Exercise 1 - Calm down exercise

• Breathe in for 6 seconds
• Hold for 6 seconds
• Release for 6 seconds
• And repeat about five times.

This video might help you:

Exercise 2 - Deep breathing exercise

• Take in a slow, deep breath.
• Breathe right down into your stomach - not just into the top of your lungs, but right down into your diaphragm (you will feel your stomach muscles engage).
• You might want to visualise a glass filling up from the bottom and getting full but not overflowing.
• It may feel a little uncomfortable at first, but stick with it.
• As you breathe out, imagine your stresses or worries leaving you with the breath.
• Keep going until you feel your stress begins to subside.

Exercise 3 - 'Square breathing' exercise

• Imagine a square.
• Start in one of the corners (e.g. the top left corner).
• As you breathe in for a count of four, imagine that you are drawing the square, or tracing the top of the square with your finger. Hold for a count of 4
• Imagine the line going down the horizontal of the square. Breathe out for 4 again along the bottom of the square.
• Hold for a count of 4.

Then repeat the same process again until you feel calmer.