Top steps to relax

Stress has negative consequences to both your health and your relationships. The way to stay healthy and happy is to learn how to relax.

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Relax Without Relaxation Techniques

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  1. Lie down somewhere where you are unobstructed 
  2. On your back, totally relax all of your muscles. 
  3. Close your eyes and concentrate on your breathing. 
  4. Listen to your "mind chatter" for a moment.
  5. One by one, let your thoughts go. 
  6. Try to clear your mind
  7. Bring up a thought that makes you feel relaxed
  8. Think to yourself that you are perfectly calm and relaxed, totally healthy and happy. 
  9. Continue the slow breathing... 
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Some Rathbone findings

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> Most afflicted by tension are patriots, close students of world affairs, Sunday drivers, businessmen, energetic and ambitious people generally.

>Moderately religious people are more relaxed than unbelievers or religious fanatics.

> Tense individuals should lie down and relax for five minutes, at frequent intervals.

> To relieve insomnia, go to bed an hour earlier than usual each night for two weeks, obliterate worries with pleasant thoughts of childhood.

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Relaxation Techniques from wikiHow

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  1. Make healthy food choices.
  2. Find a quiet place
  3. Close your eyes and picture your own personal paradise. 
  4. Breathe
  5. Relax in bedTake a bath, play soft music, and lay down in bed. Read a book
  6. Avoid people who are constantly angry or complain.
  7. Stop engaging in behaviors that make you feel guilty. 
  8. Exercise every day. 
  9. Learn to prioritize
  10. Draw a warm bath
  11. Curl up 
  12. Do yoga
  13. Go to your local spa for a great massage.
  14. Lay on your bed or sofa, have some soft music playing in the background 
  15. Go for a walk.
  16. Swim. 
  17. Do the activities or hobbies that relax you
  18. Spend time with your pet. 
  19. Download ebooks on relaxation.
  20. Think positively.
  21. Practice meditation. 
  22. Think of the ocean 
  23. Do you know self-hypnosis? 
  24. Do you know someone who can hypnotise you? 
  25. Read a book or an article that makes you think.
  26. Smile and laugh 
  27. Work!
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