relaxation, n.Definitions

Relaxation is the first requirement of strength.

Relaxation is a balance worth striking — many people never learn to relax. Others never learn anything else.

Relaxation is rare nowadays — anybody who's relaxed these days is probably nervous about it.

Relaxation is a good thing — It ain't against the law to be comfortable.

Relaxation is a physical and moral necessity. Animals, even to the simplest and dullest, have their games, their sports, their diversions. The toilworn artisan, stooping and straining over his daily task, which taxes eye and brain and limb, ought to have opportunity and means for an hour or two of relaxation after that task is concluded.

Relaxation is one of the most complex phenomena - very rich, multidimensional. It is brought about by -- and also results from -- a combination of let-go, trust, surrender, love, acceptance, going with the flow, union with existence, egolessness, and ecstasy.