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- 0:09Many people experience night terrors and struggle with how to get rid of nightmares.
- 0:16This relaxation exercise uses guided imagery and visualization to help return your mind to a
- 0:25peaceful, RESTful state, free of fear after experiencing a nightmare. Let's begin
- 0:34the relaxation exercise. Perhaps you have just had a nightmare, or maybe you
- 0:43are getting ready to sleep and want to fill your mind with peaceful images.
- 0:49Or perhaps you have woken up in the night and want to get back to
- 0:55sleep. Maybe you just want to promote positive mental images to help you relax.
- 1:03Whatever the case may be, this relaxation to get rid of nightmares can
- 1:10help to create a peaceful mental state. Positive images can help to get rid
- 1:18of nightmares. This guided imagery will help get rid of nightmares and create a
- 1:26positive place in your mind. Positive visualization can create this place. Imagine a
- 1:34place that is perfectly safe and very comfortable. Imagine what this place would be
- 1:46like. Create an image in your mind of all the details of a safe,
- 1:55peaceful place. With this image and mind, begin to relax your body.
- 2:07Fear creates tension, and to get rid of nightmares, it is important
- 2:15to decrease this tension. Start by noticing where the tension is in your body.
- 2:25Pay close attention to your shoulders, neck, back, hands, and
- 2:38jaws. These are areas reretension tends to build up. Once you have located
- 2:47the tension in your body, choose one area to relax first. Focus your
- 2:55attention on this area and consciously allow the muscles to relax and soften, becoming
- 3:07loose. Breathe, imagining that your breath brings relaxation to this area. Feel
- 3:21the tension leave as you breathe out. Breathe in relaxation, and breathe out
- 3:32tension. Keep breathing, letting your breaths be slow and regular. Notice that
- 3:50the area you are focusing on is more relaxed than it was before. See
- 4:00how you have the ability to relax your muscles. Feel your muscles relaxing further.
- 4:13Notice your jaws relaxing, becoming loose, your mouth resting comfortably, with
- 4:24your teeth slightly apart. Feel your neck and shoulders relaxing and your shoulders getting
- 4:39lower as the muscles give up their hold. Allow your hands to relax,
- 4:48resting open, loose, relaxed. Feel your back relax all the muscles become
- 5:08soft and loose. To get rid of nightmares. Let's create a positive image
- 5:19to focus on. Imagine that you are at a luxurious resort where you're completely
- 5:29safe and cared for. Your room is spacious, sunny, and comfortable.
- 5:42In this place, you have no worries. There is nothing you need to
- 5:48do. You're here just to relax and take time for yourself. The room
- 6:00you are staying in is very luxurious. You have a large space with everything
- 6:09you need kitchen, bathroom, bedroom, living room. Picture being in a
- 6:21large room that is just for relaxation and enjoyment. This room is your own
- 6:32private escape. Here is a warm pool, a soft, comfortable lounge chair,
- 6:47plants, and large windows. The sun streams through the windows, making
- 6:58the pool sparkle. Take in this scene, imagining this lovely place. Though
- 7:12this room is indoors, the plants and pool create an almost outdoors feel.
- 7:21Through the windows, you can see a beautiful view. Imagine where your resort
- 7:29is located. What do you see outside? Your resort can be anywhere you
- 7:38like, by the ocean, in the mountains, on a golf course,
- 7:47an oasis in the desert. Your resort can be anywhere you like. And
- 8:00imagine the picturesque view you would see out the windows. The room is warm,
- 8:11with a soft breeze created by silent fans. Imagine yourself here in this
- 8:20safe, luxurious, beautiful place. You may see yourself walking toward the pool
- 8:33or sitting in the lounge chair. Here you can do whatever you wish.
- 8:43I'll pause for one minute. For the next minute, imagine the relaxing things
- 8:50you can do here and create a picture in your mind of you relaxing in
- 8:58this piece for place. Imagine resting on the lounge chair. Feel the sun
- 10:05shining down as you become warm and relaxed. The chair is very soft,
- 10:15and as you recline, laying back and closing your eyes, you feel so
- 10:22at peace. You are so comfortable here. Feel yourself sinking into the lounge
- 10:31chair, sinking deeper into relaxation. Notice the peaceful thoughts that are filling your
- 10:43mind. See that by focusing on these thoughts they become stronger, filling your
- 10:54consciousness with peace. The peaceful thoughts are very clear, increasing in clarity as
- 11:05you focus. All other thoughts and concerns are far away. Right now,
- 11:16as you sleep, your mind can remain in this positive place. Feel yourself
- 11:24drifting off to sleep, filled with peaceful, pleasant thoughts, beautiful, serene
- 11:35dreams occupy your consciousness. Calm, peace relaxed thoughts that enter your awareness can
- 11:56pass lazily through your mind like clouds drifting by. You don't need to focus
- 12:07especially on any of them. You are so calm allow your thoughts to pass
- 12:20without dwelling on them. You can get rid of nightmares by allowing the negative
- 12:30images and thoughts to leave your mind as they are replaced by images of the
- 12:39peaceful resort in your imagination. Turn your attention again to the pool and lunch
- 12:50chair you imagined. See this peaceful place just for you. Only pleasant thoughts
- 13:01remain here. This place is a retreat from all stresses and worries. Anytime
- 13:11worried thoughts arise, focus again on the resort, a luxurious, safe place
- 13:22where you can get away from the life stresses, get rid of nightmares,
- 13:28and just relax. See all the details of this place. You can picture
- 13:41yourself enjoying the pool and sunroom, or having a warm bath and a jacuzzi
- 13:50tub. Perhaps you imagine getting into a large, soft, comfortable bed and
- 14:01having an app Your sweet has a variety of things for you to enjoy and
- 14:09is a place just for you. Where you can relax. Relax here,
- 14:22resting, enjoying this holiday, fill your mind with happiness and peace. Now,
- 14:37if you want to, you can drift off to sleep, ever so
- 14:45slowly, drifting down into a pleasant, calm land of dreams, slipping deeper
- 14:58and deeper. I'll count now from one to five. When you reach five,
- 15:07you will be fully relaxed and asleep. One becoming heavier, sleepy and
- 15:22relaxed. Two safe and warm, comfortably floating, drifting relaxed. Three pleasant,
- 15:43peaceful, happy thoughts fill your mind. Four so deeply relaxed. Five
- 15:58drifting into deep sleep, filled with pleasant dreams.