may feel the need to unwind and seek quiet time at work or home. If you can scale back your activities and devote some time to nurturing a peaceful state of mind, you will find your stress decreasing or disappearing altogether today. You might want to slowly and gently stretch the muscles in your neck, shoulders, and back, as this is where stress usually resides. Then close your eyes, breathe deeply, and visualize a soothing scene that fills you with inner peace and strengthens your resiliency against further stress.

Devoting time to a peaceful mind-set and a rested body helps us feel stronger, more balanced, and able to handle stress on a daily basis. When we are feeling strong and centered, we handle stress much more easily than when we are run down or already laboring under a heavy load. If we can make an effort to keep releasing our stress on a regular basis and avoid letting it build up inside of us, we are able to retain a much more positive outlook. We then go about our daily activities with a stronger sense of peace and harmony, which helps us to effectively handle new stressors as they arrive. As you focus on releasing tension today, you are restoring your positive mind-set and enabling yourself to deal with stress in a healthy way.