In this episode you'll discover how to apply a simple, effective technique called "Lose Your Mind and Come to Your Senses".
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How to Do the "Lose Your Mind" technique:

- Sit up in good posture, hands in lap or on resting on chair arms, keep your head erect, close your eyes and bring attention to your breathing.

- Attend to the in and out of your breathing for about 30 seconds and then scan your body slowly from the top of your head to your feet and notice any areas of tension.

- Release any tension you notice and again do a head to feet scan.
When you don't detect any tension,

- Open your eyes and look around your physical location. You'll be engaging your sense of sight. Allow your attention to fall on one physical object. Really look at that object as if seeing it for the first time and then out loud say what the object is. For example: a book, a pen, a computer, etc.
Repeat this same process four more times.

- Next, you'll engage your sense of touch. Look around your environment and select one object. Physically touch that object and feel it in hand. Move your fingers and thumb on the object and really attend to the felt sense of the object. Repeat this action three more times.

- Next, you'll engage your sense of hearing. Close your eyes and listen to the sounds in your environment. If you're in a room, you'll notice there is a faint sound in the room. In audio recording, we call that room tone. Isolate one sound and simply notice it for about 10 to 15 seconds. Repeat two more times.

- Next, you'll engage your sense of small. Bring attention to your sense of smell, your olfactory sense. Isolate one aroma and bring attention to that aromatic experience for about 10 seconds. Repeat one additional time.

- Next, you'll engage your sense of taste, your gustatory sense.
Bring attention to your tongue and notice there is likely already a faint sense of taste present. It may be the residue of something your drank, something your ate earlier, or something you can't quite identify, but you know it's there. Stay with that sense of taste for about 10 to 15 seconds.

- Next, if your eyes are closed open your eyes and take a final look around your environment. Stretch, yawn, and sigh. Notice how calm and relaxed your feel. Notice your mind is quiet. It's now time to return to whatever activity you choose to pursue with a sense of relaxation and wellbeing.
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What is Gestalt Therapy?

From Wikipedia: "Gestalt therapy is a form of psychotherapy which emphasizes personal responsibility and focuses on the individual's experience in the present moment, the therapist–client relationship, the environmental and social contexts of a person's life, and the self-regulating adjustments people make as a result of their overall situation. It was developed by Fritz Perls, Laura Perls and Paul Goodman in the 1940s and 1950s, and was first described in the 1951 book Gestalt Therapy."
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Host:

Stephen Carter, founder of Stress Solutions, LLC and host for this and other podcasts focused on stress relief. Details about Steve and this and other podcasts are available at www.StressReliefRadio.com. Email Steve at [email protected].
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How to receive the "Lose Your Mind and Come to Your Senses Guide".

Create an email with the subject line "Come to Your Senses". Leave the body of the email blank. Enter the address [email protected] and send it off. You'll receive your free guide by return email.
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Technical information:

Recorded and first edits with Audacity. Leveled with Levelator. Final edits and rendering with Hindenburg Pro.

Microphone: Shure SM58
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Key words: mindful, mindfulness, sensory awareness, Fritz Perls, Gestalt therapy, present moment,