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The anti-anxiety workout by fitness expert Laura Williams includes mood-boosting, and calming exercises to increase your energy, improve your response to stress and enhance your mood.Part I: The Mood-Boosting WorkoutBoosting blood flow with aerobic exercise increases energy, improves your response to stress and enhances your mood.1. Jog to SquatBoosts fitness, works lower body.a) Jog for three steps.b) Jump feet apart and lower into squat.c) Return to standing and repeat for one minute, gradually speeding up.2. Jumping LungeRaises heart rate, works lower body and core.a) From a lunge position, jump into the air as you scissor legs to switch positions.b) Use your arms to help maintain balance.c) Push through the balls of your feet to work all the lower body muscles.d) Do 20 lunges.3. Speedy Plank Leg SweepBoosts cardiovascular fitness, works core, upper and lower body.a) From a push-up position, sweep your leg out to the side.b) Briefly brush your big toe to floor.c) Hop your foot back to the start position, and switch sides.d) Perform for 30 seconds, repeat.Part II: The Calming WorkoutSlower-paced exercise shifts your attention to your movement and breathing, helping to ease racing thoughts, and generally soothing the nervous system.1. Cat Arch with Leg PulseEases back tension, strengthens core and glutes, relaxes.a) From a kneeling position, round your spine and hold this position.b) Breathing deeply, draw the stomach towards the spine.c) Hold this contraction for three to five seconds.d) Return to the start position and extend your leg and opposite arm in front of/behind you, and pulse for a count of three.e) Repeat on other side.f) Repeat whole sequence four times.2. Shoulder Bridge with Leg RaiseHelps prevent back pain, mobilises spine, works lower body.a) From a lying position, lift your hips and back off the floor and extend arms behind head.b) Maintaining a straight line from knees to shoulders, lift one leg and extend