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Turkey Day feeling more stressful than thankful? Get Zen fast with these pro tips

I T’S Thanksgiving, and you know what that means: your soul ballooning with stress like a Macy’s parade float.

“There’s an implicit pressure around the holidays,” Greenpoint-based mindfulness expert Ralph De La Rosa, author of the meditation book “The Monkey Is the Messenger,” tells The Post. “We often feel we have to impress our families or somehow prove ourselves.”

Good news: You don’t. Let yourself off the hook this year, and avoid the weekend’s most stressful triggers with these experts’ tools and tricks.

You and Uncle Tony have been Facebook-fighting over immigration policy all year, so a Turkey Day showdown might seem inevitable. But remember, “[The holidays aren’t] about winning a political argument,” says De La Rosa.

To prepare yourself for tense talks at the table, he recommends starting your day with an exercise called the 5-3-1-1: While lying in bed, take five deep breaths. Then, picture three things you’re grateful for. Smile once and hold for 15 seconds — long enough for the facial expression to trigger your brain to release feel-good serotonin. Finally, set one intention for the day.

“Ask yourself, ‘What qualities of heart and mind am I going to show up with?’ ” he says.

If your cousin starts sounding off on gun control, take them aside for a quick talk using neutral “I” language, De La Rosa says: “I noticed when you said that thing to me, I got really upset, and I don’t want to feel that way around you. Can we go in a different direction with this conversation?” At a loss

We miss our departed loved ones every day, but holidays often come with extra servings of sadness. The most effective way to cope? Allow space for that grief, says Midtown East psychologist Alexis Conason.

“Trying to gloss over it and