Originally posted by [K]iyoshi:
[b]Deep
Breathing
Stand with your feet apart and your arms hanging loosely by your
sides.
Close your eyes and let your head fall forward.
Breathe in slowly through your nose. Draw in the air deeply,
allowing first your abdomen, then your lungs to expand.
Hold your breath gently for a while.
Breathe out slowly through your nose. Take your time.
Repeat the deep breaths until you feel relaxed.
Then slowly open your eyes.
Muscle
Relaxation
Sit on a comfortable chair.
Close your eyes.
Clench one fist tightly. Hold the tension for a few seconds and
concentrate on it.
Then release the tension very slowly. Feel the tension draining out
of your hand.
Repeat this exercise with any part of your body - face, scalp,
eyes, shoulders, abdomen, buttocks, arms and legs.
Mental
Relaxation
Switch on some soft music.
Sit on a comfortable chair or lie down.
Close your eyes.
Relax all your muscles and let your body go limp.
Think of a pleasant, soothing image such as a blue mountain lake
gentle lapping waves "leaves rustling in a soft wind".
Do some deep breathing if you like or listen to a taped relaxation
message.
Continue until you feel very relaxed.
Shoulder and Neck
Massage
Learn to do this with another person and you can massage each
other. These steps are for the person who is doing the
massaging:
Let your partner sit comfortably.
Stand behind your partner.
Suggest that your partner removes his/her glasses, closes his/her
eyes and thinks of something pleasant.
Place your hands gently on your partner's shoulders as a
"greeting".
Apply gentle but firm, even pressure with your thumbs across the
top of the shoulders. Start at the neck. Work your way towards the
ends of the shoulders and then back across to the neck.
Using both hands, massage across the top of the shoulders with a
kneading motion, from the neck to the tips of the shoulders and
back.
Locate the spine (backbone) at the base of the neck. Place your
thumbs on either side of the spine and apply gentle but firm
pressure away from the bone. Continue down the back and then up
again. Do not press on the spine itself.
Locate the base of the skull at the back of the head. Apply
rotating pressure on either side of the spine with your
thumbs.
Place one hand on your partner's chin and one hand behind the neck
for support. Slowly and carefully rotate the head first in one
direction and then the other.
Ask your partner to clench his/her teeth. Locate the tense jaw
muscles. Ask him/her to relax. Use three fingers to massage the jaw
muscles.
Use your fingers to massage the temples. Work across the forehead
and back to the temples.
Place your hands gently back on the shoulders as a "goodbye".
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