Take A Moment

We’ve all experienced times in our lives where:

• we feel pulled in all directions

• stretched to our limits or

• completely overwhelmed.

Adding breaks can help to ensure an overall state of physical, cognitive, emotional and social wellbeing.

Top Tips # 1 To Get You Started

1 Become aware of the natural gaps in between tasks

• Notice where a break could be taken

• Set some alerts on your phone as a reminder.

2 Take a moment

• Stand up or change position, roll your shoulders and neck, relax your jaw, soften your forehead

• Are your feet flat on the floor.

3 Look out the window

• Notice what you can see……clouds, trees, people

• What can you hear

• Focus for a moment on your breath

• Check that your breath is coming from your diaphragm, rather than shallow breathing from your upper chest

4‍ ‍Move around

• Walk to refill your glass of water

• Go and say Hi! to a colleague

• Take a short walk outside.

5 Notice

• Are you hungry or thirsty

• Do you need the bathroom

• What does your body need.