Hey everyone,
When I first got diagnosed with anxiety, my health care providers urged me to do relaxation exercises twice a day. Originally, I got some relaxation "scripts" from my counsellor and made some tapes to listen to, but I really felt silly listening to my own voice and they were pretty low quality. Recently, I found some relaxation CDs on the American Amazon.com website (I'm in Canada, but the Canadian website didn't carry them) that are produced by a psychologist, Carolyn McManus. There are a variety of them. I got the Progressive Relaxation & Autogenic Training and the Relaxation Body Scan & Guided Imagery for Well-Being CDs. I was sceptical, despite the excellent user reviews I read because a lot of the CDs I've tried in the past were really cheesy/"hokey" and had poor sound quality. But I can confirm that these CDs are excellent!
A warning to any newbies to relaxation exercises: do not expect to feel 100% relaxed immediately after trying the exercise. It takes consistent practice, but it's definitely worth it!
