5. Relax while you work

Practice Exercise: In Chapter Four you learned how to induce physical and mental relaxation while resting. Con­tinue with the daily practice in relaxation and you will become more and more proficient. In the meantime, you can induce something of "that relaxed feeling," and the relaxed attitude, while going about your daily activities, if you will form the habit of mentally remembering the nice relaxed feeling that you induced. Stop occasionally during the day, it need only take a moment, and remem­ber in detail the sensations of relaxation. Remember how your, arms felt, your legs, back, neck, face. Sometimes forming a mental picture of yourself lying in bed, or sit­ting relaxed and limp in an easy chair helps to recall the relaxed sensations. Mentally repeating to yourself several times, "I feel more and more relaxed," also helps. Prac­tice this remembering faithfully several times each day. You will be surprised at how much it reduces fatigue, and how much better you are able to handle situations. For by relaxing, and maintaining a relaxed attitude, you re-wove those excessive states of concern, tension and anx­iety, which interfere with the efficient operation of your creative mechanism. In time, your relaxed attitude will become a habit, and you will no longer need to consciously Practice it.