and you can see them clearly... In a few seconds' time... you can count down from 10 to one... and with each descending number between 10 and one... you will take a single step down the stairs... and with each descending number you will become more and more calm, more and more relaxed... each step down from the balcony will take you deeper and deeper... into your wonderful state of relaxation... and as you slowly descend these stairs... you are going to experience a sense of ever-deepening relaxation... throughout your entire body... You will feel the stairs under your feet and when you eventually reach step one, you can pause and wonder where you might go next... again you feel very tranquil and this tranquility is accompanied by a sense of anticipation... you will then step off... and when you do so... you will find yourself in your favourite place of relaxation... and enjoy... this beautiful place... Close your eyes and imagine a calming and peaceful, beautiful exotic desert island. Now see yourself there. See yourself loving your time there, resting and at total peace. Take your time, feel, see and hear yourself walking around your island. See the miles of sandy beach all around you, feel the sand on your feet, and hear the waves moving in and out of the shore. Stay here for as long as you can, say 10 to 15 minutes. To take yourself out of your relaxing place in a gradual manner, simply count