A Stress Relief Exercise
(visualize the following)

1.    Picture yourself near a stream.
2.   Birds are chirping in the crisp, cool mountain air.
3.   Nothing can bother you here. No one knows this secret place.
4.   You are in total seclusion from that place called "the world." 
5.   The soothing sound of a gentle waterfall fills the air with a cascade of serenity. 
6.   The water is clear.
7.   You can easily make out the face of the person whose head you're holding under water.
8.   There now. Feeling better?