Relax: This Is the Best Season of Your Life

Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are.

~Chinese proverb~

Tension comes from stress. Stress is a part of our lives, but our handling of stress leads to tension. Take a few minutes today to relax and release any tension from your mind and body. Take a deep breath, filling your lungs with the air. Let your lungs expand as much as they can. Then push that air in an exhale out of your lungs. As you breathe in think how deeply you’re relaxing your body. As you breathe out imagine any tension just flowing out of your body.

Ten thousand flowers in spring, 

the moon in autumn,
a cool breeze in summer, 

snow in winter.
If your mind isn't clouded by unnecessary things,
this is the best season of your life.

* Wumen Huikai (1183–1260) is a Song period Zen master - at the time the head monk of    Longxiang  monastery in China.