Tuesday 13 December 2011

Learn Some Techniques For Relaxation

By Dana McLean


When looking for relaxation techniques you will find there are many forms. If you want to practice relaxation, then here is a selection of 4 techniques you can choose from.

For a deeper state of relaxation, you may want to use a combination of these relaxation techniques as well as relaxation methods.

Techniques for Relaxation. All about meditation. Meditation is a mental exercise. What you do is choose an object or visual image and focus on it. Focusing on the breathing is a popular method. The lotus position is what a lot of people prefer when they are doing this exercise. Energies are allowed to flow better by keeping the spine straight.

This helps to develop something called mindfulness. Random thoughts are reduced when mindfulness is being developed. Because you can focus on one thing at a time with fewer random thoughts, you can therefore be more productive.

Relaxation techniques. What is progressive relaxation? Muscles are use with the progressive relaxation technique. The reason for this technique is to help identify the difference between relaxed muscles and tensed muscles. You can consciously relax tensed muscles as long as you can recognize them.

Lying down when practicing this technique is a good idea. It is best to focus on one muscle at a time. For about 10 seconds, you should tense the muscle. Consciously relax it afterwards. Before you move on to the next muscle, pause for a moment. Then move from each muscle from the top of the body through the toes. After the exercise, each muscle should be totally relaxed. What you may want to do is lay still for a while and enjoy the relaxing feeling.

Relaxation techniques. All about breathing. There is a logical reason why breathing exercises helps you to relax. If you are tense you may have noticed you are breathing with your chest. It's likely to be fast and shallow.

With the help of this exercise, you can get into the habit of breathing using your belly. You can notice the difference if you place one hand on your chest and the other on your belly. Inhale deeply and allow your belly to expand. Make sure that the other hand on your belly moves more.

Sit in a comfortable chair to do the exercise. Your back should be straight. Make sure that both feet are flat on the floor.

Inhale deeply through your nose and hold for as long as it feels comfortable. Then exhale through your mouth and keep it only slightly open. Before repeating the process, a pause has a better calming result with this exercise.

Techniques for relaxation. Imagery There is another powerful technique called visualization and here you use your imagination. For this technique, guided imagery is a term that is often used. Being in a calm and pleasant place is what the practitioner imagines. It could be any place and not just somewhere you have been to. You just need to make sure that it is nice to imagine. Imagining being in a place where are surrounded with things that makes you happy would be the objective here.

Used on there own, any one of these techniques can be quite relaxing. Used together you will find that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.

If a combination of these exercise is what you want to use, then start with the progressive muscle exercise to relax you. Use the breathing exercise to maintain the relaxed state. Using meditation or imagery exercise is another option to focus your mind and help reduce random thoughts.




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