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Guided Imagery for Stress Relief and Well-Being
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Relaxation Tips Information and Inspiration to Help You
Relieve Stress and Find Balance in Life Wednesday, November 17, 2004
Holiday Relaxation Tip
of the Week by Bryan Brewer, Producer, Self-Guided.com
Today's tip from Self-Guided.com's popular Top Ten Tips for Reducing
Holiday Stress is for some people the most difficult -- and perhaps the most
important -- one to implement. See if you and or anyone you know could benefit from this
advice.
2. Learn to say
"no" to extra obligations that might stress you out.
The holidays are ripe with obligations. As the calendar fills to the brim, you may start
feeling overbooked and overwhelmed. One way to prevent this is to practice the technique
of mindfulness. By learning to mindfully reflect on how you plan to spend your time, you
can better prioritize your obligations and make conscious choices about your time
commitments.
The following excerpt from Joel and Michelle Levey’s
book Living
In Balance will help you make better decisions about where you put your
time and energy during the holidays:
Here’s a useful technique you can use
to help you stay mindfully in balance every day. First, pick one day a week to set aside
some time for mindful reflection on the larger picture of your life. Even a few minutes
with the following questions can make a big difference in restoring your sense of balance:
What have I been paying the most attention
to in my life this week?
What elements of my experience are calling
for greater attention?
What specific activities do I want to bring
greater awareness to?
How will becoming more aware improve the
quality of my life, my relationships, and my work?
What indicators have reminded me that I had
drifted off into mindlessness?
By giving yourself the gift of a few
minutes each week to evaluate the level of awareness that you’re bringing to the
things that matter most to you, you’ll be able to fine-tune and reset your attention
patterns before you get too far off course. Then once a month, enjoy a special "day
of mindfulness" celebration. On the day of the month that corresponds to your
birthday, invite yourself to mindfully explore something new and different. Even for a
little while that day do something, in some way, that you’ve never done before. The
freshness of mind that you bring to experiencing something for the first time is a good
way to refresh your taste of mindfulness!
Testimonial of the Week"I recently acquired the
[Relaxation] CD for myself and believe it to be a top quality, valuable tool for
anyone interested in improving their ability to exist in today’s often frenetic
world." – Thomas J., Illinois
Special Holiday Offer Receive a FREE Eye Pillow (a $7.95 value)
when you order both a Self-Guided Relaxation CD and a HOT SAX™ microwavable
heat pack.
A free eye pillow and a free Sleep CD
are automatically included in your shipment when you order the Relaxation CD and a HOT SAX
on the same order. (Offer good through November 30, 2004.)
These Products Work Great Together
Combine the soothing sensuality of a HOT SAX heat pack and
the Self-Guided Relaxation CD to release tension during the day.
Use a relaxing eye pillow with the Self-Guided Sleep
CD to drift off for a restful evening of peaceful slumber.
Eye Pillow for Relaxation
Self-Guided
Relaxation CD
byJoel Levey
Guided Imagery for Stress Relief and Well-Being 30 tracks, 72 minutes
Listen only 5 minutes a day to:
Relieve daily stress
Feel more relaxed, less anxious
Rediscover your calm, peaceful center
"This is an exceptional disc in
terms of digital sound quality, the variety and scope of the spoken text, and the
adaptability of the program. It works."
-- Body Mind Spirit magazine
Microwavable Natural Heat Packs for Muscle
Relaxation and Stress Relief
Use your microwave to heat these soft, flannel-covered
HOT SAX -- filled with natural flax seeds -- and apply to your neck and shoulders
for instant relief. HOT SAX will comfortably mold to any part of your body
to provide soothing warmth for tense muscles and sore joints.
Explore the many uses for this versatile product as a
heat pack (or cold pack, too):
