{"id":8256,"date":"2012-01-01T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-01-01T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145696.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=8256"},"modified":"2012-01-01T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-01-01T09:00:00","slug":"feelgood-quickie-dont-forget-to-breathe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/articles\/feelgood-quickie-dont-forget-to-breathe\/","title":{"rendered":"Feelgood Quickie: Don\u2019t Forget to Breathe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/quickie.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7473\" title=\"feelgood quickie\" src=\"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/quickie.png\" alt=\"feelgood quickie header logo\" width=\"500\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/quickie.png 500w, https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/quickie-300x60.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/breathe.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8257\" title=\"breathe\" src=\"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/breathe.jpg\" alt=\"breathe\" width=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/breathe.jpg 500w, https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/breathe-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Happy new year!<\/p>\n<p>The holidays are officially OVER! It&#8217;s time to de-stress and decompress. Maria shared some great tips last year on <a href=\"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/2010\/11\/24\/managing-holiday-stress-five-tips-to-keep-you-calm\/\">ways to manage holiday stress<\/a>, and I wanted to share my favorite method for dealing with the holiday blues (or maybe <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4jsUIgchHXU\" target=\"_blank\">the mean reds<\/a>?).<\/p>\n<h3>Breathe.<\/h3>\n<p>Really, that&#8217;s it! Set aside a few minutes each day to sit, be still, and just breathe. Find a comfortable seated or reclined position, and focus on taking slow, deep breaths. Start with just 10 breaths, if you&#8217;re new to this kind of thing, and gradually meditate for a bit longer as you get more comfortable.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do any of you meditate to help you keep your cool? I&#8217;d love to hear your tips and experiences in the comments!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Image Credit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/pic-64131619\/stock-photo-beauty-woman-breathes-near-trunk-of-pine.html\" target=\"_blank\">Breathe<\/a> photo via Shutterstock<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The holidays are officially OVER! It&#8217;s time to de-stress and decompress. Maria shared some great tips last year on ways to manage holiday stress, and I wanted to share my favorite method for dealing with the holiday blues (or maybe the mean reds?). <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/articles\/feelgood-quickie-dont-forget-to-breathe\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":7473,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false},"categories":[5642,661,15],"tags":[2301,6145,6024,522,6146,5263,3765,5875],"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/quickie.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8256"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8256"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8256\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}