Ready?nReady?nnNervous tensionnnNervous tensionnIs an unseen enemy of the human mindnNervous tension can cause younTo lack confidence in yourselfnTo lose your concentrationnAnd to be inefficient in your worknnNervous tension can prevent you from relaxingnTo spoil your leisure hoursnAnd rob you of the sleep you need at nightnNervous tensionnnNervous tensionnnThe purpose of this recordnIs to train you in the art of relaxingnBoth your mind and your bodynUse it regularlynnTrain your mind through repetitionnTo follow the suggestionsnAnd then you'll be ready to progressnTo side twonnThe mind remains tensenWhen it is restlesslynTurning over personal problemsnWorrying about financial mattersnnOr the conflicts of daytime plightnOr fretting over the troubles of the worldnA mind so strained and tensenCannot relax even in sleepnnNight passes in uneasy dreamsnThe body is not refreshed as it should benBut you can overcome this difficultynIf you thoroughly relax your mindnBefore you go to bednnBetter still, you can learn to relaxnFrom time to time during the daynSo that nervous tension never builds upnTo an unpleasant degreennNervous tensionnNervous tensionnnYou will carefully plan your course through lifenYou will think about your plannThink about your interestsnThink with the pleasurenOf the satisfaction you will feelnnAs the plan becomes realitynYou will firmly imprint in your mind this phrasenI maintain, at all timesnA calm, confident, cheerful state of mindnYou will repeat it aloud to yourselfnAt least three times dailynnYou will give your mind and bodynThe rest they need to restore energynVery shortly you will no longernNeed to listen to my voicennYou will absorb and understandnThe suggestions I have given younAnd you will learn to give them to yourselfnnNervous tensionnNervous tensionnnAnd now we shall begin