Relaxation Techniques to Reduce Stress

Relaxation techniques are great way to help stress management. Relaxation is a process that reduces the effect of stress on your body and mind. These techniques would help you cope with everyday stress its related health problems.

You can learn relaxation techniques whether your stress has just spiraled out of control or you have got it tamed. Basic relaxation techniques are easy to learn. These techniques pose little risk and it can be done anywhere.

You will find these relaxation techniques simple and get starting de-stressing your daily life and be a healthy person.

Benefits

Practicing relaxation techniques will stress symptoms by:

• Slowing down your heart rate
• Lowering your blood pressure
• Reducing the activity of stress hormones
• Increasing blood flow to muscles
• Lowering the fatigue
• Improving your mood and concentration
• Reducing tension in muscle and chronic pain
• Boosting confidence level to handle problems

To get best results use relaxation techniques with other methods like, thinking positive, finding humor partner, manage time using a time table, daily exercise, getting enough sleep and engaged in social activities with your family and friends

Relaxation Techniques

Psychotherapists, complementary medicine practitioners and doctors can tech you various relaxation techniques. But it will be more effective if you learn these techniques by yourself.

Generally, relaxation techniques involve refocusing your entire attention on a thing that is calming and increasing awareness of your body. It really does not matter which relaxation technique you had chosen. But doing it daily and regularly makes a huge difference.

Autogenic Relaxation

It is something that comes from within you. You are using both visual imagery and body awareness to help reduce stress. You repeated use words and suggestions in your mind to relax and reduce tension in your muscles. You can imagine a peaceful setting and focused on controlled, relaxed breathing, slowing heart rate, or feeling different physical sensations, like relaxing your arms or legs one by one.

Progressive Muscle Relaxation

In this technique you focus on slowly tensing and then relaxing each muscle group. It helps you to focus on difference between tension in muscles and relaxation. Master that and you become more aware of physical sensations.

One way to do is to start by tensing and relaxing muscles in your toes and progressively working your way up to your neck and head. You can also start with your head and neck and work down to your toes. Tense your muscles for at least five seconds and then relax for 30 seconds, and repeat.

Visualization

In this technique you create images in your mind to take a journey to a peaceful place or a situation. During visualization, try to use as many senses as you can, that includes smell, sight, sound and touch. If you imagine relaxing at the river side, for instance, think about the smell of water, the sound of crashing waves and the warmth of the sun on your body. You could want to close your eyes, sit in a quiet spot and loosen any tight clothing.

You can use following techniques among visualization and muscle relaxation, such as

• Deep breathing
• Hypnosis
• Massage
• Meditation
• Tai chi
• Yoga
• Biofeedback
• Music and art therapy