Whether you have too many tasks on your plate or you're dealing with a particularly difficult personality, keeping your cool at work can seem like an insurmountable task.
无论目前你的手头上有很多任务等着你完成,还是你正与一个特别难搞的人打交道,在工作中保持冷静的头脑似乎是一件难以实现的事情。
Before you burst into tears over the photocopying machine wondering how you will ever get everything done, try this quick and simple mindfulness trick to regain your calm at work and allow you to be your best self.
在你准备哭着站在复印机,困惑如何完成所有事情时,尝试以下简单快捷的心理调节方法,从而恢复对待工作的冷静并呈现最佳状态。
1. Walk mindfully to the bathroom or kitchen.
1. 镇定地走到盥洗室或厨房。
Straighten your body, stretch, and notice how you place your feet on the floor one after the other. Pay attention to how your arms swing and how your body feels as you walk.
站直并伸展身体,留意你是如何把双脚一步一步踩在地上了。留意双臂摇摆的方式以及在步行的过程中身体的感觉。
2. Back at your desk, take a moment to stretch - feel your arms, legs, fingers and toes extend fully.
2. 然后回到座位上,再伸展你的全身——感受从双臂,双腿,手指乃至脚趾的全身舒展。
Sit back in your chair and roll your head to one side, then the other.
然后靠在椅子上,往不同方向扭动头部。
3. Look up to the ceiling and down again.
3. 抬头,低头,抬头,低头,重复这个动作。
Feel your neck stretching; feel yourself grow taller.
感受脖子的延伸,然后就会感觉自己长高了。
4. Close your eyes and rest them.
4. 闭目养神。
Exercise your face and mouth by opening your mouth wide, as if you are about to bite an apple or sing. Open your eyes.
长大嘴巴,锻炼脸部和口部的肌肉,正如你打算吃苹果或唱歌。然后睁开眼睛。
5. Sit up straighter in your chair and feel centred.
5. 坐直身体并感受身体的重心。
Feel better yet?
现在是不是感觉好多了呢?
(来源:沪江英语)