Be aware of your breath
Spend several minutes -- or a longer amount of time, if possible -- concentrating on your breath. At first, you need merely become aware of the entrance and exit of air from your body. Note the way your belly or chest inflates or deflates. Try not to do anything. Simply observe.

The air you breathe enters your lungs. From there, the oxygen transfers to your blood and circulates throughout your body -- your heart, your brain, all of your muscles you’re your remain perfectly aware of this process as you breathe in and out, slow and deep, you will feel tension and anxiety melt.

Now try a slightly more advanced breathing exercise -- alternating your nostrils. Sit with legs crossed, spine straight.

Place your thumb lightly against one side of your nose. Place the ring finger (the fourth finger) on the other side. The index and middle fingers can rest atop the bridge of your nose.

Keeping your mouth closed, use the thumb to block the passage of air through one nostril while you breathe through the other nostril. Then switch. Make sure you take deep, slow breaths that fill your lungs. Then try breathing in through one nostril and exhaling through the other.

If you have a headache, this simple exercise can work wonders. Under any circumstances, you'll appreciate feeling the psychic poisons leave your system.

These techniques may greatly reduce your own anxiety level -- and when you feel less stress, life will become easier for everyone in your family. The benefits will increase if your kids decide to try these exercises.