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Relaxation Tips Information and Inspiration to Help You
Relieve Stress and Find Balance in Life Monday, September 8, 2003
Relaxation Tip of the Week
Mastery of Attention
"As we learn to open blocked energy, release tension, and come to rest more at
ease in our body, we are better able to engage in the inner work of enhancing the power of
our mindful attention. Developing concentration transforms mental dullness into mental
stability, distraction into vivid mental clarity. Along the way we also develop the
strength of our mindfulness and vigilance. As a result of this inner transformational
work, we are able to bring a calm intensity to whatever we do, and this powerful peace of
mind can then be carried into our lives, relationships, and any other meditation practices
we may engage in."
You might be wondering why the topic of "concentration" is appearing in a
newsletter about relaxation.
Some common images associated with concentration are a furrowed brow, tense muscles,
and strained effort – not things normally associated with relaxation.
The truth is that the most effective methods of concentration don’t involve effort
or straining. Your concentration is at its best when you get into the "flow
state."
This is a zone of optimal learning, calm intensity, and nearly effortless mastery in
all your endeavors. It happens at those times in your life when everything clicks. When
you skills match your challenges. When you feel most fully alive.
Usually this flow state seems to happen on its own, without effort or intention. But you
can take steps to create more favorable mental conditions that are more conducive to
this state, thus allowing you to access it more frequently.
Joel and Michelle Levey’s 7-tape program entitled "The Focused Mind State:
Maximizing Your Potential Through the Power of Concentration" will help you do that.
See the description below in the "Featured Product" section of this
newsletter, and consider taking advantage of a special offer available through the end of
this month.
"As the gardener, by severe pruning, forces the sap of the tree into one or two
vigorous limbs, so should you stop off your miscellaneous activity and concentrate your
force on one or a few points."
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
Featured Product
SPECIAL OFFER: Order The Focused Mind State 7-tape set and receive a copy of Joel
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The Focused Mind
State: Maximizing Your Potential Through the Power of Concentration by Joel Levey & Michelle Levey
7 cassette tapes and one workbook
Nightingale Conant, 1993
This unique tape program teaches you how to get in touch with your "calm
intensity" and maximize your psychological and emotional performance. Dozens of
powerful techniques which combine the newest mind technologies with ancient wisdom, will
teach you to:
free yourself from mental dullness
develop the power of mindfulness
renew commitment to goals
manage the outer demands of your environment and the inner elements of high stress and
emotion
