If You ever wake up feeling anxious, overwhelmed or stressed about your upcoming day, try this - Cross your hands over on your chest and tap under each collarbone alternately, like a butterfly…. Left…right…. Left…..right…… As you do this, take 4 Vagal Brake Breaths - in through the nose for a count of 4……. And out through the mouth for a count of 6 or more… This starts the relaxation response while the tapping brings the thinking mind back online for clearer decisions and thoughts. Finally, find an area in your body that feels relaxed, soft, neutral or comfortable….. Place your attention this area while butterfly tapping…. Notice what you notice about the area, how do you know it feels relaxed? What qualities does it have there? Is it warm? Is it tingly? Does it feel cool and spacious? As you tap and breathe, see if you can imagine allowing that relaxed feeling to grow and expand, and make its way into neighbouring areas of the body…. Stay in this as long as you have time or feel called to, then when you’re ready, make fists and gently thump your upper chest from left to right and back again a few times to get the energy flowing and the lymph moving…: Now pause, breathe…. And notice what feels different! Share your thoughts below!