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Meditate: A few minutes of practice per day can help ease anxiety.

Breathe Deeply: Take a 5 minute break and focus on your breathing. Slowing down your heart rate will lower your blood pressure.

Be Present: Slow Down. Take 5 minutes and focus on only one behavior. When you spend time in the moment, you should feel less tense.

Reaching Out: Your social network is one of your best tools for handling stress. Talk to others.

Decompress: Place a warm heat wrap around your neck and shoulders for 10 minutes. Close your eyes and relax your face, neck, upper chest and back muscles.

Laugh Out Loud: A good belly laugh doesn't just lighten the load mentally, it also lowers your body's stress hormone and boosts your endorphins.

Crank Up the Tunes: Listening to soothing music can lower blood pressure, heart rate and anxiety.

Get Moving: All forms of exercise, including yoga and walking, can ease depression and anxiety. Go for a quick walk around the block or do some stretching exercises.

Write: Sometimes, it helps to write about things that are bothering you. Talk out your feelings to get them off your chest.

Take a Little Vacation: Do something you enjoy. You may feel that you're too busy to do these things, but taking time to relax may increase your productivity.

Decorate with Lavender: This herb has a soothing scent that can lower your heart rate and blood pressure.

Chocolate-Dipped Strawberries: The mixture of Vitamin C from the berries can fight body-damaging free radicals and the dark chocolate may help reduce stress hormones like cortisol.