Relax Those Muscles
To arrive at a profound sense of physical relaxation and well being one can practice "progressive muscle relaxation", a technique for tensing and relaxing various muscle groups throughout the body. Often we do not even notice how tense our body has become simply because we get so used to feeling tense.

If you don't know you're feeling tense, it's more difficult, if not impossible, to get yourself to relax. The following audio file will take you through some muscle tensing and relaxing.

Practice progressive muscle relaxation on a daily basis, preferably twice and day, for two weeks.

Respect any physical limits you might encounter when tensing muscles, (this is not the "no pain, no gain" approach). If you start to experience any muscle cramping or excessive discomfort you should forego tensing a particular muscle group.

Progressive Muscle Relaxation Audio Session (Real Media Player streaming audio)
Progressive Muscle Relaxation Audio Session (downloadable MP3)
(about 20 minutes in length)
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