A book from
HerbertBenson.
The Relaxation Response.
ISBN 0380006766
This book explains how to attain a rest by relaxing.
A simple way, with no attachment to spirituality, to relax and be rested.
This response is mainly physical. There is another response that concerned the intellect based on a word that you repeat. I think this is Jacobson.
XP works much better when one is rested. This could be useful to a team member exhausted by
PairProgramming or other demands.
Does anyone know a good reference for 15 minute guided relaxation (audio tape)?
--
JeanMarcHeneman
We make our most relaxing music for our children, to calm them down for bedtime. The musicians tend to be very good -- many of our best musicians turn to children's music (at about the same time they start having children, I think).
See:
FortyHourWeek,
SleepToWork,
SlowDownToSpeedUp
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MeditationTechniques