To get grounded quickly, begin your yoga practice on the floor. Sit on your yoga mat in a comfortable cross-legged position (raising your hips on a blanket or cushion if you choose). Become aware of your sitz bones (those two knobby bones where your thighs meet your butt) making contact with the earth.

Ground down through those bones and lift yourself from the crown of your head, imagining that your head is a balloon and your spine is the string, straight but not rigid. Rest your hands on your thighs, close your eyes and tune in to your breath.

Place one hand on your belly and feel your abdomen expand as you inhale and contract as you exhale. Think to yourself, "inhaling" and "exhaling"--that is actually a meditation on the breath!

Give yourself a few minutes to "settle in," then open your eyes and notice how you feel. Chances are, the day's obsessions or worries might seem a bit more "somewhere over there."