#Anxiety is (mostly) inevitable.
While you may feel like it has complete control, there are a ton of science-backed skills to combat the anxious moments.
One of the most common that therapists recommend is progressive muscle relaxation.
How to do it:
1. Get comfy. Either laying down or sitting.
2. Bring your attention to your feet and toes. Inhale deeply as you curl your toes and holding for 5-10 seconds. Then, exhale deeply, releasing and relaxing for 15-20 seconds.
3. Move up the body and repeat at your calves. Breathe in. Tensing your calves, hold it, and then exhale and release.
4. Move to your hands. Making fists, inhale, tense, hold, exhale, release.
5. Then to your arms. Flex your biceps, inhale, tense, hold, exhale, release.
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