Button Exercise to Reduce Stress & Anxiety

•  First: Let yourself feel the anxious/stressful feeling.  
• Where is this feeling in your body?  
• What does it feel like?  
• Now put an imaginary button on the area where you feel that anxiety/stress in your body; turn down the imaginary button to make the feeling decrease. 
•  How does it feel? 

Now you are taking control of your stress/anxiety and you are lowering it!

• Next take the button and turn it up slowly to increase the stress. (To show yourself, you’re in control). 
•  Lastly, turn the button again to lower that stress/anxiety in your body ( notice how you feel, much better)
•  By getting out of your head and into your body you get to be in control of your negative thoughts & feelings. You are more grounded!  You feel much better!