Relaxation and Mindfulness

Exercises to Help You Manage Stress and Anxiety

            The following exercises may help you become calmer, more relaxed and more focused.  If you try out one or more of these, you should choose a time and a place that allow you to devote your full attention to the exercise.  Make sure that you have sufficient privacy and can spend the amount of time noted for the particular exercise.

The best posture is to sit in a chair with your back straight and without crossing your legs or arms.  Focus on the instructions and notice your responses without judging them.  There are no good-bad or right-wrong ways to respond to these exercises.

           Enjoy your experience!

           You can choose from among the following:          

Meditation exercises by Holly Rogers, MD--

  A 20-minute meditation exercise

  A 10-minute meditation exercise
                   

Relaxation exercises by John Barrow, Ed.D.

A progressive muscle relaxation exercise (18 minutes)

A breathing meditation exercise (12 minutes)

A sensory awareness relaxation exercise (10 minutes)

Note:  Do not listen to these exercises at any time when becoming very relaxed and perhaps drowsy could be hazardous, such as when driving an automobile.