Tips for Doing Things Easier and Better-Especially When Under Stress

#2 .We have probably all done a form of neck rolls at one time or another when we have felt tension in our neck and shoulders. To enhance the effect there are a few easy things you can do.

Neck Rolls:

* Stand or sit with sternum lifted and feet parallel and shoulder-width apart

* Deeply inhale, then exhale relaxing shoulders

* Drop your head forward with chin drawn in

* Allow your head to roll slowly from one side to the other as you breathe out tension, chin grazing our chest in a smooth curve and alternately coming to rest just below each shoulder

Neck Rolls is often used before reading or writing. It enhances

* Language and speech

* Silent reading for study

* Reading aloud

* Near-point focus and eye pointing

* Skimming and scanning for information

* Auditory-linguistic processing (including skills of attention, recognition, discrimination, and memory)