Whether feeling stressed, challenged or simply wanting to break away from thinking and doing, use TAKE FIVE, a simple breathing practice to anchor our awareness back to the present moment. The TAKE FIVE practice directs attention to the flow of the breath during five complete breath cycles. In this practice, a breath cycle consists of a deep, long and gentle in-breath ending in a momentary pause, followed by a deep, long and gentle out-breath that also ends in a momentary pause. Then the cycle repeats.