Relaxation/Meditation Techniques

1. Sit in the upright position and close your eyes and your arms at your side or in your lap. Do not move around. Just sit there and relax for a minute.
2. Clear your mind of all thoughts. How do you do this?.... simply imagine a big Rubbish truck or a very large metal box on your mental screen. Then see it open and put all your thoughts and worries in it one by one.... bills...health…. your romances....family problems. everything you can think of. Then close the lid and lock it! Then push it off your mental screen.
3. Now sit there quietly with no thoughts for a minute. When you are ready to start... tell yourself as you go through each part of the body that you are becoming more and more relaxed as you go. YOU MUST TELL YOURSELF THIS!
4. Now... start with your head.... imagine every part of your head relaxing... start with your eyes.... then go to your ears.... the mouth... all your facial muscles. spend time with each part to make sure it is fully relaxed.
5. Now go to your neck and do the same.
6. Now go to you whole chest and stomach region and start with your heart... slow it down and make it at peace. Relax all you chest muscles and then your stomach area.
7. Now relax you arms feeling them going limp. Relax every muscle in your arms one by one including your fingers.
8. Now it is time to do your legs.... start with the thighs and work you way down to the feet relaxing even every toe.
By this time you should be pliable like a big lump of sloppy putty... totally relaxed and at peace. Now here comes the interesting part. This is where you will get to mesmerize yourself and see if it really works.....
1. Site there with you arms in you lap and or at your side and tell yourself that your right arm is getting very light. It is getting very, very light. Keep telling yourself this and feel how it is getting lighter. Tell yourself that it is getting so light that is staring to rise up off your lap. Feel it getting light as you keep telling yourself this and feel it rising up off you lap. It is getting lighter by the second and it is rising up higher and higher until it is up in the air.
2. Once you have achieved this and your arm is up in the air you may tell yourself it is getting heavy again and lower it to your lap. You will now tell yourself that you will awaken fully refreshed with energy and a clear mind.
3. Open your eyes and evaluate what you have done. If you did not have success... try again later that day and keep trying until you are satisfied.