Stress Reduction

The routines of stress reduction are easy to learn; and they are habits worth developing, because they can be practiced anywhere at any time.   The Biofeedback Device integrated into the MyHypnotist product helps you to develop such habits simply by monitoring your progress in a way that's easy to watch.   There are many such routines and you can invent your own.   Whatever works well for you works well for you.

Progressive Relaxation

When you start the Stress Reduction program, MyHypnotist asks you for your target pulse rate when calm.

After using the program, you may notice that your pulse rate is significantly lower than that.   Before long, MyHypnotist will ask if you want to try again.   This time, try a number one or two beats below the minimum you were able to attain on the first try.

Try "Progressive Relaxation" MyHypnotist asks at one point during each of the remaining sessions for "Progressive Relaxation".   Here's what it wants you to do; you might try it right now if you've found it difficult to lower your pulse:

Begin at the top of your head.   Your scalp may be tense without your knowing it.   Focus your attention on it as you actively let the muscles relax.   You might first try tensing the muscles, then letting them relax.   Next, attend to the muscles in your face, tensing them for a few seconds and then letting them hang loose.   After that, the jaw muscles and the throat, where a lot of people have more tension than they realize.   Continue through all muscle groups in your body: neck, shoulders, upper arms, lower arms, chest, back, abdomen, lower back, thighs, calves, and especially the feet.   Let the tension fall away from your body as a silk garment falls to the floor.

While you are relaxing your body muscles, relax your mind.   Breathe deeply and at a comfortable pace.   You might close your eyes and think of each muscle group as you are relaxing it.   As you breathe out, pause at the end of each breath and count "one".   Don't count any higher.   Just keep counting "one" at the end of each breath.   "Progressive Relaxation" becomes progressively easier to do every time you do it.   It's not a bad idea to let it become a habit.   It keeps your pulse rate down when those around you are raising theirs and blaming it on you, as Kipling might have said.

Continue trying in this fashion each time MyHypnotist asks you if you wish to retry until you can no longer reduce your pulse rate.   From then on, use that number whenever MyHypnotist asks, "What is your pulse rate when calm?"