Let’s face it, there are sometimes multiple anxiety-inducing moments in a week, and it’s hard to reduce stress. From headlines so frightening, upsetting, or just plain disheartening that they stop you in your tracks, to those everyday moments that raise your heart rate (such as a stressful situation at work or being crowded at fashion week). For times like these, we’ve become very fond of this GIF doing the rounds on Twitter.
If you feel your heart rate rising, inhale and exhale along with the expanding and decreasing shapes – it’ll help manage your breathing and is also strangely mesmerizing at the same time. Save it on your phone for times of need.