THE PATH: ANXIETY & PANIC ATTACK ELIMINATION PROGRAM THE PATH: ANXIETY & PANIC ATTACK ELIMINATION PROGR | Page 47

what you feel as you go from a state of tension to relaxation. 14. Push your shoulders up to your ears now. Hold this “shrugging” position for just a moment. Feel the tension in your neck and shoulder muscles. Feel the tension melt away as you relax your shoulders back down. Continue to breathe in and out. 15. Finish by tensing the muscles in your face. Scrunch your face as if you just bit into something sour. Feel your eyebrows pull together, your eyes pinch tightly shut, and your lips purse together. Notice the sensation of tenseness in your face for just a moment. Then allow your face to relax. Notice the release of tension from your forehead, eyes, cheeks, mouth and jaw. 16. See if you can find any other spot of tension in your body. Notice it and let it go. 40