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Question 96

What do you do to relax? If you meditate, do you do this to relax or for other reasons?

• I don't meditate. I was 'forced' to meditate once as part of a college course I took, and it was a most unpleasant and uncomfortable experience. My three main relaxation techniques are to: 1. Go on walks

  2. Go on long drives

  3. Go online (Anna #1490)

• I read, play games, wacth anime and movies and rest. (Animeg3282)

• I don't know if I meditate. I like to sit in the dark by myself and clear my head. I do yoga, which is incredibly relaxing. I do it because I lead a very stressful existance and I don't want to lose it on my poor family. (

  I prefer to lose it online. (ClayeSkye #4)

• Sleep. That's one of my favored ways of relaxing. The other is to go to a campground for the weekend (or longer). You can sit back and do nothing, not worry about the time, and socialize all night long. (Dan McEwen #1617)

• fly kites. I take the dog and some beer and go to the desert and fly kites for hours. Giant beautiful kites. It is colorful and peaceful and relaxing. I guess I am easily amused and kite flying is my wonderful escape :) (Lee Schoch #1237)

• I play video games or read. I always read before going to sleep. (Nemo #1331)

• Walk the dog. Do jigsaw puzzles. I find that they occupy the hands while letting my mind wander. Do various word puzzles, cryptics, crosswords, etc. Read sf. Other things I don't feel like mentioning now :) Scott Davidson #1045)

• -Read a book -Write poetry, songs, or short stories -Listen to classical music -Drive around (in an area with little traffic) -Swim -Wander around in the woods (or any other *natural* area where there's no people) -Go see a movie in the theater -Build something -Go out of town with my telescope and stargaze -Play Starcraft -Sleep As for meditating...I never really meditate to relax, unless i'm stressed out. :) (Drake #1611)

• I have a very large, brush and small tree covered hillside below my house that I've been slowly clearing for about four years. Every time I get stressed out over something, I take my little machete over the hill and clear another two hundred feet or so. It's probably terribly unhealthy from a psychological standpoint, but it releases a great deal of agression very quickly. In addition, it gives me the motivation to add another row of fruit trees to my orchard. (Read as "crow feeding area.") (Stefan C. F.)

• Deadhead the flower gardens (summer only). This can turn to an adrenaline charge if I discover signs of groundhogs, though.

  Sit in the yard and 'just be' there (best in early spring and fall, no mosquitos or flies). Not exactly *formal* meditation, but probably close.

  Long walks (with music or NPR, if in town).

  A few rounds of social bridge is not exactly relaxing, but does recharge the mental batteries, as does a good film (or the right 'dumb movie') seen with friends. (Pat Kiewicz #1154)