Stress Relief

Stress relief with relaxation

The stress response floods your body with chemicals that prepare you for “fight or flight” reactions. But, while the stress response is helpful in true emergency situations where you must be alert, it wears your body down when constantly activated leading to chronic fatigue, anxiety, depression, illness,..

You can’t avoid all stressfull events, but you can neutralise negative effects of stress by learning how to relax and achieve a state of deep rest (relaxation response) that is the polar opposite of the stress response.

Relaxation techniques such as deep breathing, visualization, progressive muscle relaxation, meditation, and yoga can help you reduce stress levels in your everyday life.

When practiced regularly, these tehniques bring your system back into balance: deepening your breathing, reducing stress hormones, slowing down your heart rate and blood pressure, and relaxing your muscles.
Research shows that evoking relaxation response also increases energy and focus, help your body fight illness, relieves aches and pains, heightens problem-solving abilities, and boosts motivation and productivity.

Remember - evoking relaxation response is not:
*laying on the couch
*sleeping
*being lazy
The evoking relaxation response is a mentally active process that leaves the body relaxed an is best done in an awake state.