Archive for the 'Relax' Topics
Relax #3. Active Step: Practise ‘instant relaxation’ to help reduce stress
This technique for reducing stress takes about 10 seconds and can be done anywhere, in any position
1 – Use a trigger word such as “relax” to help you slow down and think about relaxing
2 – Get physically comfortable
3 – Think calming, positive thoughts
4 – Take a deep breath and let it slowly, counting to ten, then repeat.
You can use do this when you feel yourself getting a bit stressed, angry or frustrated. You can also use this to relax deeper when you’re already feeling calm.
A visual reminder (like a photo, or a funny or child-like object) can help you remember to this more regularly.
Relax #1. Active Step: Do what works for you
You probably already have favoured ways of unwinding.
What are they?
It might be: having a warm drink, going for a walk, chatting to a friend, listening to relaxing music or having a candlelit bath.
Build in more of these actions to your daily routine today and this week to help you feel more relaxed, more often.
Introduction to Relax
Everyday we go from one situation to the next with some feeling of physical or muscular tension or relaxation.
This is one of the most immediate and practical topics to help us feel calmer, more often.
