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- ALERT RELAXATION
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- This technique is taken from LUCID DREAMS IN 30 DAYS, by Keith Harary
- and Pamela Weintraub, ISBN number 0-312-03389-3, St. Martin's Press. I
- am sure this brief excerpt won't violate the copyright... Give the book a
- look-see -- it's greatly helped my pursuit of lucid dreams, and this
- technique for alert relaxation has helped me fall asleep much faster than
- I used to, as well. --Andy Wallace
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- Begin by lying down in a comfortable spot, away from any distractions.
- Dim the lights. It would help, for the first time, if you have a friend
- read these instructions to you, or else make an audio tape for yourself.
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- "Take a deep breath, let it out slowly, stretch your muscles, and
- relax. Now, imagine that warm currents of mental energy are very slowly
- moving up through the soles of your feet toward your ankles.
- "Feel the muscles in your feet gradually warming and relaxing as you
- imagine the currents passing through them [Pause]. Imagine that the
- currents continue moving up through your calves [Pause], into your thighs
- [Pause], through your hips [Pause], and buttocks [Pause], and into your
- lower back and abdomen [Pause]. Proceed very slowly, giving yourself time
- for each group of muscles to become fully relaxed before allowing the
- imaginary currents to move on to the next area of your body [Pause]. Feel
- the muscles in your legs becoming heavy, warm, and relaxed and sinking
- down into the chair beneath you [Pause].
- "When you feel your legs becoming deeply relaxed, imagine the
- currents moving in a clockwise motion around your abdomen [Pause], up
- along your spine [Pause], and through the front of your torso into your
- chest [Pause], and shoulders. Feel the muscles in your stomach and lower
- back releasing any tightness or tension as the current passes through
- them [Pause]. Allow a feeling of great well-being to begin flowing
- through your body along with the imaginary currents as you continue to
- relax [Pause].
- "When the lower half of your body feels relaxed [Pause], imagine the
- currents flowing upward through your ribs and shoulders [Pause], warming
- and relaxing the upper part of your body [Pause] and leaving your back
- and chest feeling completely warm and free of any stress or tension
- [Pause]. Imagine the currents turning around to move move downward
- through your arms and toward your fingertips [Pause]; imagine the
- currents swirling around through your fingers and hands and then moving
- upward once more [Pause], back through your arms and neck [Pause], toward
- the top of your head [Pause].
- "Now feel the muscles of your face and neck gradually becoming warm
- and relaxed as the imaginary currents pass through them [Pause]. Then
- imagine the currents flowing out through the top of your head [Pause],
- leaving your entire body feeling comfortably warm [Pause], heavy [Pause],
- and relaxed [Pause]. Feel your body sinking into the chair beneath you."
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