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This relaxation exercise is a calming visualizationthat will guide you to imagine floating on
a cloud. Find a relaxed positionlying down is best, and get comfortable.
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First. Relax your body, startingat the top of your head.
Allow a feeling of relaxation to begin. Feel the relaxation grow with each breath
you take. Inhale, relax yourscalp and head. Exhale, let the
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tension go away even more. Breathein relaxation, feeling your face and ears
relax Exhale all the tension inhale,feeling your neck and shoulders relaxing. As
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you exhale, let all the musclesof your neck and shoulders release their hold,
relaxing fully. Breathe in, feelingthe relaxation continuing to your arms and
hands. Breathe out the tension.Breathe in relaxation, allowing your chest and
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upper back to relax. Release theas you exhale. Inhale, feeling the
relaxation flowing through your middle back andyour stomach. Release the muscles of your
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back and stomach as you breathe out. As you take another breath, feel
your lower back relaxing, Feel thetension leaving As you release the breath,
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breathe in, relaxing your hips andpelvic aia. Breathe out, relaxing even
further. As you inhale, feelyour upper legs relaxing. Let the muscles
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of your legs completely let go asyou breathe out, Take another breath,
rolling in relaxation all the way downto your feet. Let your legs go
limp as you exhale. Continue tobreathe in relaxation and breathe out tension.
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Now you are feeling deeply relaxed,deeply relaxed and calm. Begin to create
a picture in your mind. Imaginethat you are floating on a soft,
fluffy white cloud. Feel the surfacebeneath you becoming softer, more cloudlike.
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Feel the cloud rising out of thesurface you are on, surrounding you in
its protective support. Soon you arefloating on just the cloud. Let it
rise a little further, taking youwith it. See the walls and ceiling
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around you disappearing as you float intothe sunny sky, drifting on the cloud.
Feel the cloud beneath you. Itis soft but supportive. Feel the
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cloud supporting your whole body. Noticeeach place where your body is touching the
cloud. Feel how soft and comfortablethe cloud is. It is almost like
floating in the air. Notice howthe cloud feels. It might be a
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little bit cool and moist, likefog. Your body is warm, very
warm and heavy and sinking into thecloud. It is a wonderful feeling.
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Start to create an image in yourmind of where you are. You might
be floating just barely above the ground. You can choose to float wherever you
like. The sky above you isbright, blue, sunny and inviting.
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You are warm and comfortable, warmedby the sun's rays shining down peacefully.
There are some other clouds in thesky floating gently. See them lazily passing
by far above. Your cloud canfloat wherever you choose. If you enjoy
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being high up, you can letyour cloud rise into the sky. It
is very safe, very calming,very relaxed. You are so relaxed floating
on a cloud. Support it gentlybut firmly by your cloud, surrounded by
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the cloud's protective embrace. See thesights around you as you are floating on
a cloud. Imagine the green grassbelow gently blowing in the wind. The
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grass recedes further away as you riseinto the sky. From here, the
grass looks like a soft carpet,the wind creating gentle waves in the grass
as if it were water. Whatelse do you see? Perhaps some trees,
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their leaves whispering in the gentle breeze. You can gaze down on housetops,
country roads, hills. From thisamazing vantage point, you can see
around you three hundred and sixty degrees. The horizon stretches out in a complete
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circle around you. Notice in thedistance how the hills appear almost blue,
slightly hazy. How does it feelto be floating on a cloud? Does
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it sway gently like a boat onalmost smooth water? Does it drift in
the breeze? Can you feel themovement as you gently float on the cloud.
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You feel so comfortable, so relaxed, floating on a cloud. Continue
floating on a cloud, enjoying thesights around you. Up here the air
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is so clean. Look up atthe beautiful sky. The clouds that were
high above you are much closer now. Some are so close you can almost
touch them, not quite. Continuefloating on a cloud, drifting rising even
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higher if you wish. The groundbelow you looks like a patchwork quilt green
grass, golden fields, yellow brownblue patches of water, rivers and lakes.
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See the clouds around you. Youare even able to look down on
some clouds. See the shadows theymake on the ground below. Can you
see the shadow from your cloud?See how the shadow drifts silently across the
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ground below. Relax and luxuriate inthis beautiful scene floating on a cloud.
You are so close now to anothercloud above you that if you reach out,
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you can touch it. What wouldit feel like? You can even
rise higher still and pass right throughthe clouds above. Feel the mist on
your cheeks. As you rise throughthe clouds around you. It is a
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glorious white like fog. The sunshines through just enough that the white all
around you glows vibrantly. You risehigher still, suddenly coming through the clouds
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and into the open, dazzling sunlightshining on your face. The sky above
is brilliant blue. You can lookdown on the cloud you just passed and
see the white, fluffy peaks andvalleys of this cloud below. It looks
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like perfect snow. Looking around belowyou, It is as if you are
above a land of snow. Thesun shines brightly. Lay back on your
cloud, floating relaxing, floating ona cloud. Feel the cloud beneath you,
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still supporting you smoothly and comfortably.Take your cloud wherever you wish,
higher, lower, side to side, Drift wherever you want to go,
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Enjoy the sites around you as youare flying wherever you wish. Continue floating
on a cloud, relaxing. Imaginewherever it is you would like to go.
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Your cloud can take you there.Maybe you want to float above the
mountains, drifting above the rocky peaks. Perhaps you would like to drift along
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the coast of the ocean, watchingthe waves crashing to shore. Maybe you
would like to float through the city, drifting in and out among buildings and
watching the cars below. You cantravel anywhere you wish. You can look
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down on forests, the countryside,even your own home. Float wherever you
like, Enjoy the sights around you. Enjoy floating on a cloud. You
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are so relaxed, so peaceful.Now it is time to return to your
day. Let your cloud take youthere. Feel your cloud flying through the
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sky, back to where you needto go. Let your cloud lower you
down, back toward the ground.Float back to where you were when you
started this visualization. Let the cloudmeld with a bed, chair, or
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whatever surface you are on. Feelthe cloud slowly disappear as the real surface
becomes more solid beneath you. Noticenow your surroundings gradually come back to the
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present. Feel the surface beneath you, Hear the sounds around you. Become
more and more aware and alert.Continue to rest for a few moments longer,
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but open your eyes and look around, see the surroundings. Wiggle your
fingers and toes, feeling your bodyreawaken. Shrug your shoulders, move your
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arms and legs, turn your head. When you are ready, you can
return to your day feeling refreshed andalert after your journey floating on a cloud. One