Relaxation

The word 'relax' is a verb, hence it is a doing word that infers taking some action in itself. Relaxation is not just something we are doing when not doing something else. Relaxation is its own specific action. Relaxation is the specific action we can take to relax the muscles in our body, lower our heart rate and calm our nerves.

Being relaxed is not just a posture. We might usually associate lying down or being seated with relaxation but there are many ways of lying down that cause tension in parts of the body and many loungers that are not ergonomically safe. We can be relaxed standing up just as much as we can be lying down or sitting.

Relaxation: Breathing

Breathing is the key to managing your nervous system and understanding how to do relaxation exercises.

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How to deal with anger

In this post we look at how different sources on the internet view anger management. At Healthline, anger is described as a positive emotion, much as we do on Emotfit: Anger is a normal feeling and can be a positive emotion when it helps you work through issues or problems, whether that’s at work or at home. The Healthline article outlines 25 ways to control anger. The following items reflect...
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Relaxation is a skill and it can be learnt

Relaxation is a skill and we can do exercises to develop that skill and condition ourselves to be relaxed in a wide variety of situations

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