hmm. what is resting 🤔 how do you do it 🤔🤔🤔
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looking to crowdsource responses, RTs appreciated:
what sorts of activities feel like “rest” or “relaxation” to you? how can you tell? what do “rest” and “relaxation” feel like to you? physically? emotionally?
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i really should’ve emphasized the second and third parts of the question: how can you tell that you’re resting / relaxing and what does it feel like to rest relax, concretely?
e.g. “i feel at peace. there is no tension in my body. my chest and stomach feel warm. i feel light”
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physical/emotional: the ever-present sense of urgency lightens or goes away. this corresponds to a lessening of the tension in my heart/solar plexus that extends out into my shoulders, also my hamstrings and hips. the physical tension never goes away afaict, but can go down a lot
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when I feel this way, and how reliable:
- long runs .95
- CrossFit .9
- getting into playing with my kids .7
- after sex .8
- during meditation, esp "energy body" stuff .4
- Valium and similar 1
- muscle relaxants 1
- beach day .7
- pot .3
- alcohol .1
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thank you this is exactly the sort of answer i was hoping for 🙏