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Some simple relaxation techniques by Lynne Hancher
Relaxation Techniques You Can Use Right Now
Need to relax? Need to rid yourself of stress? Then read through the simple techniques below and feel better...
Smile
Scientists
have shown that smiling can induce chemical changes in the
brain that stimulate happiness (not a smirk - but a whole
face smile). Participants in a study were encouraged to practice
smiling before a mirror and ensure the use of the mouth,
cheeks and eyes. The results were reduced stress, reduced
anxiety, release of muscular tensions and a general improvement
to physical health. Scientists deduced - quite rightly -
that happy people have less anxieties and people with fewer
anxieties are happier!
Laughing is
also beneficial and has been described as an internal body
exercise. Other participants were asked to start each day
with laughter - ten minutes of it - induced by listening
to a tape of laughter. Laughter is also being used as a new
form of meditation. Happy people laugh more than their unhappy
counterparts.
So don't just
sit there, SMILE. Use your whole face. Laugh out loud. Try
it. It's really quite hard to stay miserable if you smile
as hard as you can.
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Visualisation
Why not take
a trip to these woods right now?
This is a simple
meditation technique. Click on the image to the left and
a larger version will appear. Look at the picture for a few
moments and listen to the soundtrack of the birds singing.
Then simply close your eyes and imagine that you're in these
woods. Visualise it in your mind. Feel the warmth of the
sun peeping through the dense green leaves. Feel the coolness
of the shadows. See the birds hopping between the branches
and bushes. Smell the vegetation. Breathe in the pure, clean
air. Kick up the leaves that litter the soft brown earth.
Forget all
other worries and concerns and enjoy the feeling of several
minutes in the woods.
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