I guess most of the things on this page are different ways relaxing and 'taking a breath' from life, but it's useful to do specific relaxation things sometimes too. Take a look at my Alternatives to Meditation page. I guess this sounds rather strange, because I don't actually believe that there are gods up there listening to me, but I still sometimes like to pray. Just saying things out loud can be useful sometimes. Mostly I stick to a few of my favourite prayers and sayings .
Music is wondrous stuff.
I keep the CD player going almost all day, if not with music then with one of those 'natural sounds' tapes that turns my bedroom from a place with four walls into a rain-forest, a coastline or a beautiful bird sanctuary. I'm not sure why candles are magical things, but they definitely are. Computers and the Internet are wonderful creations. They allow us to interact with people that we'd probably never meet anywhere else, and to create things, and to talk about things, but despite all that they just aren't the same. You can always turn the computer on later.