Progressive Muscle Relaxation Exercise Animation
Stress Monster: Let's make everybody live under stress! To feel what is stress! Dum Dumm: Help！ Bon Bonn: Dum Dumm, don't be afraid! They are stress monsters. Their weakness is our feeling of being relaxed. We can conquer them by doing muscle relaxation exercise. Dum Dumm: Relax? I really don't know how. Bon Bonn: Maybe you can do some relaxation exercise with me. Try stretching your muscles and relax them. Then you will know the relaxed feeling. First, imagine that there is a lemon in your hand. Clench your fist and squeeze it slowly to make all the juice comes out. Now open and straighten out the fingers to relax them. Pay attention to the relaxed feeling. Try to relax further. Dum Dumm: It really works! Bon Bonn: Repeat several times and you can feel more relaxed! Dum Dumm: The stress monsters really disappear! Bon Bonn: Dum Dumm, now I teach you one more action for relaxation. Then you don't have to be afraid of the stress monsters. Imagine there is an apple hanging in the tree. Stretch your arms to get the apple. By doing this you are tensing your arm muscle. Now put down your arms slowly and relax them entirely. As you relax, your arms feel comfortably heavy. Remember to spend more time relaxing the muscle than tensing it in order to achieve the state of body and mind relaxation! Dum Dumm: I am very relaxed now! I am not afraid of those stress monsters anymore. But I am afraid of being hungry. Bon Bonn, where is my apple? Bon Bonn: Ah! You greedy-guts! Stress Monster: How dare they are! They are not afraid of us! Bon Bonn and Dum Dumm: We are not afraid of you! Bon Bonn: Imagine that we are turtles now. Hide our heads into shells and make our shoulders close to our ears. Stop. Drop the shoulders slowly and then relax the muscle. Great! Repeat it once more. Bon Bonn and Dum Dumm: Done! Be Bee: Help! Help! Bon Bonn, I can't move because I am clung by the stress monsters! What can I do? Bon Bonn: Don't worry! Follow me how to relax your face! First, imagine that you are chewing a gum. Clench your jaws and purse your lips. Great! Now relax your jaws and let your lips parts. Be Bee: One stress monster is still there! Bon Bonn! Bon Bonn: Don't worry! This time, imagine that there is a mosquito sitting on your nose bridge. You have to wrinkle your face and nose to get rid of that mosquito. Hold it tightly! Great! Stop wrinkling and relax your face entirely as if there is no more wrinkle. You will feel more relaxed by repeating this action several times! Cobi: Too bad! Are you those disgusting stress monsters? We are not afraid of you! Bon Bonn: Right! Cobi, Codi, we don't have to be afraid of them. Imagine that you are the king of all animals. Widen your chest and draw your belly in. Then relax slowly until your belly and chest are relaxed. Stress Monster: We fail! Cobi and Codi: Where is Mio? Mio: I am here. My legs are grasped by Stress Monsters. I can't move! Bon Bonn: Mio, they are afraid of our relaxed feeling. Imagine that you are standing on the beach and your toes grip the sand tightly. Allow the sand to come out from the space between the toes. Then relax your toes and feet slowly. Enjoy the relaxed and warm feeling of standing on soft sand. Mio: Ha! Yes! It really works and let me do it one more time. Stress Monster: Too bad! They all know how to relax. Buddies, let's leave here quickly! Bon Bonn: Great! Our homeland is safe now. However, your city is still under attack by stress monsters. So remember these 7 steps and keep practicing at home. Enjoy the feeling of relaxing your muscles in order to relax your whole body and mind. Then you will not be afraid of Stress Monsters anymore.