Reflection of Relaxation Exercise

It's absolutely amazing how the body can react to what the mind suggest.  I was listening to the relaxation exercise and oh yes, I was still filled with some tension from the day, so I was ready to let it go. I was comfortable and busy allowing my mind to suggest to my body how to let go.  I listened to the exercise and immediately my mind was on the thing that was bugging me. More than tired, tense muscles needing to be relaxed, I have been bothered by a cough that I started a couple of weeks ago.  It has been six years since I was bothered by a cold, a sinus infection or allergy.  This cough was driving me nuts.  There was no reason for it.  I am not congested, no drainage.  My environment has change and I had begun coming into contact with cigarette smoke or the aftermath of it and it was choking me.  I realized yesterday that it was an allergy and I began seeking relief.  Interestingly enough, the cough was what was irritating me, I decided that I would suggest to myself that I would suppress the cough, I would use this opportunity to get relief I stopped focusing on my hands and arms and began to focus on my lungs and my respiratory system. I am happy to say that I have not coughed since I did the exercise and that made me feel great.  It is a wonderful opportunity to begin to practice things you believed but was not sure about how to begin.  I just needed to start and I just needed the confidence to know that I could do it.  I am excited, I feel better right now than I have felt in 3 weeks all because of the power of suggestion in a little taped message that only took minutes.