John R. Cook, Ph.D., R.Psych.

The Deep Muscle Relaxation Training Program is a four-week home study program designed to teach you relaxation by recall - how to relax the major muscle groups of your body, simply by thinking about them. It does this by first teaching you how to breathe from your abdomen and lower rib cage using diaphragmatic breathing, and how to produce and release tension from 16, 8 and 4 major muscle groups using progressive relaxation.

The recordings feature a soothing male voice set against a background of relaxing ambient sounds. These sounds continue long after the spoken script has ended, to provide additional time for you to rest.

The script for week one is a 16 muscle group procedure in a rain forest setting with airy, delicate swells.