RELAX - the Secret GoldenSometimes... We Need to be Reminded How to Relax by Scott Andrew Ley
You've probably heard it all before--"Relaxing is good for you", it
"helps relieve tension and stress", relaxing can even "extend your life",
and "help you enjoy a high-quality lifestyle".
How???
(By the way, this web page is very easy on your eyes! I use a special color code
in the background that is actually good for your eyes as you read. It's called Digitale,
and it makes this a site for sore eyes! You'll see as we go on.)
Now, do you really know HOW to relax? Most of my friends and neighbors
didn't, not really. And I suspect that most people in the world are this
way. They really don't know (or they don't remember) HOW to rest and relax.
For you to reach a deep level of relaxing, that level that's truly
restful and tension relieving, that actually is "good for you", there's a
Secret Golden way of getting there. And it's easy
as falling off a log!
Once when I was overseas, I had the misfortune of coming into contact
with a rabid dog. So I had to take the one-shot-a-day-for-14-days rabies
treatment. Fun-fun-fun! Most places you go, you are given these shots in
the stomach, because the stomach is where rabies attacks first. The place
where I was staying gave me the rabies shots in the arms and legs.
Okay, so I've always taken shots in the arm easily. This is thanks to a
wise nurse who gave me my very first shot (that I can remember) back when
I was in first grade. She distracted me by pointing to a colorful picture
on the wall. I relaxed immediately, and I didn't feel a thing! The nurse
said, "You're done," and I said, "Huh?" I really hadn't felt anything.
But that shot was in the arm. And the first two rabies shots I got on
the first and second days were in the arms, too. No problemo. The third
day, when I got a shot in my leg for the very first time, it was very very
different.
I had never taken a shot in my leg before. And on the third day my left
leg became "the victim". My leg muscles tensed up automatically when I saw
that needle coming. That was a huge mistake! After the shot, that area on
my leg began to redden, blister and burn.
Then I remembered the golden secret of relaxing!
It's almost never too late to learn or to remember a secret golden. The
next day, I applied the secret while I got the 4th rabies shot in my right
leg. There was NO reddening, NO blistering, NO burning. In fact, within
just a few minutes, I couldn't even tell where the shot had been given to
me! I glanced back over to my left leg almost in disbelief. My left leg
was still blistered, red and burned like heck from the day before! And it
stayed like that for several more days. My right leg? Totally PAIN FREE!
How did I do it? What could I have done to make such a dramatic and
profound difference? Here's the Secret Golden...
Just before the nurse gave me the shot in my right leg on the 4th day,
I consciously tensed, yes, tensed my leg muscles. Then I just as
consciously relaxed the leg muscles. I did this slowly three or
four times... first tense, and then relax again, tense up, then relax.
Each time I relaxed, my leg became even more relaxed, more "loose". By
the time the nurse gave me the shot, my right leg was very relaxed.
Each time you practice this it gets easier and easier. And the more you
do it, the more deeply relaxed you'll feel. This one golden secret will do
wonders for how you deal with the stresses of your daily life!
Just before you go to sleep, and first thing in the morning before you
get up out of bed, you can take a few seconds to apply this golden secret
of relaxing. Take two or three slow deep breaths, and then start with your
feet and legs, tensing and relaxing a time or two. Then tense and relax
your thighs, your waist, and right on up your chest, out your arms to your
hands and fingers, then your neck and face, tense then relax. You can do
this almost anyplace and anytime. And as you saw earlier, you can even do
"local" tensing and relaxing when you need to, like I did with my right
leg just before I received the rabies shot.
A good friend of mine had a minor stroke last year. He recovered well
in most ways, but the right side of his face sagged very noticably. This
friend of mine came to me feeling very down, very depressed. He was unable
to work or even to apply for a job, because even though he felt okay, he
was self-concious about his face. After I let him in on my Golden Secret
of relaxing, he told me he felt much better by the second day. About two
weeks later, my friend's face was almost back to normal. The tiny bit of
sagging of his face was barely noticable. And today he's completely back
to normal!
One great side effect of this secret golden, tensing then relaxing, is
that your general level of calmness and "even thinking" will improve
greatly, and very quickly! There is nothing like a good, relaxing rest to
"charge your battery" and to get you ready for... whatever it is you want
to do! Here's hoping you enjoy many, many years of good, relaxing and
bountiful times!
THANK YOU BEYOND WORDS!
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