June 16, 2010
Relaxation Tips Newsletter
Hello,
I'm Candi, with Inner Health Studio. Welcome to Edition 20 of Inner Health Studio Relaxation Tips.
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In This Issue...
Inner Health Studio Updates and News
New Relaxation Scripts
Tip of the Month: Why Everyone Needs an Emotional First Aid Kit
Inner Health Studio Updates and News
I'm pleased to announce that my book, Words to Relax: Relaxation Scripts for Personal Growth and Stress Relief, by Candi Raudebaugh, is now available.
This book is for those who use relaxation techniques with clients, and for anyone who would like to relax at home. It includes information on relaxation safety, how to record relaxation audio, how to use guided relaxation in group sessions, and the benefits of relaxation. Choose from over 50 unique scripts plus mix-and-match induction, body, and conclusion elements that allow you to create hundreds of customized relaxation scripts.
Words to Relax includes the following types of relaxation scripts:
Visualization Scripts
Guided Imagery Scripts
Anxiety Relief Scripts
Guided Meditation Scripts
Physical Relaxation Scripts
Creative Relaxation Scripts
Quick Relaxation Scripts
Sleep Relaxation Scripts
Autogenic Relaxation Scripts
Sensory Relaxation Scripts
Custom Relaxation Scripts
As a subscriber to this newsletter, you can purchase Words to Relax for $29.95 (list price $35.95) using this discount code: 4E9Q3S6Z
New Relaxation Scripts
Relaxation for Taking a Nap This relaxation is for calming the mind and falling asleep for a short sleep or for taking a nap. It can help you to get restful sleep when you will not be sleeping for very long, when you are trying to sleep during the day, or when working a night shift that allows you to sleep at work.Water Meditation: Trusting the People Who Do Medical Procedures Written by Diana. This story is an imagination journey about a main character who helps you relax and overcome fear of medical procedures. Specifically this story is about the fear of needles.
Body Scan Sleep Relaxation This body scan sleep relaxation uses a variety of relaxation techiques to help calm the mind and body and drift off to sleep.
Deal with Squeamishness Squeamishness is a feeling of discomfort, disgust, and anxiety. This guided imagery script will help you in your mind to face phobias or anxiety-provoking situations and deal with squeamishness.
Tip of the month: Why Everyone Needs an Emotional First Aid Kit
You probably have a first aid kit in your home. It contains items that may be needed in the event that someone sustains a burn, cut, or other injury. The first aid kit is used to treat minor injuries, or to treat major ones before obtaining professional help.
An emotional first aid kit is the same kind of idea. The emotional first aid kit is used to treat the emotional self. Emotional difficulty could be stress, loss, anger, sadness, loneliness, or any other sort of emotional problem.
Everyone experiences negative emotions at times, and having a kit ready and waiting to help out can allow you to feel good again.
All you need to get started is a box (a shoebox will do) and to gather some items that can act as first aid for your mental health.
Items to Include in an Emotional First Aid Kit:
- Written plans for improving mood (e.g. When I feel down, I can try going for a walk, phoning my friend, etc)
- Books, magazines, videos, pictures, songs, or objects that make you laugh
- DVDs of favorite movies or TV shows
- Music that makes you feel energized
- Music that makes you happy
- Music that helps you feel calm
- Relaxation audio CDs
- Letters or cards you have received from others that make you feel special
- Encouraging letters written to yourself
- A list of your strengths
- A list of people to call when you need support
- A list of activities that improve your mood
- Contact information for community agencies or supports (library, mental health, support groups, doctor, therapist, etc)
- Tea, bubble bath, aromatherapy, or other items to help you relax
- Art supplies
- A journal to write in
- $20 cash to take yourself out (to a restaurant, a movie, yoga class, the swimming pool, etc)
Having a kit like this available ensures that you have access to things that will help you feel better, without the need to plan or try to think of something to do when you're upset or stressed.