Journey On Relaxation Exercise
After listening to the Audio Relaxation Exercise (which can be listened to by clicking the yellow italic writing), I have found another way to rest my body and place it at state of true relaxation. I was not apprehensive about listening and allowing myself to unwind as the man was stating in the audio. I usually fall asleep to the sounds of ocean waves, rainfalls, or rain/rainstorms as it is. The soothingly tone and calmness of the man's voice gave me a sense of tranquility. Even though what he was saying was of true importance, I found myself locked into the background noise. The music behind his words sounded similar to that of a lullaby. It was very comforting to just relax without any expectations, but just me, myself, and I in a pleasant resting position. What else is better than an individual who isn't demanding anything of you but merely wants you to kick off your shoes, relax, and free your mind of any disturbance. What a great way to de-stress and slow down from our busy lives. I might just have to take another listen.
"Give your stress wings and let it fly away." - Terry Guillemets
"Give your stress wings and let it fly away." - Terry Guillemets
Hi Felicia,
ReplyDeleteI wish that I could have had a relaxing response to the exercise as well, I for some reason could not relax. All I could think of were the seemingly endless things I needed to get done, the fact that I was freezing and I kept thinking if the exercise is almost over. I am usually very happy to listen to relaxation and mindfulness exercises, but I think I have so much on my plate right now, I cannot concentrate. I am glad you got enjoyment out of it and reading your post made me realize that I need to give this another shot when I am not as anxious. :)
Hello Felicia,
ReplyDeleteI actually felt relaxed as well. Which is very, very rare. I cannot keep my mind on one thing, and even during the exercise I found it wandering. It wandered away to how I would put this in my blog, what my youngest son was doing, the fact that I didn't look at the time before starting the exercise - I hoped I wouldn't be somehow late to picking my older two up from school, the fact that I didn't take off my shoes, and above all, I stressed that because of all these jumpy thoughts that this would be a failure. But, I felt relaxed and I did try to focus on everything I could, and it really worked. Although, in the end, I actually did feel pretty tired. Not quite as energetic as the speaker said I should feel. But it was a nice break.
Hi Felicia, I usually have a hard time turning my brain off and shutting down the voice inside my head. I have to say even though my grandchildren were causing a ruckus outside my door I was able to at least partially shut down and breathe! I was also able to get the blood flow to my limbs and feel the warmth before he mentioned it as a side effect of this. I think it would have been easier had it not been form my extreme headache from giving up caffeine this week! I too like to listen to relaxing music or my CD with water falls or ocean waves crashing as a way to soothe my senses after a long day. I am going to try this again when the children are out of the house tomorrow and hopefully my headache will be gone also!
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