It is important to get into the habit of relaxation. Excessive tension can lead to headaches, upset stomachs, lack of sleep and other symptoms of your body telling you that something is wrong.

The first step is to set aside time for yourself. A time every day when you can concentrate on your own program of health, but leaving the family and work behind is easier said than done.

For many in our busy lives we have difficult and broken patterns making it hard to set aside regular times when we can look after our own health, but it is important to make the commitment. Perhaps it is at lunch time when a break can be taken and a bit of exercise and relaxation performed. However, if lunch is, as they say a movable feast, often the only regular thing that is done each day, or time that can be separated out from work and family, will be going to bed and getting up in the morning. Consider how practical it could be to set aside just 5 minutes in your getting up-and going to bed routine. 10 minutes a day is all you need to start; to begin the habit. Then once established you can consider what else you need to bring into your health routine. The slow building from this core time is easier to stick to than any aggressive program that most of us have attempted in the past, where we preserver for a few days and then our motivation gives out. Simply sticking to a short simple core routine upon which we can build is far better.

Imagine for yourself what it will be like when you go on holiday, the worst time for giving up on health routines. You have built up, over the months, a routine that every weekday morning you do floor exercises for five minutes then a twenty minute walk or jog and at night a further twenty minutes of mediation or yoga. Then at the weekend you reduce this to your regular five minutes of floor exercises in the morning and five minutes meditation at night. So when you go on holiday you can easily revert to your weekend core routine, making it much easier when you come back to resume your normal routine. Remember once you have broken a routine it is far harder to start again.

As you progress in your health program you can build onto your routines easily to suit your own needs. You can add in yoga, meditation, and various forms of exercise and perhaps begin to eat more healthily. The important thing is to start. Try a few simple exercises on the floor then add a walk in the morning and perhaps trying to give yourself a facial massage in the evening.

At first this may seem a bit strange and difficult to do but it is worth persisting. The first step is to calm yourself. Sit or lie in a comfortable position and begin breathing deeply, after a while take a deep breath and hold it for a few seconds, then breathe out. Concentrate, listen to your breathing and work out your own routine of calming breaths. Begin the massage by putting your hands over your face for a moment and stroke outward once. Then with the backs of your fingers stroke from your mouth to your ear about 10 times. Use your fingertips to stroke from your nose your hair line and across to your ears. Each movement should be performed several times. Massage your temples by robbing a small circles with your thumbs. Then to finish warm your eyes with your palms then put your hands over your face and gently stroke.

Keep your eyese closed and face muscles relaxed