The Health and Wellbeing Team based at Honiton, Sidmouth and Ottery GP Practices are launching a social media campaign 'Mindful Moments Advent Calendar. '

Each day a new anxiety busting activity will be posted for people to try from December 1 until Christmas Day in the style of a traditional advent calendar.

Activity number seven was 'Five Sense Checks to Reduce Anxiety.' Day six was to read one chapter of a book you keep meaning to spend time with and number five was to do something that gives kindness to another. The group hope people in East Devon can try to find time to do these activities every day to help reduce anxiety over the festive season.

A spokesman for Honiton GP Surgery told the Herald: "Christmas can be a joyful time of year we recognise for many is can also be a stressful, overwhelming or anxiety inducing time. Because of this the team have created a daily mindful moment every day in December encouraging staff and patients to take five minutes a day to look after their wellbeing over the Christmas period to help manage wellbeing."

You can follow the progress of the calendar on the GP Surgery social media sites, Instagram or Facebook -hosms_healthandwellbeingteam