When working, are you aware of your facial expression, your body posture, your breathing?

The more challenging the project, the more tense your face and body might get. This doesn’t help you to do better work. Yet it increases stress.

Years ago I started practicing what I call “calm joyful focus”, which is to practice noticing, throughout the day, my body expression as I work, especially my face.

Instead of furrowed eyebrows and pursed lips, I consciously relax my face, and hold a soft, gentle smile.

In this video, I demonstrate:

https://youtu.be/ZurThxVCeTc

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