It was such a pleasure to have Corey Barta as my dyadic partner for the semester. I was a bit worried because I was the only male in the class and had never experienced anything like the class and collaboration. Initially, I thought that it was going to be a bit weird for me because of the male to female partnership, but that changed once I started to understand what the class was about. It was an absolutely excellent choice to have her as my partner. The relaxation class was also an exciting time to attend every Thursday. Not only did I learn so much about relaxation and music, but I also got to end the week with a relaxation session that always started off a great weekend. Outside of that, Corey and I met up every week to practice the techniques on each other resulting into great confidence and engagement. I intend on writing about my experiences, how we have grown, and things that I observed during this wonderful experience.
We had a total of 5 relaxation sessions over a course of almost three months. It started with a shy demeanor being the fact …show more content…
Our sessions offered her the peace, less anxious, and calming effects she wanted. On each of the session reports her post-relaxation response was always at a higher agreement than the pre-relaxation response. It could be said based upon the results that she comes in at a high sense of anxiety and leaves out calm and refreshed. I honestly do not believe that there were any contraindications from our experiences. It seemed that with Corey being open every trial, there were not any issues or negative responses besides the first session. In the first session, she felt that the music rushed her being that it was too active. I gained from that experience the knowledge of choosing music that is less active in melodies, allows Corey to keep her focus strictly on her; not be interrupted by the music that is abrupt and