We can learn techniques that will help us more effectively manage our stress, our time, interpersonal conflicts, and changes in the workplace. This spring the Faculty and Staff Assistance Program poster is simple. Things to Do Today - Inhale, Exhale, Inhale, Exhale. It reminds us that breathing is the basis for all our daily activities, our body, and our life. Breathing in and breathing out.
Breathing is the starting place.
It slows us down enough to calm our body and our emotions. And then we can return to our tasks with more focus and clarity. Thich Nhat Hanh is a Buddhist monk from Vietnam who has written and talked extensively about mindfulness for nearly 40 years. We have difficulty remembering that we are alive in the present moment, the only moment there is for us to live. When you practice conscious breathing, thinking will slow down.