Exercise One. To print and keep for handy reference.
PRACTICE AT LEAST ONCE A DAY FOR A WEEK.
Select a place where you are the least likely to be disturbed for the next half hour or so.
Having selected your place. Which in the beginning at least, should be somewhere private and comfortable. Choose a place where you can lie down flat. A bed or on the floor. Place a cushion under your head. (Don't let it push your chin on to your chest for that will give you a rick in the neck and be counter productive.)
Feet together or slightly apart Hands, palms down, on either side of you and slightly out from the sides of your body.
Close your eyes and breath deeply without forcing or concentrating too much on it.
Think of anything.
Or, if embarked on the second part of the same exercise, try saying to yourself something along the following lines. Accuracy NOT being of prime importance, as it is the general idea and principal behind it, that is.
FROM NOW ON I TAKE TIME OUT FOR MYSELF.
AS MUCH TIME AS I NEED.
AS MUCH TIME AS I WANT.
I USE THAT TIME FOR ME.
FOR I AM THE MOST IMPORTANT PERSON IN THE WORLD.
NO ONE IS EQUAL TO ME.
NO ONE IS BETTER THAN ME.
I AM THE FINEST PERSON THAT EVER DREW BREATH AND I AM PROVING IT.
I BELONG ONLY TO ME AND I DESERVE EVERYTHING I WANT.
EVERYTHING IS MINE BY RIGHT.
NOTE, We never use, if we can help it, words like, 'from now on I will take time out' or 'it will be' or 'I am going to prove it' as they are all suggesting things for the future with no time limit set for their taking effect. We require and expect instant results, therefore, 'I take time.' 'I use that time for me.' 'I am proving it.' Now, and always now, and not some distant time in the future, tomorrow never comes.
It may seem a little strange at first but you will soon get the hang of it and then wonder why you even struggled in the first place. A bit like learning to ride a bike or first learning to walk. But for now it is getting used to the idea and the principals that are far more important than getting the words just right and never be afraid of adding to it if you feel you can and it would help. One the other hand, repeating those parts that you remember is far more important than trying to remember those you don't.
