Skills for life

I managed to physically chill myself out today. It was after my third call from a Certain Freelance Client (grr) in the middle of a day full of rush jobs and tedious work on the last day of my period, and I was ready to lose composure. But I remembered reading about anjali mudra in Shape, and I gave it a swing.

I pressed my palms together for all they were worth and did my square breathing, and as I did, I felt my heart... slow... down. The more slowly I counted, the slower my heart, until I was fully composed and ready to face work and the world and everything else.

Skills for life.