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RELAXATION TECHNIQUES
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October 8, 1989
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RELAX.ZIP is a group of text files that will guide you to complete
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relaxation, and the techniques of such. This file is an alternate
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relaxation guide, designed to compliment AP_PREP.ZIP, which is
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available on this BBS. Either technique can be used with the same
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results, choose the one that works for best for you. I suggest trying
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all of them...
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The Wizard Ariel>
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This .ZIP archive should contain the following text files:
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RELAX1.TXT - Text on Relaxing The Body
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RELAX2.TXT - Text on the methods of Deep Breathing
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RELAX3.TXT - Text on How To Prepair For Astral Projection/Remembering
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EOF>
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RELAXATION TECHNIQUES I
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October 8, 1989
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RELAXING THE BODY
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Close your eyes. Get yourself comfortable, and concentrate on your
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breathing.
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Pay close attention to your breathing. Recognize how slow and deep
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breathing will help to induce relaxation. Exhale. Then take a deep
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breath in through your nose and blow it out through your mouth.
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Breathe from your abdomen, deeply and slowly.
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As you concentrate on your breathing, focus your attention on an
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imaginary spot in the center of your forehead. Look at the spot as if
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you were trying to see it from inside your head.
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You will begin to realize that your eyelids have become tense.
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Get a sense of how tense the eyelids can become as you stare at the
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spot that you can compare this feeling with relaxation.
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When your eyelids become strained and uncomfortable, let them drop.
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Notice the feeling of relaxation that radiates all through and around
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your eyes. Allow that feeling of warmth and relaxation to move out to
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the temples and across the forehead.
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Let the relaxation then radiate to your scalp, to the back of your
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head, to your ears, temples, cheeks, nose, then to your mouth and chin.
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As you feel all the tension leave your face, relax your jaw muscles.
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Let your jaw open slightly, so that all the tension can smoothly flow
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away.
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Relax the muscles in your neck. As you do, let your head tip forward
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gently so your chin just about touches your chest.
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Let this feeling of relaxation flow down into your shoulders and from
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there into the muscles of your arms and hands, then down your back,
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over to the front of the chest, on down to the abdomen, and then allow
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it to reach all the way down to the base of the spine.
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Let the buttocks go completely loose and limp. Allow the warmth and
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relaxation to spread to the thighs, on down the legs, down to the
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ankles, and down through the feet to the tips of the toes.
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Now you feel completely relaxed. Take a moment, starting from the top
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of your head and working down, to check to see if any part of you is
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not yet fully relaxed.
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If you find any part of your body not fully relaxed, simply inhale a
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deep breath and send it into the area, bringing soothing, healing,
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relaxing, nourishing oxygen to comfort that area. As you exhale
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imagine blowing out right through your skin any tension, tightness, or
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discomfort. By inhaling a breath into that area and exhaling right
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through the skin, you are able to replace tension in any part of your
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body with gentle relaxation.
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When you find yourself quiet and fully relaxed, take a few moments to
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enjoy it.
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RELAXATION TECHNIQUES II
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October 8, 1989
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DEEP BREATHING
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Close your eyes...Get yourself comfortable. Pay careful attention to
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your breathing. Recognize how slow and deep breathing will help to
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induce relaxation. Exhale, then take a deep breath in through your
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nose and blow it out through your mouth. Breathe from your abdomen,
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deeply and slowly. Allow your abdomen to rise and fall as you breathe.
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With each inhale and exhale, count your breaths. count ONE on the
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inhale and TWO on the exhale. Focus only on the breath and your
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counting.
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If a thought comes into your mind which causes you to lose track of
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your counting, just return to the count.
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If a thought comes into your mind, look at it as though it were someone
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else's. Neither grab hold of it nor chop it down. Neither stop it nor
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pursue it. Simply watch it come into view and disappear. Then
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continue your counting.
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Count your breaths until you feel deeply relaxed. Breathe in and out
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slowly, counting each breath, until you feel quiet, relaxed, and still
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alert.
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EOF>
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RELAXATION TECHNIQUES III
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October 8, 1989
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BEGINNING THE AP EXPERIENCE / REMEMBERING
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Stretch, take a good deep stretch, all through your body. Slide down
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in the afterglow of that stretch, into a relaxed position.
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Holding that afterglow feeling, reflect back on how it feels to be
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relaxed, as if you were in bed at night on the edges of sleep (though
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this time you stay AWAKE and don't miss the fun). If you are already
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trained in some form of meditation or Astral Projection, reflect back
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on one of your BEST experiences of meditation or AP, and how that felt.
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If you are religious, reflect back on how it feels to listen in prayer.
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Whichever experience you reflect back on, remember it more and more
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completely. Remember more and more clearly what it feels like, what
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elements in the experience go along with that feeling.
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Remembering an experience re-creates the mental and physical basis of
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that experience. This is why you are already virtually back in the
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quality of this experience you are remembering, this experience you are
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remembering more about, more and more clearly.
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While remembering the feeling and quality of this experience, now
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slowly breathe in deeply and breathe out deeply...3 to 5 times, and
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just let your muscles go a little more with each breath out, relaxing
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more deeply.
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Become more aware of what you are feeling and experiencing within you,
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and become more aware of your surroundings. It's surprising how much
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of a mental picture you can build up of your surroundings, just from
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what you can hear.
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Taking about six seconds to do so, breathe in slowly and very deeply.
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Exhale as slowly and deeply. With your lungs empty, try to blow out an
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imaginary candle a foot in front of your face - that's how deeply you
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should exhale.
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Go on inhaling and exhaling as deeply as you can, very slowly, six
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seconds or longer each way.
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May you find the joy and happiness that you deserve...and also utilize
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this text to your advantage. If you know someone that could benefit
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from this text, please feel free to give them a copy.
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EOF>
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