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How to Let Go - Inner Health Studio Relaxation Tips, Issue #032
June 28, 2011

Relaxation Tips Newsletter



Hello,

I'm Candi, with Inner Health Studio. Welcome to Edition 32 of Inner Health Studio Relaxation Tips.

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In This Issue...

Inner Health Studio Updates and News
Tip of the Month: How to Let Go

Inner Health Studio Updates and News

Podcast Update

With the exception of a few new episodes coming soon, I will be putting new episodes of the Relaxation by Inner Health Studio podcast on hold. I am starting a second website, and need to allow the time to work on the new website and get it up and running. The podcast will still be available each week with a different relaxation download, but upcoming scripts will be recordings already featured on previous episodes.

Since 2008 I have recorded a number of different relaxation podcasts, so many of the upcoming "re-runs" may still be new to you. There are over 100 different relaxation scripts recorded to date, so please continue to download the podcast each week to get all the episodes.

Tip of the month: How to Let Go

Letting go. It sounds so simple...but is amazingly hard! We all have things we could let go of. Habits. Thoughts. Beliefs. Commitments.

The topic of the previous Relaxation Tips newsletter was “what do you need to let go of in order to set yourself free?” This month, I want to discuss HOW to let things go.

Examine your values

When thinking about how to spend your time, efforts, and energy, it is important to consider what is most important to you. For example, if family is the most important, but 80% of your waking hours are spent working, are you devoting as much time to family as you would like? Determine what is important and think about where you ideally would like to be investing yourself.

Create a new habit

Set a goal to replace the old habit with something else. If you are letting go of a habit, or a commitment, or a behaviour, you need something new to replace it with. That may be free time, relaxation, leisure time, time spent with family, a new hobby...anything that fits with your needs and values.

Remind yourself why you want to let go

Change is not easy. It is important to stay mindful of the reasons you have decided to do things differently. For instance, if you have decided to cut back your hours at work, was it to have more time for family? To decrease stress? To have time for a new hobby? Remembering why you are doing things differently will help keep you from slipping back into the old patterns.

Repetition - keep letting go

Letting go is an ongoing process. Usually we do not simply “let go” once and then be free of the habit or thought or problem forever. Thoughts come back - over and over and over. Habits are easy to slip back into. Problems can resurface or reoccur. It is necessary to let go many times. Letting go becomes a new habit - a daily choice to live life the way you want it to be.

How can you let go in order to set yourself free? Only you can decide.

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