People who work in serviced offices in Edinburgh may wish to use visualisation, after one expert said it reduces stress.
Consultant clinical psychologist Terri Bodell stated that visualisations are particularly affective as they target where stress comes from - the brain - and transform it into a more peaceful state.
She advised people to think of things that make them happy or relaxed on an individual level, such as a grassy meadow, a sandy beach or a familiar room and discover which is most effective at cutting anxiety.
"Fill your mind with it whenever you are feeling the effects of stress and this can eventually calm you down," she remarked.
This comes after a survey from mental health charity Mind discovered work causes most people the most stress but this is rarely communicated to managers, as workers worry it could make them a target in the next round of redundancies.
It also found 22 per cent of people who had actually disclosed a mental health problem to their employers say they had been fired or forced to quit.
