Good Morning,

Fall course registration is in full swing with Juniors registering this week.  I am pretty sure everyone’s inbox is overflowing with ‘urgent’ student requests right now. The students’ anxiety can very easily pass on over to us.  Don’t let this happen to you! You will be able to answer each e-mail and help-out in adequate time.

If your body is tensing up and your back hurts, I offer you below exercise to release some lower back tension:

Sit straight in your chair, shoulders down away from your ears, feet on the floor in front of you.

Take a deep inhale followed by a deep exhale

Put your hands on your knees (We will make circles with our tummies.  Your circles can be big or small, whatever feels right to you)

Inhale and move your tummy forward and to the left side

Exhale and move your tummy back and to the right side

Inhale and move your tummy forward and to the left side

Exhale and move your tummy back and to the right side

Inhale and move your tummy forward and to the left side

Exhale and move your tummy back and to the right side

Center yourself and reverse

Inhale and move your tummy forward and to the right side

Exhale and move your tummy back and to the left side

Inhale and move your tummy forward and to the right side

Exhale and move your tummy back and to the left side

Inhale and move your tummy forward and to the right side

Exhale and move your tummy back and to the left side

Center yourself

Take a deep inhale and exhale deeply

Get up and walk around a little bit and then you can get back to those e-mails…..

If you like a 10 minute video session of ‘A Moment to Breathe’ tune in into the UTSA Staff Senate YouTube Channel and exercise together with me: https://youtu.be/jAFdvjXI8js

Every week I will post a new session for the time we are all telecommuting.

Stay healthy - Sylvia

Sylvia Mansour

The University of Texas at San Antonio

Director

Interdisciplinary Education Advising

One UTSA Circle San Antonio, TX 78249

Main Building 3.214

Phone: 210-458-4424

Sylvia.mansour@utsa.edu

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