Progressive Relaxation Retreat Meditation & Journaling Tool

Created by Lynda Monk, MSW, RSW, CPCC

Progressive Relaxation Guided Meditation (9:40 minutes) is recorded with Peter Allan.

Experience the benefits of total-body relaxation as you breathe deeply, improve circulation, and find comfort, relief, and rest in your mind and body. Passive progressive relaxation is a skill that emphasizes deep breathing techniques combined with imagery to create profound relaxation.

Discover a sense of deep relaxation and stress relief from within by using this Progressive Relaxation Retreat which includes a guided meditation and journaling prompts.

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The Back Story

I love combining Guided Meditation & Journaling. It is something I have done for many years to gain clarity and make life decisions that are informed by my inner truth, dreams and desires.

I am so passionate about the power of guided meditation as a tool to relax and gain clarity, that I produced an entire Creative Wellness Guided Meditations CD back in 2008. This CD is no longer in production.

For years, I have been asked about the CD and I have told people it is not available. Then I got the idea that I could turn the guided meditations on the CD into MP3 files and make them available through our IAJW Journaling Store.

I am excited to share with you our NEW Meditation & Journaling Tools!

About Guided Meditation

Guided meditation provides a fast, simple, and effective way of uniting with your inner source of wisdom and well- being. Powerful visualization, progressive relaxation and reflection techniques help you achieve increased feelings of calm, peace, clarity, balance and profound relaxation. Discover places of greater ease, flow, and greater self-awareness.

Your mind and body are wise and capable of getting exactly what you need at any given time. This meditation was created with your highest sense of balance, well-being and fulfillment in mind. May you enjoy the many benefits of guided meditation on its own and as a powerful companion practice to lead into your journal writing, in this Progressive Relaxation Retreat Guided Meditation & Journaling Tool.

Lynda Monk

Lynda Monk, MSW, RSW, CPCC, is the Director of the International Association for Journal Writing. She is a Registered Social Worker and a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach. She has a speciality in therapeutic journaling for self-care, burnout prevention, personal growth, and resilience.

Lynda is co-editor, along with Eric Maisel, of two recent books including…

Transformational Journaling for Coaches, Therapists and Clients: A Complete Guide to the Benefits of Personal Writing (Routledge, June 2021)
The Great Book of Journaling: How Journal Writing Can Support a Life of Wellness, Creativity, Meaning and Purpose (Mango, June 2022)

She is the co-author of Writing Alone Together: Journalling in a Circle of Women for Creativity, Compassion and Connection, as well as co-author of the international bestseller Inspiration for a Woman’s Soul: Choosing Happiness. She is the author of an e-book called Life Source Writing: A Reflective Journaling Practice for Self-Discovery, Self-Care, Wellness and Creativity, and producer of the Creative Wellness Guided Meditations CD. She is currently writing Surrender: An Adoptee’s Memoir.

Lynda is an experienced facilitator and coach, and has supported thousands of people to go to the page and write for well-being, self-expression and personal growth. She has authored many in-person courses, workshops and writing retreats, as well as many online course offerings including Pen to Paper: Journaling for Self-Care & Wellness through the University of British Columbia and Dalhousie University. Her signature 6-week online group coaching, The Transformational Writing for Wellness Salon is available through the IAJW.org.

As leader of the IAJW, she is committed to growing a vibrant learning and inspirational community for journal writers worldwide. Lynda lives with her husband, Peter, their two sons, Jackson and Jesse, and their beloved Sadie girl (a Golden Retriever) on Salt Spring Island, BC, Canada, where she tries her best to write every day.

This is a testimonial from a nurse who used this guided meditation when it first appeared on our Creative Wellness Guided Meditations CD. The CD is no longer in production but the testimonial below speaks to this particular Progressive Relaxation Guided Meditation that is in this new tool...

"I used your CD in my group therapy session on Monday night, with overwhelmingly positive responses from my clients who are all working people with a variety of stressors and life struggles. We used #6, Progressive relaxation. This is particularly good for a number of reasons; Peter’s voice is very soothing, the rhythm and cadence of his speech not rushed nor excessively slow. This length of the exercise is perfect in that working people can easily wrap their minds around taking 10 minutes out of their day to practice the relaxation response. Well done!"

~ Julie Chambers, RN, Group Therapy Program

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