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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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