100 How to Elicit the Relaxation Response with a Mini Meditation to Calm Down and Reset

This is a continuation of my tribute to Dr. Herbert Benson, a Harvard cardiologist and pioneer in the field of my body medicine. The relaxation response is the opposite of the stress response. It's a natural part of our physiology, however unlike the stress response, which is automatic, we need to consciously elicit the relaxation response.

This recording is the way I learned it from Dr. Benson when I first went to the Benson Henry Institute for Mind-Body Medicine almost a decade ago. I will talk through the instructions then if you decide to stay, I will guide you in the beginning with instructions on how to end the practice. Then, you will be on your own and you will have the choice of ending your practice at the ten minute bell or the twenty minute bell.

You can start to take control over your stress response right now. Start to practice twice a day, for even one minute, five minutes, eventually at least ten minutes two times a day. If you can do twenty minutes two times a day, even better.

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