RELEASE TENSION Pick a key region such as your jaw muscles or the diaphragm under your rib cage, bring awareness to the area, and deliberately relax it. You could imagine breathing into this area, or that light or energy is flowing through it and carrying tension away. If you like, try progressive relaxation, in which you start at your feet and move up to your head, systematically releasing tension in each major part of your body; you can also start at your head and move downward.

