It gives them a feeling of being at least partially in charge of their own destiny, which can do nothing but improve the quality of life. As the child of a patient so aptly put it in a letter, it made her father fight to live rather than wait to die. It is felt that imagery can be much more effective only after relaxation has been successfully established. If you follow the prescribed recommendations, you will end up relaxed. Several methods are suggested.
Some people are more receptive to one method than another.
Try each several times and then use the method with which you feel the most comfortable and which does the best job for you. Both meditation and relaxation are highly effective natural ways to handle stress. While both have the effect of getting you deeply calm and relaxed, the real benefits are in the rest of the day when this calm spreads into other phases of your activities. This calm state is the direct opposite of stress. Your breathing slows, your heartbeat is quiet, your metabolism lowers and your body recuperates during this period.