Stress Less: 5 Ways to Find Your Happy Place

Photo by: Emily Kowzan, R29

Try A Mini Meditation

The idea of closing your eyes, sitting around for an hour and thinking about nothing can seem like a colossal waste to the super busy. But even a few minutes of meditation can help you shake off tension and bring a slew of other good things to your life (like improving your memory, for starters). Kristin McGee, a longtime celebrity yoga teacher in NYC, suggests starting with the lake meditation, ... more 

Photo by: Emily Kowzan, R29

Try A Mini Meditation

The idea of closing your eyes, sitting around for an hour and thinking about nothing can seem like a colossal waste to the super busy. But even a few minutes of meditation can help you shake off tension and bring a slew of other good things to your life (like improving your memory, for starters). Kristin McGee, a longtime celebrity yoga teacher in NYC, suggests starting with the lake meditation, which can be done anywhere you can close your eyes. Here's her mini guide:

Close your eyes and envision your mind as a lake. Any thoughts in the mind are like stones being thrown into the water, causing ripples, stirring up sediment, and disrupting the sense of inner calm. Focus on the breath. Now, imagine the stones sitting on the banks of the lake, instead of getting tossed into the water. Eventually, the ripples cease and the sediment settles back to the bottom. Your mind is like that clear, calm lake. less