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Topic: What helps you relax?
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Aphrodite
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Registered: Feb 2002
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posted January 03, 2003 10:22 AM
 
Hello EveryOne!What things do you do to help yourself relax? What calms you down? I would love your input, so I can put them on a list . . .  Aphrodite IP: Logged |
Carlo
Knowflake Posts: 1612
From: Second America
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted January 03, 2003 10:24 AM
Silence.IP: Logged |
N_wEvil
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posted January 03, 2003 11:12 AM
A cigarette and an Enya albumIP: Logged |
Carlo
Knowflake Posts: 1612
From: Second America
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted January 03, 2003 11:15 AM
Portishead.IP: Logged |
Hopeful
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From: The Mists of Avalon
Registered: Jan 2002
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posted January 03, 2003 11:52 AM
Great topic!If I'm really stressed, I need physical exercise. A long, brisk walk will usually take care of it. I find the stress and the energy I exert walking tend to balance each other out. For mild stress, there's nothing like a warm herbal bath with candles. Hopeful  IP: Logged |
proxieme
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posted January 03, 2003 12:11 PM
I drive out to the mountains, or, barring that, take a walk in the woods.
I did just that for an hour and a half yesterday - it was grand. I was chilled but warm, and I stood in the middle of the trees and birds and felt the heavy mist on my face.IP: Logged |
Auriel Langford
Knowflake Posts: 351
From: Columbus, GA USA
Registered: Sep 2002
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posted January 03, 2003 01:14 PM
I go take a bath with lavender bath salts, light a scented candle, turn out the lights, and relax to Enya or Cocteau Twins.  ------------------
To fall in Love, is to rise. . . .
~Upendra IP: Logged |
N_wEvil
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posted January 03, 2003 01:20 PM
if im REALLY stressed i go and (try) to do weights, heheheIP: Logged |
proxieme
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posted January 03, 2003 01:43 PM
Or sometimes getting into a really good debate with a few people about something'll help me unwind.IP: Logged |
juniperb
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From: Blue Star Kachina
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted January 03, 2003 07:25 PM
Vigorous grooming of my llamas sooths & relaxes me. IP: Logged |
theFajita
Knowflake Posts: 2007
From: Boca Raton, FL USA
Registered: Sep 2002
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posted January 03, 2003 08:38 PM
Juniperb that is so cute your llamas relax you.Here is what I do:
I take a hot shower and then I turn it very cold (makes the hair shiny, feels good)
then I put lotion on and aloe on my face and feel soft and clean. Then I go in the living room for privacy and lay out my Mexican blanket, turn on the fan for white noise and read a good cookbook or healthbook or fiction. With a hot cup of kava kava, I am relaxed Another thing that relaxes me is runner's high and listening to Robert Miles.
But the run is not relaxing Cayenne pepper relaxes me alot. Gives me sort of an endorphin rush, I drink that after working out.
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Food is the only art that nourishes! IP: Logged |
elfilosophy
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Registered: Jan 2003
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posted January 07, 2003 09:58 PM
...strolling home from work.
...listening to Enya, or soft instrumental music, nature music, even classical works.
...lighting a candle and just reflecting on my day.
...getting up before the rest of the household for a 1/2 hour of quiet time.
...writing in my journals
...listening to the kids tell me how their day went.
...talking to my dog (I'm sure she understands me!)
...fragrance oils wafting through the house
...chatting with my sisters.
...reading channelled books.
...conversations with my hubby in bed.
Gee, I'm very relaxed, just thinking all this stuff up!
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theFajita
Knowflake Posts: 2007
From: Boca Raton, FL USA
Registered: Sep 2002
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posted January 08, 2003 12:38 AM
Hi Elfilosophy- COOL name
welcome!------------------
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proxieme
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posted January 08, 2003 12:48 AM
Welcome elf!
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aquamoon
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Registered: Apr 2002
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posted January 08, 2003 02:01 AM
Welcome, Elf! Love your nic.  To relax, I like to hang out with people who make me laugh. Great stressbuster.  IP: Logged |
theFajita
Knowflake Posts: 2007
From: Boca Raton, FL USA
Registered: Sep 2002
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posted January 08, 2003 03:17 AM
Hey aqua laughing burns alot of calories, aids digestion and is good for the soul like you say right along with you!------------------
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elfilosophy
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Registered: Jan 2003
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posted January 08, 2003 09:53 AM
Thanks for the welcome.  
I'm feeling right at home around here! 
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Rainbow~
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From: The Little River Indian Reservation
Registered: Jan 2002
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posted January 08, 2003 08:03 PM
Sitting in an easy chair, in front of the fireplace...listening to the beautiful "Daphnis et Chole" and/or "La Mer."
(aah..music of the angels..*sigh*)  IP: Logged |
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