There are many ways to relax, that is to say, carry out some activity resulting in a state of relaxation. Today I think I found a really quite pleasant method of slowly taking yourself into a very deeply relaxed state, resulting in long lasting and powerful sense of well being…..
Like all forms of relaxation or meditation, it takes a bit of effort, but the results are astonishing, so stick with me, and be prepared to put the preparation in.
Firstly there is a small list of things you will need. I will start with the simple stuff that you are likely to already have. For example it would help if you can lay your hands on a recording of Beethovens 2nd Symphony, 2nd Movement…..If not this should be easy enough to source in this digital age….You should be listening to this outstanding music through a pair of Bose or Sennheiser headphones at a volume sufficient to render any external noise, inaudible .
Next up I would recommend around 350ml of a 5 year old Red Wine. French, Italian, Australian, take your pick, but it should be smooth, full bodied and room temperature (very important that last point)
The importance of attempting this relaxation technique after a light, but freshly prepared meal cannot be underestimated. The meal should made from good quality ingredients, and preferably brought together by someone with a modicum of talent in the kitchen, and served to you by someone with a warm, sincere smile who makes you feel like you are the centre of their world, for the few brief moments you are in their company.
This is where the technique gets a little more complicated.
You need to be travelling at somewhere between 450 and 600 miles per hour at around 40,000 feet through completely smooth air. You should also be seated by a window, in a comfortable, ergonomic, and heavily reclined chair, flying East, towards a rapidly setting sun….
There should be almost no sense of movement, you know you are in the air, you are suspended by powerful forces that you can neither see, hear, or feel. There is the merest gentle suggestion of movement as if gracefully sliding across the polished floor of a cavernous ballroom whose walls and ceiling are invisible to you.
Allow your first gentle thoughts to be of the warmth and radiance of the humans surrounding you…..The music will wash over you and fill you with joy…Then turn your gaze out of the window and note how the absence of identifiable landscape separates you from earthly worries and concerns, and leads you to deeper appreciate the wonderful soft, and pastoral music. The colours of the setting sun echoing the warmth that is now enveloping your entire being…..
If you have everything just right, your next awareness will be of the doors being put to manual and cross checked….
Congratulations, you are relaxed, and have a sense of well being you have not felt for sometime….
Enjoy it.
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