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Relaxation Response

Practicing simple relaxation techniques for a few minutes a day could ease your troubled mind.

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Helpful Tips and Hints

• Sit quietly in a comfortable position.
• Close your eyes.
• Relax your muscles.
• Become aware of your breathing.
• As you breathe out, say a word such as “one,” or “calm” over and over again.
• Keep doing this for 10 or 20 minutes.

For More Information

• The Relaxation Response from the Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine.
• Meditation for health from the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine.
• Learn ways to calm your stress from the Mayo Clinic.
• 5 relaxation techniques to calm your mind and body from the University of Maryland Medical Center.