Relaxation Station

The reason I call this post "relaxation station" is that I can't think of anything else to call it! Actually, what I want to do is break down the relaxation response in order to use a bit of the whole relaxation "method" and to shorten it so it can be useful for our purpose which is to stay alive in a conflict or attack. Since I have never been in that situation I must imagine it. I must come up with many different senarios of attack (or of being attacked) and devise a way to relax in the moment. I'm sure you have heard this many times but...if someone who is intoxicated is in an automobile accident (is it an accident?), that person has a much better chance of fewer injuries due to them being "drunk relaxed" which may also help them live through it. Of course I am not suggesting that anyone drinks before or while driving. It could also "cause" an accident an it usually does that. What I am suggesting is that we practice our method of relaxation every day so that we know it very well. It would then be necessary to "shorten" the method because, obviously, we don't have lots of time in an altercation. I fight is usually very quick (not like the movies). What I like to do to shorten the method is practice imagining different aspects of the total relaxation response. I then attempt to pick it apart to determine which parts can be shortened without harming the total response. For instance, I might use my five stairs to shorten the method. I would think of how I feel in the relaxation station, then go directly to my "stairs" and use the five stairs to quickly relax. I could even shorten that to, say, three stairs. Or, if I want something even quicker, I might go directly to my relaxation room after a brief relaxation of body "short method" which I must practice. Practice can be achieved by using something in my life that may make me somewhat tense (maybe a boss yells at me :) or whatever you want to use to achieve this relaxation within a tense period. There are many other methods to practice, maybe you can come up with some if you want to come up with a post? Hope you do!