Relaxing for your health

Relaxation has many benefits for personal health. Slowing heart rate, lowering blood pressure, and improving digestion just to name a few. There are also many different relaxation techniques.

Mental Benefits

Relaxation can be used to aid the recovery of mental disorders such as anxiety, depression and panic attacks. Visualization is a great technique to help you create a mental image that can relax your mental state in a situation

Physical Benefits.

Relaxation can be used to help alleviate chronic muscle pain, and reduce blood pressure. Progressive muscle relaxation is a great technique to reduce muscle tension. This is done by slowly tensing muscle followed by relaxing the muscles.

Finding What Relaxes You.

There is no right or wrong way to relax, it is all about finding what works best for you. There are many different relaxation techniques. It is important to do your research and try many different techniques and see what works best for you.

Other Relaxation Techniques.

Some Techniques may not be for you. Here are some other techniques that may be for you: walking, gardening, yoga, T'ai chi, Qigong, massage, acupuncture, the Feldenkrais Method, myotherapy, reflexology and self-regulation.

KEEP CALM

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