RELAXATION: Holistic Health Dictionary on RELAXATION

RELAXATION

A wide variety of complementary therapies claim to improve health by producing relaxation. Some therapists use the relaxed state as a means of promoting psychological change. Other therapies incorporate movement, stretches, and breathing exercises. Relaxation and "stress management" are found to a certain extent within conventional medicine. They generally overlap with other, more clearly complementary, therapies. Relaxation therapy is appropriate for any ill child who is able to follow verbal directions. It is much easier to relax when provided with specific steps rather than just being told to "relax."

One of the most simple and easily learned techniques for relaxation is Progressive Muscle Relaxation (PMR), a widely used technique that was developed by Jacobson in 1939. One learns to relax the muscles through a two-step process. First, one deliberately applies tension to certain muscle groups, and then stops the tension and focuses on how the muscles relax as the tension flows away.

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For more articles on RELAXATION , see: RELAXATION , Body Mind and Soul or Alternative Medicine

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The definition and meaning of RELAXATION is extracted from the home page of The CJ Foundation.

"The CJ Foundation exists in the memory of Christen Jean Bohntinsky (Cj). She passed away on January 20, 2000, at the age of fourteen, after a four-month battle with myelodysplastic syndrome (a disease that causes the bone marrow to stop making blood). During her illness, Cj and her family benefited greatly by using Complementary Holistic Therapies (CHTs) in conjunction with traditional medicine.

The CJ Foundation exists to help lessen the anguish, anger and bitterness that families often experience when facing tragedy."

Please visit http://www.cjfoundation.org for more information.