1.) * POWER TOOL #1: MAKE RELAXATION NOT JUST ANOTHER EXERCISE - MAKE IT A WAY OF LIFE!
* Some benefits from relaxation:
* How do relaxation techniques work for RSD?
* Stress release
* Dissociation / distraction
* Decreasing or dissolving the suffering aspect of pain
* Decrease of depression and anxiety
* Relaxation techniques you probably had in mind when you signed up for this workshop:
2.) * POWER TOOL #2: RELAX OFTEN - "PUNCTUATE" YOUR DAY WITH COMMAS AND "PERIODS" OF RELAXATION
3.) * POWER TOOL #3: BREATHE!
4.) * POWER TOOL #4: LEARN ( AND KEEP ON LEARNING) ABOUT RELAXATION
5.) * POWER TOOL #5: WORK WITHIN YOUR OWN COMFORT ZONE
6.) * POWER TOOL #6: WHEN VISUALIZING, MAKE AMPLE USE OF YOUR MOST COMFORTABLE SENSORY MODALITY
7.) * POWER TOOL # 7: PRACTICE REGULARLY
9.) * POWER TOOL # 8: MINDFULNESS MEDITATION
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