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banks of additional knowledge and creativity, previously untapped by conscious
thought processes.

Once physically relaxed, I call this‘stage 1 basic foundation’, a state in which we can
access – or, if you like, build on – the right side of the brain. I have found that taking
a few seconds to imagine being somewhere relaxing assists this process and allows
creative faculties to prepare themselves for what follows. The more I went through
this ritual or pattern of behaviour, the more I seemed to understand at a deeper level
what I wanted to achieve within my brain. It seemed to set up expectations of
improved outcomes or performance.

Once physically and mentally relaxed you reach the state of stage 2 physical and
mental foundation, or simply ‘PM foundation’. You might imagine being in a state
where you are standing on the corpus callosum between the two hemispheres of the
brain, a point at which you could freely access both the left and the right side of the
brain at once.

To develop the right hemisphere and to provide a means of access I learned to
engage the imagination fully but in a controlled manner.

Repeat the relaxation process now.

Close your eyes and begin breathing in a regular and slow manner. We will now
begin to focus your mind and body on relaxing into a healthy state of being. As I
mention different parts of your body, concentrate on each one and focus your
thinking on producing relaxation.

Concentrate on your scalp.

Repeat mentally after me: I feel my scalp … I am aware of my scalp … my scalp is
relaxing … I feel my scalp relax … my scalp is very relaxed … My forehead is
relaxing … I feel my forehead relax … my forehead is very relaxed … Now my
eyelids begin to relax … I can feel them become limp, almost heavy … my eyelids
are relaxed … This relaxation is now spreading around my eyes and beginning to
relax the muscles of my face … I feel my face relax – very, very relaxed now …

My mouth is relaxed … I feel my mouth relax … my tongue … and now my throat
begins to relax … I feel my throat relax … My head is completely relaxed, as my
neck now feels the pleasant experience of relaxation flow slowly downwards to my
shoulders …

My shoulders are becoming very relaxed … this warm feeling is getting deeper and
deeper … my shoulders are very, very relaxed … This deep relaxation is now flowing
into my arms … my arms are becoming very limp as the upper muscles of my arms
now relax … all the muscles of my arms are becoming limp and deeply relaxed, right
down to my fingertips …

My chest and upper back are now relaxing … a warm glow of deep relaxation
completely relaxes my chest … my chest is very, very relaxed … This healthy
relaxing glow continues to flow down into my abdomen and lower back … The
muscles of my stomach are very relaxed; very, very relaxed indeed … My pelvic Page9

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