My Journey On Relaxation Experience

Well, what can I say about that exercise. 

It was pretty much the same experience that I have done a fair few times in the past.  This type of guided relaxation exercise isn't anything new to me.  My last term I took a Stress Management class and I got to do tons of these things.  To top it off, part of my training in massage therapy was all about relaxation and different techniques to help reach a relaxed state of being, so there you go.

Still effective, but nothing new.

Oh well, I will give a description of it anyway.

I did this exercise in a recliner with my laptop on my legs.  It was fairly quiet in the house since my son was down for his afternoon nap.  Normally, I try to lay down on either the floor or my bed to do meditations like this, but I wanted to do something a little different.  I was still able to reach a level of relaxation...that is until my husband turned the carpet shampooer back on downstairs.  No worries, I was still able to experience what the exercise talked about. 

Instead of directing the blood flow to my arms and hands, I directed it to my shoulders since that is where I tend to feel my stress gather.  In my mind I made a diagram of my body, with a bright red pulsing color which represented my blood flow.  Most of it was in my stomach region.  When the voice told me to make it flow to my arms and hands, I simply imagined the red color seeping slowly to my shoulders and staying there.  I immediately felt my shoulders get rather hot, like someone had draped a hot towel across them.  My shoulders also felt heavy and it felt like they moved down a little.  When the voice said to redirect the blood flow back to my stomach, I imagined the red color draining out of my shoulders and pooling back to my tummy.  As I did this, my shoulders became cool again and my tummy got a little warmer.  After that, I played around for a moment or two, sending my blood to different parts of my body and feeling them get hot and then cold.  It was kind of interesting. 

When the shampooer came on, that brought me back to awareness and I left the exercise.  All in all, it was good to feel relaxed even if it only lasted for a short while.

Melissa "Mel"

Hey everyone!

Sorry that my post is a little later in the week, but everyday life things have been popping up.  Anyway, let me get started on this blog.  My name is Melissa.  I am pretty sure I have had a few of you in one class or another already, so what I am about to write may not be new to you.  I'm in my fifth term at Kaplan and I only have two more terms left until I graduate.  I am both excited and a little nervous about being so close to my goal.  I think my nervousness comes from not knowing what to do next or even what I want to do.  My husband is an active duty soldier, which means we move a lot.  In fact, we will be moving to our next duty station around this time next year, if not sooner.

I'm not that great a blogging.  I tried doing one once and I just kept forgetting about it so I just stopped.  Somehow, I don't think that will be the case with this blog since it is part of my class this term.  I will try to make whatever I post as interesting as possible.  

Well, I can't think of anything else to write about so I will say TTFN: TA-TA For Now.

Melissa "Mel"

 

Oh My...I'm Blogging

Holy Crow!

I have a blog.

That is scary.