How to Coach Yourself and Others Better Coaching Through Visualisation | Page 149

in..... out.....
Keep breathing like this, slowly.... deeply.... and let your body relax
a little.
Turn your attention again to how you are feeling. Notice the physical
sensation of anger. Where in your body is the anger stored? Some
people notice that they tighten their shoulders when they are feeling
angry. Others who deal with anger notice clenched fists or tight
jaws. Anger may be experienced as a feeling in the stomach.... the
neck.... any one or a number of places in the body demonstrate
physical symptoms of anger.
Many of these physical symptoms are uncomfortable. Some of these
symptoms can be relieved right now, if you like, by relaxing your
muscles. Let's relax a few areas to begin this process to deal with
anger by relaxing your muscles.
Starting with your hands and arms, first tighten your hands into fists.
Feel the tension in your hands and arms. Hold.... tighter.... tighter....
and relax. Let go, allowing your hands and arms to be relaxed, loose,
and limp. Notice the difference between tension and relaxation.
Now see if you can create a feeling of relaxation in your shoulders.
Take a moment to relax your shoulders now. You may choose to
tighten the muscles, and then relax, or you can simply relax your
shoulders without tensing them first. Do whatever seems to work the
best.
Focus now on your face and jaws. Relax your face and jaws, tensing
first if you want to. Let all the tension leave your face..... let the
tension leave your jaws.... leaving your face and jaws limp, smooth,
and relaxed.
Scan your body now, for remaining areas of tension. Relax each area
that feels tense.... scan your body from head to toe.... relaxing each
part of your body.
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