Meditation & Relaxation
Excellent! Now we’ve gone and got ourselves all worked up! This is the perfect time to practice that relaxation we talked so much about earlier.
"Eskay, Array, Yoin."
Eskay is the resting posture, lined up as if ready to drill.
Array, would be come to the position of attention.
Yoin would mean bow.
We line up on Eskay, come to attention on Array, and release our higher tensions when bowing on Yoin. Now, we will assume Seiza, the kneeling stance. We may lay our toes out flat for comfort and settle down onto our haunches. Shoulders and back straight, as to maintain balance, and head erect. The tongue is brought to touch the roof of the mouth gently. Our breathing should be seamless, not erratic. In through the nose and out through the mouth until you can close the mouth comfortably and continue. Focus on your heartbeat. Think it slowing down. Longer exhales and shorter inhales. Notice how the breathing influences the heartbeat. Meditate on slowing down the heart and bringing yourself into the relaxation where you began before the run. Visualize yourself as relaxed until you assume that being. [5 minutes will be spent here meditating and slowing the heart] This is the key in directed meditation. To visualize as if it had already come to pass.