Relax-Blog

Do you Stress Out About Your Feet, Tummy Or Head Or Are You Relaxed And Comfortable?

2005-05-27T10:50:00.000-04:00

I was out on one of my morning walks, enjoying the relaxed serenity of the park puntuated by the beautiful songs of the birds. I met one of my colleagues who is an experienced bird watcher. So I call him my bird watching teacher.

As my bird teacher was helping me indentify the various species of birds, he made an interesting observation.

He mentioned that some birds can be found at the foot or the base of the tree, some in the middle of the tree and others way at the tops of the trees.

I wondered for a moment in a relaxed manner how that relates to my body. I guess the base of the tress would be like my feet. In the middle of the tree would be like my tummy and the top of the trees would be like my head.

Do you pay attention to your feet? Do you pay attention to your tummy or do you live in your head and ignore your feet and tummy?

I will leave this up to you to wonder if you relax and pay attention to your body or ignore some parts of your body and then stress about it.

Cecil McIntosh
Publisher,
Relaxation Tools That Produce Quick, Measurable Results.
http://www.nlp-meditation.com

Relax And Release The Stress On Your Organs.

2005-05-18T10:57:00.000-04:00

A friend was telling me about a number of her friends who were having stressful health problems. These health problems seem to be very severe and in some cases life treating.

My friend was wondering how come these stressful discomforts were discover in these late stages?

We have a natural tendency to protect ourselves and our privacy. This protection is generally about the external rather than the internal.

The external is about the way you dress, act, speak and you are careful in your actions. On the inside however when you have the stress of tightness in the chest, pains and discomfort you tend to hope they will go away. Intellectually you understand that you need to address these issues but you tend to ignore these stressful discomforts.

This behavior creates havoc on your internal organs i.e. the heart which can break down when it becomes overloaded. This can results in Dis ease.

Relax and release the stress on your organs and your organs will allow you to enjoy vibrant health and relation in the midst of the stresses of daily living.

Cecil McIntosh
Publisher
Relaxation Tools That Produce Quick Measurable Results.

Relax And Celebrate Your Stressful Transitions.

2005-05-15T19:32:00.000-04:00

It is the beginning of spring and the once dormant bulbs are now beginning to show their beauty. Like the bulbs you're also making the transition from winter to spring clothing. If you not in a country that experiences the four seasons of Spring Summer, Fall and Winter then you may experience other changes.

You may experience changes in your health, job, relationship, and finances. These changes can sometimes happen simultaneously, where you may have health challenges, stress on the job, conflicts in your relationships and not enough money to pay the unexpected bills.

So how do you handle the stresses that clog up your head and cause you to have blurry thinking?

You maybe be consumed by the stresses of life and be unaware of your choices or you may be aware of your problems.

If you are unaware, sooner or later you may notice physical symptoms like a swollen finger or become aware of pain or discomfort in some part of your body.

If you are aware of your problem you may want to celebrate the stressful situation as merely an opportunity for you to enjoy the transitions in life.

You may wonder what kind of idiotic suggestion is this. If you are thinking along these line then I have a simple exercise for you.

I want you to look back in your life right now and become aware of the most difficult situation, you have ever experienced in life and notice that you found a solution to that problem.

Let this be a reminder to you that no matter how difficult the situation, there has always and will always be a solution to your most difficult stressful problem .

So maybe now you understand how you can Relax and celebrate your stressful transitions.

Cecil McIntosh
Publisher
Relaxation Tools That Produce Quick, measurable Results.
www.nlp-meditation.com

Relax And Enjoy Celebrating Mother's Day.

2005-05-08T20:49:00.000-04:00

Mother's day is a day to relax and remember your birth. It is a time to be reminded of the profound ways in which your mother (biological or not) has influenced your life.

However, do you consider mother's day a stressful event or a glorious celebration?

If you feel pressured by yourself or others to acknowledge mothers's day, it can be stressful.

It can also be stressful if you have to put too much effort into the celebration. Maybe you may want to be like the 'Joneses' and you are never satisfied with your situation thus wanting to do something about it at any costs.

It is like giving birth. Some experiences are painful, long and difficult while others can be effortless.

Today in celebrating mother's day you can either choose the stressful approach (which is painful and difficult) or you can relax and enjoy celebrating mother's day.

Peace,

Cecil McIntosh
Publisher
Relaxation Tools That Produce Quick, Measurable Results.
www.nlp-meditation.com

Relax Take A break And Celebrate More Often.

2005-05-04T07:44:00.000-04:00

A student was telling me that he was looking forward to his two weeks holiday.

I also discovered that he really worked hard all year and this was his time to take a break, relax and get away from all the stresses of the world. If you look forward to your two weeks holiday and you anticipate this as your break, what happens to the other 50 weeks of the year?

Maybe you stress out for 50 weeks in order to take a two week break. Then when you return from holiday, you may need a another holiday to relax from your two week break. It is like burning the candle at both ends which can be very stressful.

Have you considered some of the simple things in life like taking a RELAXING walk, swinging on the swings or listening to the birds?

If you were to begin to notice these simple things, you may understand and experience the feeling of relaxation when you listen, take a break and celebrate life more often.

Cecil McIntosh
Publisher
Relaxation Tools That Produce Quick, Measurable Results.
www.nlp-meditation.com

Relax And Listen To Your Children

2005-04-29T01:06:00.000-04:00

Children need to perceive their parents are someone who will listen to them so that they can feel relaxed.

Children give us hints in many ways. Some two year olds throw temper tantrums because they perceive that no one is listening. I guess as parents some of us are too busy and stressed out to listen.

A friend told me about a young lady who had a young child. When the young lady came home she would rush to the bathroom, but she would forget to change her son's diaper. Consequently the young child was only expressing it's feelings of discomfort by kicking up a fuss through actions of screaming and shouting in order to get attention.

As the young child gets older they may ask questions and as parents you may hear but not answer. Children need to be acknowledged so that they have the feeling that they have been listen to. Otherwise they will continue to seek an avenue that matches the desire to have the attention satisfied. Is like the period at the end of a sentence. If you have a very long paragraph with no periods then you have a long run-on sentence. Very stressful and difficult to relax when reading.

When my children were younger I had 3 rules.

Rule # 1, is that if I did not answer their questions, they had permission to remind me that I gave them permission to ask me questions.

The problem is that some questions ask of parents are difficult to answer because we were never really trained to be parents.

Rule # 2, When ever I was asked a question by my children to which I did not have an answer I would tell my children that I will think about it and get back to them by a specific date. This technique gave me some breathing room and helped me to be in a less stressful state of mind.

Rule # 3, One of my children told me to tell her "maybe" if I did not have any answer. She explained that "maybe " to her was hope that she would get what she wanted.

Children need to feel as though their parents are listening to them. It helps them "empty" their though and feeling rather than letting them bottling up and exploding like fire crackers.

If children feel that they are not listened too, then their behavior can become focused towards getting the necessary attention at any cost.

You may hear what your children have said but you may be too busy doing other things for example, watching television. Because their perception is that you are not listening although you can repeat everything that they have said.

When talking with your children you need to find the time to always look them in the eye so that they do not feel as though you are always too busy to find time for them.

Now perhaps you have a better understanding of what is meant by "relax and listen to your children."

Cecil McIntosh
Publisher
Relaxation Tools That Produce Quick, Measurable Results.
www.nlp-meditation.com

Relax And Stay Focused On Your Bird's Nest

2005-04-25T02:05:00.000-04:00

Two days ago it was a beautiful relaxing warm spring day as I was walking in a conservation area.

I am an amateur bird watcher. I met two people who are very knowledgeable of the various species of birds and who are always gracious in sharing their knowledge about the various species of birds we observe. So I call them my bird teachers.

One of my bird teachers enjoys taking relaxing walks looking for birds nest. So he makes it a habit of checking out all birds nest through his binoculars.

When we met, he excitedly took me back to a spot to investigate a birds nest. We discovered that the birds nest was not a nest but an "Eastern screech-owl". This owl has a bright rusty or grey plumage and can easily be mistaken for a birds nest.

So as I continue to walk with one of my bird teachers he continued to excitedly explore birds nest. His enthusiasm was contagiously relaxing.

Some people may say you are lucky. Others may say it is just dumb luck but the reality is that if you are consistently focused in your daily activity you will be successful in you endeavors without stress.

I was reminded again that you need to be focused on something. If you simply relax and constantly focus on your bird's nest sooner or later you will discover a gem.

Cecil McIntosh
Publisher
Relaxation Tools That Produce Quick, Measurable Results.
www-meditation.com

Relax And Enjoy The Moment

2005-04-20T12:29:00.000-04:00

I was walking in a conservation area and I became aware of the sweet sound of the songs of the birds as they sang from the trees.

The birds all seem so content and happy and I also noticed the ducks really enjoying the water.

Then I met some people, the first person complained about how hot it was. The second person wondered how soon we would have some rain. The third person wished me a wonderful day.

I am wondering what you do or say on a daily basic?

Are you like the first, second and third person?

The first person was stressing out about the weather. The second person wanted to change the weather. The third person was relaxed like the birds and the ducks, just content with the weather as it was at the moment.

Now you can choose to relax and enjoy the moment or not.

Cecil McIntosh
Publisher
Relaxation tools That Produce Quick, Measurable Results
www.nlp-meditation.com

Relax And "Mind Your Own Business."

2005-04-17T19:58:00.000-04:00

Do you behave as though you are the centre of the universe?

What this often means is that you think you are responsible for taking care of everybody and fixing their complications and/or problems.

There are obvious positives and negatives to this situation.

One of the positives is that you are always busy and the centre of attention. You are also a very good problem solver.

One of the negatives to this situation is that everybody knows that you are good at problem solving and therefore leaves most things up to you because you are very efficient at solving stressful or negative situations.

This position creates all kinds of stressful situations for you, because people are not perceived by you to be as perceptive and efficient as you are. Therefore you feel this gives you the license to fix everybody's problems.

Eventually, you will discover that you have no time for yourself because of the stress of solving other people's problems. The stress of your perceived incompetence of others will also begin to weigh heavily on you and your health. As your patience wavers, and you begin to get more and more irritable, you may begin to notice that people do not really need you to solve their problems and may even begin to ignore you.

I have seen people in my private practice hit depression and commence medications because they thought that other people needed them to solve their problems.

So now you may have a better understanding of what is meant by relax and "mind your own business."

Cecil McIntosh
Publisher
Relaxation Tools That Produce Quick, Measurable Results.
www.nlp-meditation.com

Relax And Keep Your Eye On The Blocks.

2005-04-15T05:52:00.000-04:00

If you are playing a game and getting "beaten up", how can you take a licking and keep on ticking?

You can give up and surrender or you can fight back.

Giving up and surrendering is easy but fighting back requires effort.

Now if effort means to you that the task is difficult, then I can guarantee you that you are going to give up and end up surrendering because you believe that all efforts are difficult.

If however, you feel that you can fight back, you will only be a success if you employ the strategy of coming back one moment at a time.

It is like putting building blocks in place one block at a time so that you have a solid foundation.

Generally speaking in our desire to do things quickly we tend to ignore the building blocks and fight back without a game plan. This approach is stressful and suicidal because you are adopting a "helter skelter" approach without a purpose.

Unfortunately,we are not even aware most of the time that this is a pattern of our behavior.

If you apply a block by block system approach then you can come back in any situation .Yes you are going to have some challenges and stressful situations to deal with but this is all part of your growth.

In the end you will discover that by keeping you eye on the blocks (block by block), you will achieve you goal.

Cecil McIntosh
Publisher
Relaxation Tools That Produce Quick, Measurable Results.
www.nlp-meditation.com

Paying Attention To Your Language Can Help You Relax.

2005-04-09T21:05:00.000-04:00

When my children were much younger I used to call them devils. You may ask, so what's your point?

The word devil can have different connotations for different people. So I called my children devils and this couple who was passing by at the time, looked at me and said loving "what would happen if you called your children ANGELS?"

I believe that the story of my life is that there is always value or life lessons in all suggestions. So I took their advice and called my children ANGELS. I also paid close attention to the difference in their responses when I called them ANGELS.

My older daughter kinda turn her back and smiled and my younger daughter smiled openly.

This is a simple experiment you may want to do and observe for yourself the please as punch response you get when you stop using "negative" language and start using "positive" language.

So now you understand how paying attention to your language can help you relax or not.

Cecil McIntosh
Publisher
Relaxation Tools That Produce Quick, Measurable Results.
www.nlp-meditation.com

Knowing How You Like Your Tea can help you Relax.

2005-04-07T08:13:00.000-04:00

Do you know how your partner likes their tea?

Sometimes, we tend to want to do things the way we think our partner likes them. However, because we have not asked our partner what they want, we are sometimes disappointed in the effort we put into pleasing without knowing what would please our partner.

You can solve this problem very easily if you know how you like your tea made and actually insisting that it be made the way you want it.

If you don't know how your partner likes their tea, it is because you don't know how you like your tea. Because when you know how you like your tea, you will respect how others like their tea.

Therefore, knowing how you like your tea can help you relax.

Cecil McIntosh
Publisher
Relaxation Tools That Produce Quick, Measurable Results.
www.nlp-meditation.com

Relax, "It's Always Me."

2005-04-03T09:06:00.000-04:00

Do you feel as though you are over a barrel because you have been given this task in life to do everything for everybody? And nobody seems to help you or says thank you and you are stewing in your juices?

You can do 1 of 2 things.

a) You can do nothing and hope that someone will magically come along and rescue you.

OR

b) You can take responsibility for all the positive or negatives that are in your life right now and ask for help.

You may be pleasantly surprised to discover that others are more than happy to assist you ONLY if you ask.

Cecil McIntosh
Publisher
Relaxation Tools That Produce Quick, Measurable Results
www.nlp-meditation.com

Relax And Maintain Your Balance

2005-03-30T09:16:00.000-05:00

Life requires a balance.

Balance is like a set of scales. If one of these scales weight more than the other then there is an imbalance. In our last publication we talked about the consequence of lack of sleep. Here the scales where out of balance.

Balance is like a buffet table. Lets say you go to a buffet table which has all your favorite fruit. If you take a few fruit and enjoy them that is balance, but if your eyes become too big and you take too much fruit you may become constipated.

The moral of the story is to take a steak at a time rather than attempt to eat the whole cow at once.

This behavior will allow you to relax and maintain your balance.

Cecil McIntosh
Publisher
Relaxation Tools That Produce Quick, Measurable Results.
www.nlp-meditation.com

Relax And Stop Making Excuses

2005-03-27T21:03:00.000-05:00

Are you one of those individuals that work better under pressure?

Let's examine your thoughts. You probably believe that you can put things off for as long as possible and then at the last minute get a rush of excitement from getting it done at the last minute.

Now you have finished by pulling an 'all nighter' but what has that done to your body.

Does it not throw you off your sleeping schedule? Does it not cause you to be mentally and physically drained? Does it not throw you off you normal way of living?

What happens to your blood pressure?

It puts your body in a 911 response state.

Now your body feels tired and you have to compensate by resting which puts you behind the 8 ball and the vicious cycle continues.

Now how do you solve this problem?

This problem was created by your belief that you can leave things to the last minute.

Secondly you may enjoy the thrill of excitement by always coming in under the wire?

There is an old saying that "if you continue to behave the way you always behave you will get the same results."

If you continue to enjoy the thrill of doing things at the last moment then you will suffer the consequences and not discover the naked truth and see the light at the end of the tunnel.

Here is the burning question, what would happen if you were to consider the benefits of pacing you activities so that you have time to do a little bit at a time consistently and as a result have more time for yourself?

Then you may discover a whole new ball game where you can flip your lid and Relax and stop making excuses.

Cecil McIntosh
Publisher
Relaxation Tools That Produce Quick, Measurable Results.
www.nlp-meditation.com

Learning How To Listen Can Help You Relax

2005-03-23T12:09:00.000-05:00

Have you ever had an issue to deal with?

But you put it off and off and then finally you decide to take action. Somehow you know what to do and you go ahead and do it. However, the solution requires a number of treatments. So you have the first treatment and then you decide that the process cost too much money.

Just at that moment of thought, a friend tells you that they can get it done for less. You make an appointment and have the treatment done somewhere else.

The second treatment however is very painful while the first was pleasant and relaxing. Now you decide you can't take the pain anymore and you go back to the original person who was treating you and had cost too much.

So what is the moral of the story?

Your first thought is always the thought you take action on and not the second.

When you learn how to listen to your first thought then you can relax.

Cecil McIntosh
Publisher
Relaxation Tools That Produce Quick, Measurable Results.
www.nlp-meditation.com

You Can Keep Your perceptive And Relax

2005-03-20T10:05:00.000-05:00

One of my students was having a great challenge communicating with her family. This problem created all kind of havoc in her life because she and her family were always fighting with each other.

One day she discovered that she had a way or standard that was very high. In other words she expected her family to do everything at her high standard. It was her way or the highway.

Consequently, because of her insistence of having her expectations met, her family was a dismal failure in her eyes. This obviously was a very stressful situation.

When she experienced that she was setting her high standard and judging everybody accordingly, she became aware of the unnecessary havoc and stress she was creating.

This experience now allows her to respect the perspective of others, because she had no right to expect her family to operate or meet her standard.

This discovery allows her to keep her perspective and respect the standards of others.

Now she can keep her perspective and relax.

Cecil McIntosh
Publisher
Relaxation Tool That Produce Quick, Measurable results
www.nlp-meditation.com

Stop And Recharge

2005-03-17T11:15:00.000-05:00

Have you ever felt that you are very busy accomplishing nothing?

Maybe your cup is full. Take a break, slow down and empty your cup.

How do I empty my cup?

One way you can empty your cup is to focus on accomplishing one small task at a time.

"Keep connected with your inner compass so that you can act with integrity to what's important-not necessarily to your schedule." by unknown.

When you remember to slow down and connect to you inner compass that means that you can empty your cup and stop and recharge.

Cecil McIntosh
Publisher
Relaxation Tools That Produce Quick, Measurable Results
www.nlp-meditation.com

What Stops Me From Staying Focused

2005-03-13T10:37:00.000-05:00

How do I stay focused?

Most people who are successful stay focused by being on a program.

Well how do you stay on a program?

Any program you choose must have a part that interest you a little bit. Then the process should allow you to gradually increase your activity.

The problem is that most people who stop focusing are impatience and want it now or do not like some aspect of the program.

Always remember it takes 100 cents to make a dollar. If you only have 90 cents then you can't join a program that cost 100 cents. So if the program consists of 100 steps then you can only complete the program by staying focused for all 100 steps.

It is important to remember that different people learn at different speeds so stay focused on your 100 steps and not on the people around you.

Cecil McIntosh
Publisher
Relaxation Tools That Produce Quick, Measurable Results
www.nlp-meditation.com

It's Ok To Ask For Help To Relax

2005-03-05T16:50:00.000-05:00

You know when you need help or not, but you have been conditioned through your ego to prove your independence. There is an old saying "if it isn't broke don't fix it." If a process is already working, use it, study it, and learn from it because it works. When you have become proficient at the process then you can enhance it.

You know if the roof leaks you call the roofer. You call in the expert for things that need to be fixed around the house but what you do for yourself when you are stressed out? You try to fix yourself through quick fixes like drinking alcohol, smoking, taking headache relief tablets etc.

If you have a headache you take a pill. If you have a pain in your chest you hope it will go away or not. You may be one of those people that do not like to go to the doctor or dentist for your checkups. What do you do when you are stressed out? Are you the type of individual who will talk to a friend or have a drink with a friend to cope with your stresses? Depending on the company you keep that "friend" may be a negative or positive influence.

When you are stressed you need an expert, mental tools to help you cope or a library of relaxation tools that produce quick measurable results. You owe it to yourself and your health to be able to access these resources anytime, anywhere. Resources that have been proven and tested to help you improve your health. Just imagine how you will feel once you have asked for help and have received these tools at your finger tips (mind, on your lap top or MP3 player).

Once you have successfully used relaxation tools to help you cope with stress, you'll notice stressful situations and become excited because each situation will teach you how to listen, thereby enhancing the quality and vibrancy of your life.

Cecil McIntosh
Publisher
Relaxation Tools That Produce Quick, Measurable Results.
www.nlp-meditation.com

Relax And Explore The Power Of Focus.

2005-03-05T15:42:00.000-05:00

Once there was a young lady who was getting married and her parents were paying for the wedding expenses. Because her parents were paying for the wedding, she felt she had an obligation to her parents and her parents felt that it was necessary that their daughter and fiancee executed their wedding plans according to the wishes of their parents.

Here is a young lady with all her wedding expenses paid for and yet she feels miserable and guilty. Think of all the stress this young lady and her fiancee were experiencing.

With the help of a facilitator of change, this young lady discovered that she was focusing on pleasing her parents. During the process of change the young lady experienced the joy and excitement of pleasing herself. ( You will never be able to please other people because they will never be happy with what you do.)Perhaps the most important lesson is that her parents recognized the change, was happy for her, and agreed with all the changes for her wedding day.

When you expand your mind it stretches to another level of relaxation and relieves your stress in that particular situation.

If you do not focus or have an outcome some one will do it for you. When you take responsibility for being focused whether you are successful or not is only feedback indicating what needs to be done to allow you to achieve your outcome. With constant practice on focusing on what you want in a relaxed state of mind, you will have disappointments, but in the end these experiences will become life lessons.

Cecil McIntosh
Publisher
Relaxation Tools That Produce Quick, Measurable Results.
www.nlp-meditation.com

Press Release

2005-02-27T13:25:00.000-05:00

Therapy in an instant:
New CD provides relaxation in five minutes

(Mississauga, ON) In today’s fast-paced society, people are more stressed than ever. Overwhelmed by the swarming demands of work, family, relationship and financial responsibilities, people are looking for an escape. Immediate sanctuary from these stressors can now be found in a new downloadable CD from Change Perspective, "Relax and solve any problem in 5 minutes."

The unique voice of creator Cecil McIntosh echoes of healing resonance, and when coupled with a technique he spent over a decade mastering, offers listeners deep relaxaion, and answers. “Relax and Solve Any Problem in 5-Minutes” allows listeners to over and over again take control of their bodies, their lives and their problems, eliminating harmful physical and emotional effects of stress. And, since the CD can be downloaded to a laptop or MP3 player, it can provide relaxation anywhere in an instant.

“This CD has fast-tracked many different people to begin to find themselves and their true potential,” said McIntosh, an esteemed teacher, coach, certified hypnotherapist and creator of the ‘Empty Your Cup’ method of meditation.

Relax and Solve Any Problem in 5-Minutes” is now available for download at www.emptyyourcup.com For information regarding this product or Change Perspective visit the website, or contact McIntosh at info@emptyyourcup.com or 905.274.0632.

Stressful Situations are created by Negative thoughts

2005-02-24T20:51:00.000-05:00

Perhaps you may have considered what benefits you get from dwelling upon the negative?

You may not be aware of this consciously, but you constantly repeat a certain behavior. You may notice what you get by focusing on negative thoughts. You may get some attention or feel as though your listened to. Otherwise you would not continue to practice this behavior.

My grandmother always told me you are known by the company you keep.

If you constantly harbor negative thoughts this is what you manifest. If you believe you can't you can't because that is your belief.

A young lady did not like overcast days, because she experienced sadness when there was no sun. One day this young lady went to some one who facilitated change and who helped her see the overcast day from a different perspective. She no longer wants to move to a tropical climate to live.

When you learn to relax, or experience relaxation on a regular basic, it is amazing how quickly stressful situations can be transformed into positive thoughts and you can now begin to see things in technicolor rather than black and white.

Cecil McIntosh
Publisher
Relaxation Tools That produce Quick Measurable Results
www.nlp-meditation.com

Don't be Overwhelmed when you mess up, admit your shortcomings.

2005-02-05T21:23:00.000-05:00

When I started to type this article I was a little confused because I could not find the information I had promised you in our last talk.

In this talk I am supposed to show you very quickly, one way to solve this problem of moving from a warm climate to a cold climate.

I soon noticed the feeling of having mess up again and then I was reminded that I was not perfect. I also wonder what interesting lesson I might learn from my mistake.

How did I mess up? What mistake did I make?

In my excitement as my first opportunity to talk to you unedited, knowing that you really want to hear the truth or not, from me and my experience as a Relaxation/Meditation teacher, I gave you the answer in the first article"Positive Memories are very Relaxing", and the question in the second article, "Changing Temperatures can be fun."

So I discovered again that I am not perfect and the lesson is to admit rather than deny that you have messed up. The benefit of admitting when you mess up, is that it takes the magical power out of the feeling of overwhelmed because I just emptied my 'cup' to you.

Now I am going to give you what I promised in our last talk.

1. Read the second article "Changing Temperatures Can Be Fun."First
2. Read the first article "Positive Memories Are Very Relaxing."Next.

Now I feel better.

Written by Cecil McIntosh.
Relaxation Tools That Produce, Quick, Measurable Results
www.nlp-meditation.com

Positive Memories are very Relaxing

2005-01-18T09:53:00.000-05:00

You have memories but you have been conditioned to look or remember only the negative memories. Let's examine how you handle ending a relationship or the lost of a loved one or the lost of your job. You tend to look at the negative side of the situation and maybe you are in denial or angry or sad. Now this only one perspective.

What would happen if you looked at there flip side of the coin?

Let's examine all the wonderful memories you shared with that person, relationship or job and the wonderful lessons you have learned. Instead of stewing and glowing in the negative and forget about the positive.

So Let's apply a positive perspective to moving from the topics to the winter of North America.

What positive memories can you recall that maybe helpful? Imagine that you get all dressed up to go out into the winter weather. Now before you go outside, you recalled a memory of you sitting on a beach, noticing the blue sky and sandy beach. At the same time, you can feel the sunshine at your back and on your face as you listen to waves as they crash against the sandy shore. So you leave home and get on the elevator on your way to work and everybody is talking about the rotten weather. You are utterly amazed and nonchalant, because you are experiencing the joy and bliss of a tropical experience.

How is it possible that you could be in a completely different state of mind, although the circumstances or the environment are perceived by most people to be cold or rotten?

The answer is, you guessed it- POSITIVE MEMORIES.

Written By Cecil McIntosh
Relaxation Tools That produce, Quick, Measurable Results.
www.nlp-meditation.com

Changing Temperatures Can Be Fun.

2005-01-10T04:53:00.002-05:00

Stress is an issue that we deal with on a regular basic. However, we sometimes only pay attention to the symptoms of stress when we have ignored the situation for so long and now have ache, pains and health issues which require our immediate attention.

Relaxation means different things to different people. However, you may not be aware of relaxation as a process that is simple, quick and practical.

It is simple because you already have the skills. It is quick because you already know how to do it. Is it practical? Here is your challenge. You are generally too busy with the challenges of life to be aware of how practical relaxation can be.

Let's say you were born in a tropical climate where the temperature was always nice and warm all year. You could notice the trees as they sway in the breeze and you listen to the waves as they crash on the beach. Then you immigrated to North America where you are now experiencing the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter. In winter you do not like the outdoor sports or winter sports, but for some reason you cannot leave because no one asked you to come here in the first place. There is no point complaining about the cold because no one is listening and there is nothing you can do about it. Looks as though you are all dressed up with no were to go.

In our next discussion, I will show you very quickly one way you can solve this problem.

Written By Cecil McIntosh
Relaxation Tools That Produce, Quick, Measurable Results
www.nlp-meditation.com