Each of those drills in autogenic training (heaviness, heartbeat, cool forehead, warmth, etc.) tackles a specific symptom of relaxation. It is a bottom-up approach. For instance, recall when you were anxious last time; chances are, your forehead became boiling hot. With the drill "cool forehead," we counteract this by regulating the temperature (once again, this is a psychosomatic drill, which assumes that adopted thoughts and emotions affect physiological processes). Or take warmth. This has th