Stress Relief (Self Helper)

I thought that I would share a mental exercise that helps me de-stress from time to time.

1) First start by imagining yourself sitting down (easy if you actually sitting during this). The only trick is that imagine you are looking down at yourself from above. In your mind paint a picture of your surroundings. From just above you, you can see any furniture, pictures and electronics that may be in the same room as you. take a few minutes to let your mind imagine all of your surroundings as if you were floating from just bove your head.

2) Let your imagination move your point of view higher so now you can see more of your surroundings. If you are inside move your point of view to outside the building you are in. You can still see where you are in the building you just make yourself appear smaller. If your outside you imagine more of your surroundings any trees that mayb nearby. Take a few minutes to imagine all of the things you may here from floating above you sitting there.

3) Now use your imagination to take yourself even higher. You can see the street your on or the entire neighbourhood. You can still see the point on the ground or place in the home where you are sitting but only appear vey small. You can make out more of the things that surround you.any streets or other buildings that are there or any steams or rivers that are nearby. Take time to imagine all of the things in your area.

4) Move even higher now so that you can see alot more of the area around you. At this point you can only barely make out the point at which you are sitting. Your imagining yourself from about 1000 feet above where you are sitting. you can makeout any nearby towns or suburbs. You can imagine any destination that would take 1/2 hour to travel to by car or bus. Again take your time to imagine all of what you might see from that point above.

5) Move higher to see the state, province or district your in. You can't make out yourself anymore just take note of where about you are in your picture you are drawing in your mind. The roads or rivers appear alot smaller now. You can make out vehicles but they appear very small. Let you mind float here for a few minutes .
6) Move even higher now so that your view encompasses the entire country you are in. You can see the different areas of the country as if you were looking down at a geographical view in an atlas. Take time to picture any mountains, large areas of water, nearby oceans if any. You are looking down at your country from above the clouds. They slowly move by as you imagine youself float there.

7) Move back even futher until your mind imagine the entire planet. You can only make out the state, province or district your are in. You can see the earth creep ever so slowly around as it turns. You see the oceans and land areas only. Rest here for a few minutes.

You can continue farther away or end your exercise here. by jumping  to number 10)

8) Time to move to warp speed. Let your mind move ever so farther away from the earth until your at the edge of the Solar System. The sun looks the size of the Moon as you imagine all the planets in their places slowly turning around it. you can only make out the earth as a blue-green dot amoungst the stars. Float here as an astronaught would.

9) Now move back until the sun looks the size of a star in the night sky. This is were we will stop. The sun twinkles in the darkness. We are so far away that we can only see the stars. Let your mind imagine a comet rushing by and think for a second.

10) From your vantage point think the following:
           "Just how big are the problems in my life?"

11) Slowly float back to where you are sitting.