{"id":350,"date":"2016-02-05T18:25:39","date_gmt":"2016-02-05T16:25:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.costa-blanca-greenfees.com\/golf-blog\/?p=350"},"modified":"2016-02-07T15:33:38","modified_gmt":"2016-02-07T13:33:38","slug":"the-relaxation-routine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.costa-blanca-greenfees.com\/golf-blog\/the-relaxation-routine\/","title":{"rendered":"The Relaxation Routine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b><strong><span style=\"color: #004586;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Relaxation Routine<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">It is important to breathe correctly when trying to relax and the method used requires that we breathe by using our stomach muscles rather than our chest muscles.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Watch your stomach going up and down as you breathe trying not to use your chest <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">muscles.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Make breathing out longer than breathing in.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Close your eyes.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Think about your feet, wriggle your toes then keep them perfectly still.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Think about your ankles and feel the relaxation run past them, into your knees and <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">through your thighs.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Feel the relaxation run up through your body and into your shoulders.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">It runs down your arms and into your hands.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Wriggle your fingers and then hold them perfectly still.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Move your head gently from side to side to relax your neck muscles, relax your face. <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Place your tongue on the bottom of your mouth and behind your teeth.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Remain perfectly still and stay there as long a time as you wish to relax.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Understanding the feeling of relaxation will allow you to ask for them when you find there is the need and after just a few short weeks of following this routine method, you will be able to find the feelings, which allow you to overcome stress.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">You should practise daily and stay in \u201crelax mode\u201d for up to 20 minutes per session.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">A relaxed mind is a controllable mind and this is only available in partnership with a 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