Relaxation Practice

Practicing Human

Cory Muscara

Self Improvement, Health & Fitness, Meditation, Happiness, Mindfulness, Education, Personal Development, Wellness, Mental Health, Personal Growth, Presence, Positive Psychology, Self-improvement, Buddhism

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🗓️ 3 September 2020

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, I'll share a relaxation practice I'm using while walking to help release bodily stress and use the minimum amount of effort necessary for the task at hand.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome back to practicing human the podcast where every day we're getting a little better at life.
0:07.0	I'm your host, Corey Muscara. In today's episode, I'm going to share a relaxation practice you can do while walking.
0:15.0	More to come on that in a moment. First, let's settle in together with the sound of the bells. else. Okay, so if you've been following my teachings over the years and recently, you may have heard me talk about the idea of using relaxation of the body as a mindfulness practice and vice versa.
1:02.0	The mind and the body are so intimately connected and so if the mind is
1:08.5	tense the body ends up being tense and if the body is tense the mind can be tense and so one quick way to
1:18.0	soften the mind relax the mind calm the mind is by noticing where you're holding tension in your body, again
1:26.5	often subconsciously and inviting that tension to relax. Now this is one thing while we're sitting, while we're still, while we're in
1:37.7	meditation. It's another thing while we're going about our day and we're moving around, doing the dishes,
1:48.7	opening a refrigerator door, opening a regular door, driving in the car.
1:55.0	A lot of these things we subconsciously use extra force
2:01.0	and are clenching and tensing in ways that we tend to not realize.
2:07.0	For instance, every time I work on the computer, I notice that my shoulders bunch up more around my ears. This could be due to my arms,
2:17.0	elbows on the armrest, or just in a typing position, but the point is my body's accumulating tension,
2:26.4	often beneath my conscious awareness.
2:29.6	And I'm just increasingly interested in this as a practice.
2:35.0	One, because it is a great way to cultivate mindfulness.
2:39.0	But two, when there's less tension in the body, less stress in the body, we're so much better, able to be patient,
2:50.0	grounded, emotionally regulated, self-regulated.
2:55.0	Just think to the moments when you feel most stressed and most tense.
3:01.0	You're usually more on edge. Short with people, less patient, less emotionally
3:08.8	regulated, more likely to make impulsive decisions.
3:13.8	And so at least for me, I'm definitely not the best version
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