ET and stress

I've had ET-CALR for 17 years. Doc first assumed my high platelets were stress-related. I was doing elder care for my very difficult mother, trying to hold down a job, deal with husband's heart attack, and get my kid thru high school. But when platelets kept moving up I got my ET diagnosis.

Lots of folks here emphasize keeping stress down as an important part of taking care of yourself. But a lot of stress is unavoidable.

Exercise and short, daily yoga sessions help me. Used to get a massage twice a month, but that got too expensive. What does everyone do to keep their equilibrium?

(Keeping stress down will not lower platelets significantly, cure ET, etc. But it will improve quality of life and some side effects of ET.)