![]() ![]() As you go through this day, remember how good it feels to be relaxed. In a few minutes, I will ask you to open your eyes, and that will be the end of this practice session. Let your whole body go limp like spaghetti and feel all your muscles relaxed. Let your whole body stay as relaxed as you can. Come back out now and relax your feet, relax your legs, relax your toes. Feel your leg muscles help push your feet down. Let your toes go loose and feel how nice it is to be relaxed. Push down, spread your toes apart, and feel the mud squish up between your toes. You’ll probably need your legs to help you push. Try to get your feet down to the bottom of the mud puddle. Now pretend you are standing barefoot in a big, fat mud puddle. Settle back and let your stomach come back out where it belongs. There’s you squeezed through that little narrow fence and NO Splinters!!! You can relax now. Get it real small and tight and as skinny as you can. Suck in your stomach even more than last time. ![]() Just relax and feel your stomach being warm and loose. Try to squeeze it up against your backbone. You’ll have to make yourself very skinny if you’re going to make it, though. Now pretend you want to squeeze through a narrow fence that has splinters on it. There, he’s stepped over you, and he’s gone. ![]() That’s how we want to feel…nice and loose and relaxed. Notice the difference between a tight stomach and a relaxed one. Kind of settle down, get comfortable and relax. Make sure your tummy is as hard as a rock. Get ready, tighten up those stomach muscles. It looks like he’s stopped to eat some grass. Tighten up your stomach muscles real tight. You don’t have time to get out of the way. He doesn’t see you lying in the grass, and he’s about to step on your stomach. Your face feels nice and smooth and relaxed. Let your face go smooth, no wrinkles anywhere. Try to catch him between all those wrinkles. Uh oh, that pesky fly has come back, but this time he’s on your forehead. So when you relax your nose, your whole body relaxes too, and that feels good. Notice that when you scrunch up your nose, your cheeks and your mouth and your forehead and your eyes all help you, and they get tight too. And he’s landed right in the middle of your nose again. Make as many wrinkles in your nose as you can. Try to get him off without using your hands. It feels good to just let go and not have to fight that bubble gum. Try to squeeze it out between your teeth. Notice how good it feels to just let your jaw drop. You have a giant jawbreaker bubble gum in your mouth. Notice the tension and pull in your arms and shoulders. Stretch your arms way out in front of you. This time let’s have the biggest stretch. Notice how you’re shoulders feel more relaxed. Now just let your arms rest at your side. You want to stretch, so you stretch your arms out in front of you. Next, pretend that you are a furry, lazy kitten. Now relax and let the lemons fall from your hands. Once again, take 2 more lemons in your hands and squeeze all the juice out. See how much better your hands and arms feel when they are relaxed. Try to squeeze these ones harder than you did the first ones. Notice how your muscles feel when they are relaxed. Feel the tightness in your hands and arms as you squeeze. Pretend you have a whole lemon in each hand. Now, close your eyes and don’t open them until I say. Make sure you have enough room to stretch your arms and legs. Get as comfortable as you can on the floor. Remember to just do what I say, try-hard, and pay attention to how your muscles feel. We’re going to practice our relaxation exercises every day. The more you practice, the better you will get at doing these exercises and the more relaxed you will get. Pay attention to how your muscles heel when they are tight, and when they are loose and relaxed. Third, you must pay attention to your body. Second, you must try hard to do what I say. First, you must do exactly what I say, even if it seems kind of silly. To get the best feelings from these exercises, there are some rules you must follow. They’re also kind of neat because you can learn how to so dome of them without anyone really noticing. These exercises help you to learn how to relax when you’re feeling up-tight and help you get rid of those butterflies-in-your-stomach kinds of feelings. Today we’re going to practice some special kinds of exercises called relaxation exercises. ![]()
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