The archer who draws the bow with unnecessary tension will never hit the target,

for precision comes not from force, but from the perfect balance of effort and ease.

And that is the thought for today.

Welcome to Seven Good Minutes.

I'm Clyde Lee Dennis.

Thanks for joining me for what I believe will be seven of the most enriching minutes of your day.

In today's episode of Seven Good Minutes, we talk about releasing tension before you begin

and creating space for your best day. Enjoy.

There's a moment between sleeping and fully waking when your body holds the memory of yesterday's stress.

Your shoulders carry the weight of unfinished conversations, and your mind already begins rehearsing today's worries.

What if, instead of rushing into the day with all that accumulated tension,

you gave yourself permission to release it first. By the end of this episode, you'll

understand how releasing physical and mental tension before you begin your day

creates the spaciousness needed for clarity, creativity, and genuine presence in everything you do. We live as if tension

is normal, as if carrying yesterday's stress into today is just part of being an adult. We wake up with

clenched jaws, tight shoulders, and minds already racing toward our to-do lists. But tension is not

your natural state.

It's something you've learned to hold on to, and it's something you can learn to let go of.

Think about how a musician tunes their instrument before a performance.

They don't just start playing and hope for the best.

They take the time to adjust each string, to create the proper tension and release, release so that when they begin, every note can ring true. Your body and mind deserve the same careful attention before you begin the symphony of your day.

Tension lives in the spaces between your thoughts, in the muscles you've forgotten your clenching, in the breath you've

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