b7c9da55_Techniques_to_Help_Ease_Stress__Health_Benefit
[Technique] Relaxation practices [Description] Autogenic training - This method focuses on your heartbeat or breathing and picturing your body warm, relaxed or heavy. Deep breathing - You slow your breathing and focus on taking deep, regular breaths. Guided imagery - A visualization technique guided by you or a practitioner that replaces negative thoughts with pleasing images. Progressive relaxation - You focus on tightening and relaxing muscle groups one-by-one. It is often combined with breathing or imagery methods. Self-hypnosis - This method uses a phrase or nonverbal cue that helps you trigger your relaxation response. [Health Benefit] 
The goal is to create a relaxation response, the opposite of the stress response. It may help lower your blood pressure and slow your heart rate. It may lower levels of stress hormones to help counteract the negative effects of stress. Relaxation is also used for other conditions such as chronic pain, insomnia and depression.
Techniques to Help Ease Stress
Health Benefit