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[...] things you want in your life. Mark’s Daily Apple put up an awesome post this week on the power of visualizing and its effect on sports performance have a look over [...]

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By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 07:02:35 +0000

@ David: Thats a great idea, maybe visualizations can be used to get us out of lazy slumps and allow us to get done what needs to be done…
@ Griff:I added Zen and The Art as its one of my favorite books, but yes it has little to do with relaxation. Although it did have a profound effect on my thinking….Thanks for adding the great links Zencast.org is pretty awesome I look forward to listening to some of the shows this afternoon. The meditation timers are great they are an amazing help at drifting off, thankfully loads are available for the iPhone so I always have it handy….

By: Griff

Griff — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 00:46:55 +0000

I don’t recall Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance focusing much on relaxation, but a fantastic book nonetheless.

There are many good free resources (often with a Buddhist tilt, but remember, it isn’t really a religion, so it really shouldn’t clash with any personal religious beliefs). I am fond of the works of Jon Kabat-Zinn and Jack Kornfield, both in content and in quality of writing. There is some fantastic free stuff (including handy little mp3 based meditation timers) on Zencast (www.zencast.org) or through iTunes. Wildmind.org is also great. For those who want to completely avoid and Buddhist connection can check out Herbert Benson, MD. He has a number of books on relaxation. A good one that I have read is The Breakout Principle.

-Griff

By: David at Animal-Kingdom-Workouts.com

David at Animal-Kingdom-Workouts.com — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 14:16:42 +0000

This is great idea. The only thing I would add is that when you are visualizing, you could also think about positive things things you want to accomplish and get done. Perhaps this might be a great thing to do at the beginning of the day?

- Dave