1. Relieve pain at the back of the head by pressing with your fingers on the acupressure points along the base of the skull where tension is often stored. Start with the center of your neck and work outward to finish behind your ears.

2. Know your body clock. We all have different natural phases of high and low energy. If you recognize these and do high-energy and low-energy tasks at the appropriate times, you will make the most of your day, both creatively and practically.

3. Remember. there are no mistakes, only opportunities for learning, growth and change.

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Source:
1001 Ways to Relax by Mike George

1. Visualize a golden thread between the top of your head and the heavens. Think of it tightening and lifting you up, making your spine straight, your shoulders lower and your rib-cage expand freely. Conjure this image whenever you feel yourself slouching.

2. Move slowly. We often reveal our anxiety in fast, jerky movements. Slowing down can help calm our nerves. Remember, life is not a race. Some of the most profound experiences unfold slowly.

3. Have a tiny job day. Do all the niggling little chores around the house or at work that are pricking your conscience on a daily basis. Knocking off a half dozen or so little jobs on the same day is a certain way to nurture good feelings towards youself.
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Source:
1001 Ways to Relax by Mike George

1. Breathe through your feet to help you feel more grounded in times of stress. This exercise can be done whenever your feet on the ground. As you inhale, imagine you are drawing in air through the soles of your feet, up through your legs and into your torso. As you exhale, imagine the reverse.

2. A medley of leaves. Visualize your hands cupped and holding autumn leaves of various hues. The leaves symbolize the mixed feelings you have for a friend, colleague or member of your family, or a current situation you are facing. Imagine that a gust of wind blows all of the leaves out of your hands, scattering them at your feet. With the contradictions gone, you are now free to make a fresh start.

3. Avoid correcting people. Mentally we often spend energy correcting other people’s appearance, speech, opinions, enthusiasms — everything. It’s as if they were a text and we are an editor. Don’t do this. Correction is unreal and pointless, as well as being a potential source of tension.
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Source:
1001 Ways to Relax by Mike George

If you are at all familiar with Louise Hay, then you know the wonderful work she’s done relating our illnesses to the underlying fears and negative emotions. Once she’s identified the fear to the illness, she then devised ‘new thought patterns’ around the underlying problem to help us reversing the impact of the illness. From time to time, I’ll share some of her wisdom.

Instead of doing random illnesses, I plan to use the Spinal Misalignments as a guide, as the whole body and the array of possible issues is covered here.

What: Vertebrae 4T
Location: Mid-Back Region, Thoracic Spine

Areas Covered:
Gall bladder, common duct.

Physical Effects:
Gall bladder conditions, jaundice, shingles

Probably Cause:
Bitterness. A need to make others wrong. Condemnation.

New Thought Pattern:
I give myself the gift of forgiveness and we are both free.
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Source: Louise L. Hay, Heal your body, Hay House, Inc. (c) 1982.

1. Take a step, any step. Paralysis can set in when we spend too long agonizing over what to do next. The key is to take an action and listen for any positive or negative feedback — remembering that the absence of feedback is itself feedback. You can then use this informationto adjust your course if necessary.

2. Try stress ballooning. Imagine loading your worries in the basket of a hot-air balloon. In your mind’s eye untie the ropes that hold down the balloon and watch it rise. Your problems become more remote as the balloon disappears into the clouds.

3. Absorb virtue from others, simply by perceiving their virtue. By consciously identifying the good points in someone else’s character, you give life to that trait within yourself.

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Source:
1001 Ways to Relax by Mike George

1. Find the tower of wisdom. Imagine arriving in a remote village in the Himalayas. The focal point of the village is a square tower dedicated to an ancient Buddhist monk. The tower is decorated with four faces: peace, truth, love and happiness — one on each side. Wander slowly around the tower, pausing to meditate on each face in turn. Allow the faces to speak to you, permeating your spirit with their profound and reassuring messages.

2. Cook a meal with love, remembering that cooking is creative, and deeply symbolic of the tides of your heart. Our thoughts go into whatever we cook, so it’s good to have loving and peaceful thoughts while preparing a meal.

3. Vote for yourself every morning, as if you are the leader for the party of Everlasting Happiness, and every day is an election day! Imagine what you would promise in your victory speech. Polish your speech a little more each day. See yourself walking your talk.

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Source:
1001 Ways to Relax by Mike George

If you are at all familiar with Louise Hay, then you know the wonderful work she’s done relating our illnesses to the underlying fears and negative emotions. Once she’s identified the fear to the illness, she then devised ‘new thought patterns’ around the underlying problem to help us reversing the impact of the illness. From time to time, I’ll share some of her wisdom.

Instead of doing random illnesses, I plan to use the Spinal Misalignments as a guide, as the whole body and the array of possible issues is covered here.

What: Vertebrae 2T
Location: Mid-Back Region, Thoracic Spine

Areas Covered:
Lungs,bronchial tubes, pleuria, chest, breast

Physical Effects:
Bronchitis, pleurisy, pneumonia, congestion, influenza

Probably Cause:
Inner chaos. Deep, old hurts. Inability to communicate.

New Thought Pattern:
I forgive everyone. I forgive myself. I nourish myself.
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Source: Louise L. Hay, Heal your body, Hay House, Inc. (c) 1982.

1. Accept change. Nothing stays the same forever. True relaxation comes not from controlling life’s flow, but from allowing yourself to be carried along by the flow without fear of the future or nostalgia of the past.

2. Let go of lost opportunities. There will always be in your life that you didn’t take, because you didn’t see them, because you were already committed, or because you valued something else more highly. Rather than cursing yourself for missing those opportunities, remember that you made the best choices that you could at the time. Look ahead and follow your chosen path, seeking the doorways that are open to you and forgetting about those you have closed.

3. Treat time as a convenience, not an obstacle. Time is merely nature’s way of preventing everything from happening at once. Think of it as a robotic helper, programmed to remain in the background until it’s required — for example, when you are meeting a friend at a restaurant.

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Source:
1001 Ways to Relax by Mike George

1. Drip cold water onto your wrists whenever you are feeling hot and bothered. Cooling the wrists has a refreshing effect on the whole body because it is here that arteries (the large blood vessels that distribute blood throughout the body) are found close to the surface. To achieve a similarly refreshing effect, splash a little cold water behind your earlobes .

2. Sing in the shower. Singing has its roots in the innate happiness of the spirit, reminding us of our true nature. It is also a celebration of the interfusion between body, mind and soul. As you sing, allow the vibration to begin in your heart, fill your body and then the room — it’s good to be alive!

3. MaKe peace with the world before you go to sleep with a simple prayer of forgiveness for yourself and anyone else who may have disturbed your equilibrium.

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Source:
1001 Ways to Relax by Mike George

1. Keep Your Promises. Each time we break a promise or commitment, even to ourselves, we chip away at our claim to be a responsible, self-aware person. Giving your word is a serious undertaking, even on trivial matters. Don’t make a promise if the situation warrants a more open-ended response.

2. Overcome Winter Blues. During dark winter months it’s common to suffer from fatigue, irritability and attention lapses. These are the symptoms of SAD, Seasonal Affective Disorder — an hormonal imbalance that occurs as a result of inadequate exposure to natural light. The cure is to spend no less than one hour a day outside, and to install full-spectrum lamps inside.

3. Try Something New at least once a month — whether it’s reading a classic children’s book, joining a tango class or riding pillion on a motorbike. Exposing yourself to unfamiliar experiences stretches your mental and physical horizons, acclimatizing you to change and loosening the grip of routine.

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Source:
1001 Ways to Relax by Mike George