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To help integrate the relaxation practices you learned into your post-surgery recovery, here are some ideas that might help you.
1. Think about the healing techniques you have learned and practiced. Which do you feel you could continue because you like doing them? Or perhaps you might like to rotate the techniques on different days or do one in the morning and a different one at night.
2. Another idea during the recovery period is to make a flexible schedule as a guide to help you practice and vary the different healing techniques. It is always good to be flexible and not rigid in your practice. Whatever you feel would help you at the present moment is the right thing to do.
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You might create a 7-day schedule. At the beginning of the week, check off the techniques you plan to do on each day with a slash mark. At the end of the day mark the activities you did with another slash mark so you have an x in that box to show you did it. You can download and print this form to help you plan and track your week's practice. Click here for the 7-day schedule (PDF format). |
You now have an array of techniques to use, you know what works for you, but now you're doing it to enhance your health. You feel more comfortable now and you already know the benefit, so you're more motivated to practice these techniques and make them a part of your life without feeling pressured to do it. Now you're doing it because you know you will feel good after you do it and it will help you cope with any kind of daily stress.