Around the bend: Nine minutes just too much to ask

Posted on April 21, 2011 |

• Opinion
• Around the bend

By Jessie Raymond

When my life gets really busy, I fall back on my tried-and-true coping strategies: snapping at my family and keeping my shoulders clenched up around my ears. But sometimes even those aren’t enough to make me feel better.

Recently, I went in search of some real stress relief.

With little time lately for a proper yoga class, I settled for a shortcut I found on YouTube: a 9-minute guided relaxation led by a soft-spoken European woman. I like to call her Elsa.

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