Dissertativa 3 - 2ª Fase - Dia 4 - IME 2007

Leia o texto “Relaxation” e COMPLETE CADA LACUNA NUMERADA DAS FRASES A SEGUIR COM APENAS UMA PALAVRA retirada desta passagem, mantendo a mesma idéia do texto original.

Relaxation

True relaxation is most certainly not a matter of flopping down in front of the television with a welcome drink. Nor it is about drifting into an exhausted sleep. Useful though these responses to tension and over-tiredness may be, we should distinguish between them and conscious relaxation in terms of quality and effect. Regardless of the level of tiredness, real relaxation is a state of alert yet at the same time passive awareness, in which our bodies are at rest while our minds are awake.

Moreover, it is natural for a healthy person to be relaxed when moving as resting. Being relaxed in action means we bring the appropriate energy to everything we do, so as to have a feeling of healthy tiredness by the end of the day, rather than one of exhaustion.

Unfortunately, as a result of living in today’s world, we are under constant strain and have difficulty in coping, let alone nurturing our body’s abilities. What needs to be rediscovered is conscious relaxation. With this in mind we must apply ourselves to understanding stress and the nature of its causes, however deep-seated.

▪   The text relates two ways of relieving from tension and over-tiredness, reinforcing the power of             3.1             relaxation over the false one, which is considered only momentary.

▪   The difference between these two ways of relaxing lies upon its             3.2              and             3.3            .

▪   In order to feel really relaxed, people should keep their             3.4             alert at the same time their             3.5             are at rest.

▪   Someone who is healthy is supposed to feel relaxed either moving or             3.6            .

▪   It is possible to feel relaxed even when you are moving or doing any other activity, it is just a matter of devoting the right amount of             3.7              to the things you do, not less or more.

▪   If by the time you go to sleep you have a feeling of             3.8             , you are not taking the right relaxation, for by the time your day finishes you should have a feeling of healthy
            3.9            .

▪   The text suggests that practicing             3.10             relaxation is a way of living in nowadays’ stressing world paying close attention to our bodies abilities’ and needs.