Relax Your Mind

AA said: C’est vrai, on a chacun-e sa manière de se détendre l’esprit, de se concentrer sur son corps, sa respiration, et je vais tester la tienne! J’aime bien ce côté très concret dans ces messages du lundi. 

Relax Your Mind

Find a way to slow down. Find a way to relax your mind and do it often, very, very often, throughout the day, not just when you are hooked, but all the time.

                                                 Pema Chödrön : Taking the Leap

When there is a lot to do in a short time or when you are stressed out about something, it is good not only to remember Pema Chödrön’s words, but to already have practiced relaxing your mind. How to do it?

I relax my mind “through my body”, by relaxing my head. I drop the thinking and concentrate on my skull, from the ears and upwards, feeling a kind of tingling sensation in it. Then I close my eyes and slowly work my way up from the ears to the top of the skull and down again, via my forehead and eyes to my nose. I take a deep in-breath, hold it for three seconds and sloooooowly breathe out through the mouth. That’s my way, but you might find another way that suits you better.

If you practice relaxing your mind regularly you will always have that “tool” at hand when you really need it.