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For other forms of relaxation, see Relaxation.
A relaxation technique (also known as relaxation training) is any method, process, procedure, or activity that helps a person to relax; to attain a state of increased calmness; or otherwise reduce levels of pain, anxiety, stress or anger. Relaxation techniques are often employed as one element of a wider stress management program and can decrease muscle tension, lower the blood pressure and slow heart and breath rates, among other health benefits.

Relaxation technique
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People respond to stress in different ways, namely, by becoming overwhelmed, depressed or both.[2] Yoga, QiGong, Taiji, and Pranayama that includes deep breathing tend to calm people who are overwhelmed by stress, while rhythmic exercise improves the mental and physical health of those who are depressed. People who encounter both symptoms simultaneously, feeling depressed in some ways and overexcited in others, may do best by walking or performing yoga techniques that are focused on strength.

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Diaphragmatic breathing
Form of breathing done by contracting the diaphragm
Sound therapy is an ancient method of healing.

It non-invasive and can use different instruments like drums, gongs, Tibetan bowls, tuning forks or the human voice. These sounds can create a very deep relaxed state. During sound therapy your brainwaves enter alpha or theta which are associated with light meditation and deep relaxation. Of all of the healing therapies, sound work has been used for many thousands of years. From the Aboriginal people of Australia with their ‘yidaki’ (modern name, didgeridoo), to the monks of Tibet using overtone chanting.

Relaxation (psychology)
Emotional state of low tension and an absence of arousal

Science of yoga
Scientific basis of modern yoga as exercise
Visualization meditation is the method of picturing positive images, ideas, symbols, or using affirmations and mantras to help calm the mind while the body is in a relaxed state," says Ariel Van Alstyne, a reiki practitioner and meditation guide for online health and wellness platform Vivaya.
Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) is an eight-week evidence-based program that offers secular, intensive mindfulness training to assist people with stress, anxiety, depression and pain. Developed at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center in the 1970s by Professor Jon Kabat-Zinn, MBSR uses a combination of mindfulness meditation, body awareness, yoga and exploration of patterns of behaviour, thinking, feeling and action. Mindfulness can be understood as the non-judgmental acceptance and investigation of present experience, including body sensations, internal mental states, thoughts, emotions, impulses and memories, in order to reduce suffering or distress and to increase well-being.Mindfulness meditation is a method by which attention skills are cultivated, emotional regulation is developed, and rumination and worry are significantly reduced. During the past decades, mindfulness meditation has been the subject of more controlled clinical research, which suggests its potential beneficial effects for mental health, as well as physical health.While MBSR has its roots in spiritual teachings, the program itself is secular. The MBSR program is described in detail in Kabat-Zinn's 1990 book Full Catastrophe Living.Best mindfulness relaxation visualization meditation calming reflective space