Learning to relax quickly can become a habit. During the course of a day, stressful events as wells as poor postures will tighten many muscles in your body. Tensed muscles often remain tightened and do not automatically relax. Tensed muscles trigger irritability, which again increases tension. The two escalate in a vicious cycle. Herbert Benson suggested a simple routine, which can enable you to relax quickly at work. Your RI has the capacity to instruct your muscles to relax instantly. Just as quickly as you flex your fingers, you can relax all your muscles. The following is a modification of the tips to relax, recommended in the book The Relaxation Response by Benson: 1. Lie on your back comfortably in bed, stretching out your legs and laying your hands on the side, palm upwards. 2. Close your eyes and sense the muscular tensions in your body. Then, beginning from your toes, tighten your muscles and relax them, progressing up to the top of your head. 3. Shift your body positions to make each relaxation step more comfortable. 4. Sense any muscle tension remaining anywhere in the body. Become aware of all the small tightnesses in your hands, your eye muscles, or neck muscles. Relax them. 5. Continue this for 10 minutes, until you have become familiar with any remaining muscular tensions in your body and practice relaxing those muscles. After a little practice, you will know how to relax at will. 6. Once you have carried out this exercise a few times, repeat the instant relaxation process, sitting in a chair, or standing in an elevator. You will find that after a couple of weeks, you will be able to instantly relax your body, wherever you are.
Posted on: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 08:14:31 +0000
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