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Relaxation Technique Four: Visualisation

Relaxation Technique Four: Visualisation

Visualisation is a technique where you use your imagination to deliberately create a picture or movie in your mind of your own making. Rather like painting a picture, you have complete control to create any image that you desire. Visualisation is a way of using your mind to get what you want ...
Relaxation Technique Three: Meditation

Relaxation Technique Three: Meditation

This is the third Relaxation technique in this series of articles. If you have missed the others, they were: Deep Breathing Progressive Muscular Relaxation With the way our modern lifestyle is, maybe it is no surprise that we are often stressed out. Getting stuck in heavy traffic, crowded shopping centres (particularly during ...
Relaxation Technique One: Deep Breathing

Relaxation Technique One: Deep Breathing

On Monday in my blog post titled “8 Relaxation Techniques That You Can Use Daily” I promised to teach you a variety of relaxation technique. I suggested you try out each of these to see which appeals to you the most. Relaxation techniques can help you activate the body's natural relaxation response, ...
8 Relaxation Techniques That You Can Use Daily

8 Relaxation Techniques That You Can Use Daily

In our constantly moving environment, our bodies and minds are suffering from wear and tear. We call this stress. When we are facing family problems, money problems, relationship problems, problems at work, and any other trials and tribulations that life throws at us, stress comes at us from all sides.  We ...
Finding inner Peace in your Everyday Life

Finding inner Peace in your Everyday Life

An article in the Daily Mail Newspaper said that according to the Mental Health Foundation around seven million adults in the UK are so tense that if they saw a doctor they would be diagnosed with an anxiety disorder. They headline this article as follows: 'As Cheryl Cole turns to meditation to cope ...
Can I learn to be more relaxed?

Can I learn to be more relaxed?

Relaxation is a skill like any other which needs to be learned and takes time. The following exercise teaches deep muscle relaxation, and many people find it very helpful in reducing overall levels of tension. Deep muscle relaxation It is helpful to read the instructions first and eventually to learn them by heart. ...