Saturday, August 2, 2014

Tensing and Relaxing to relax

Hi Beth,
   I'm just back from a vacation so I haven't been doing my Self-Health exercises every day BUT I did do them several days during vacation. To be honest, it was easier to do laying down exercises when you are laying down. I had times during the vacation that I had to go lay down.  

We drove from Wilmington to Atlantic City, NJ with stops in Richmond (my apartment) and Washington DC (daughter Jessica's apartment).  On the way back, we stopped in Philadelphia (son Jonathan's and his fiance Stephanie's apartment) and Washington, DC again (Macy's at Tyson's Corner Mall- I bought a new purse).

Anyway, I found this exercise a little strange since I don't know how to make my SCALP tense. I did do it three times with the rest of my body and the tensing and the relaxation did help me become familiar with how a relaxed face, arms, legs etc. actually feel.   I also discovered how un-relaxed my neck and shoulders can get. If I were working at my desk, or rather- when I return to working at my desk for several hours, I can see the benefit of tensing and relaxing for sure.

Hope you are well.

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