Time Out From Stress -- Volume One

Featuring "Lakeside" and "The Path to Lookout Mountain"

By Matthew McKay, Ph.D. and Patrick Fanning.

When you're too busy to relax, take "Time Out From Stress" by listening to this short tape. In just ten minutes, you can relax tight muscles, calm anxieties and reduce pressures to a more tolerable level. Brief but regular relaxation is the best thing you can do to safeguard your physical and mental health and Time Out From Stress can help.

Side One -- Lakeside: This side of Time Out From Stress guides you along a beautiful forest path, walking down a gentle trail to the side of a placid lake nestled in a pristine valley. There you indulge in the meditative practice of breath-counting and enjoy autogenic suggestions of warmth and heaviness designed to ease every muscle in your body in short order.

Side Two -- The Path to Lookout Mountain: Here Time Out From Stress takes you on a brisk hike up the path to Lookout Mountain. The meditative practice of step counting puts your mind in an "alpha state," the brain wave pattern most conducive to relaxation. As you fantasize reaching the mountain top and feasting your eyes on the vista, you practice the age-old Yoga technique of the passive gaze.

We use guided imagery tapes like Time Out From Stress at our seminars. Time Out From Stress is a proven favorite of our attendees.

Matthew McKay, PhD and Patrick Fanning are authors of many self-help tapes and books, including the Relaxation & Stress Reduction Workbook available at Stress Dynamics.

How Time Out From Stress Works:

Time Out From Stress is a "guided imagery" recording that helps you relax. It does this by following a script designed to take your thoughts away from your current surroundings and place them into a more relaxed "environment." As you listen to the scenarios you are mentally transported into a relaxing realm. How many times have you wished you could close your eyes and make the world just disappear for a while? With Time Out From Stress you can! Each side of this tape will place you in a soothing scene. A soft voice caresses your ears as gentle music plays in the background. The voice instructs you how to tense and relax your muscles to create a feeling of peace as you use your mind to escape the stress of your current environment. In a mere 10 minutes you will return from your journey relaxed, refreshed and invigorated!

Go on a relaxing journey with Time Out From Stress...