The Little Book of Relaxation and Stress Reduction. Simple, Daily Practices that can Really Change your life. Relax your body, Calm your mind, Refresh your Spirit. Relieve your worry and improve your mood with with easy to learn methods such Paying Attention Visualizing Relaxing Metaphors Conscious Eating The Alternating-Your-Breath Ritual Moving Band Meditation Gazing at Special Things Seeking Your Highest Value Your Inner GUide Empathy Letting Go Setting Goals Nourishment from the Past
Matthew McKay, PhD, is a professor of psychology at the Wright Institute in Berkeley, and author of more than 30 professional psychology and self-help books which have sold a combined total of more than 3 million copies. He is co-founder of independent self-help publisher, New Harbinger Publications. He was the clinical director of Haight Ashbury Psychological Services in San Francisco for twenty five years. He is current director of the Berkeley CBT Clinic. An accomplished novelist and poet, his poetry has appeared in two volumes from Plum Branch Press and in more than sixty literary magazines. His most recent novel, Wawona Hotel, was published by Boaz Press in 2008.