More important, it can help you achieve a more positive state of mind that will lead to greater physical and mental health. Research shows that holding on to negative thoughts and emotions can affect your circulation, digestion, respiration and hormone levels. It also breaks down the immune system, leaving you more susceptible to health problems and disease.
Ilchi Lee, originator of the Brain Education System Training (BEST) and author of In Full Bloom: A Brain Education Guide for Successful Aging, writes: “negative thought patterns are a major source of stress, and stress is the most common mental problem of our time…what’s needed is a deliberate attention to our breathing, emotions and actions.”
Lee offers the following exercise, toe tapping, as a great technique for releasing emotional tension from the body and bringing energy away from your head. Use it when you start to feel negative emotions beginning to rise. It is also a great cure for insomnia.
From Ilchi Lee (Excerpted from In Full Bloom: A Brain Education Guide for Successful Aging)
1. Lie on your back with your feet and legs together.
2. Place your hands on the floor with your palms on the ground. Flex your feet back and keep your heels close together.
3. Tap your big toes together, then open your feet so that your little toes tap the floor. Repeat as rapidly as you can.
4. Start with 100 repetitions and increase the number after more practice.
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Toe tapping Stress is a response to events that upset our personal balance, physically and/or emotionally, and it can lead to headaches, anxiety and depression. Releasing the negative residue associated with stress can help you relax. 
