RELAXATION TECHNIQUES II

October 8, 1989


DEEP BREATHING

Close your eyes...Get yourself comfortable. Pay careful attention to
your breathing. Recognize how slow and deep breathing will help to
induce relaxation. Exhale, then take a deep breath in through your
nose and blow it out through your mouth. Breathe from your abdomen,
deeply and slowly. Allow your abdomen to rise and fall as you breathe.

With each inhale and exhale, count your breaths. count ONE on the
inhale and TWO on the exhale. Focus only on the breath and your
counting.

If a thought comes into your mind which causes you to lose track of
your counting, just return to the count.

If a thought comes into your mind, look at it as though it were someone
else's. Neither grab hold of it nor chop it down. Neither stop it nor
pursue it. Simply watch it come into view and disappear. Then
continue your counting.

Count your breaths until you feel deeply relaxed. Breathe in and out
slowly, counting each breath, until you feel quiet, relaxed, and still
alert.

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