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Selected relaxation techniques How to take care of yourself in the privacy of your home

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Selected relaxation techniques How to take care of yourself in the privacy of your home

The following are some relaxation techniques that can be used after a strenuous day and treated as part of a healthy routine, but there are simple and easily available ways to take care of yourself and relax.

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1. Breathing exercises

In addition, breathing exercises, especially deep breathing, which are used in medicine, among others, to relieve pain, should not be overlooked. The intervention resulted in a greater decrease in anxiety and depression compared to the control group (S.D. Kim 2005). The combination used had a significant effect on pre-operative anxiety (J. Simanjuntak, N. Exercise and stress are often combined with hypertension, which usually causes a deeper feeling and relaxation.

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Some processes are reduced/slow down (e.g. limited oxygen intake, decreased blood pressure) and others are intensified (eg. producing alpha and theta brain waves associated with good emotions). A comfortable body posture that will reduce nervous tension.2. Regularly repeating sounds, thoughts or words or an object that will help focus on meditation.4. In this case, it is the most important and fundamental factor in triggering a relaxation response. In these cases, the five levels of stress-strengthening hormones in patients suffering from a single post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can be analyzed by 12 psychiatrists as a way to evaluate the effects of stress on the body.

3. Walks and contact with nature

Urban agglomerations are sometimes characterized by almost negligible access to parks and forests occur mainly in rural areas. Contact with nature contributes to improving well-being and facilitates relaxation, as demonstrated in one study. The first was in an office with a view of urban space, the second was in a room with an easy view of green spaces. Green space exposure has led to a significant decrease in human movement and an increase in the activity of the city's nervous system, which is demonstrated by a study conducted in one of the study's subjects. The second study was conducted in a single office with an urban space view, and a second in a space with an easily green space view. Since then, the green space effect has been shown to have significantly decreased in people's movement and the increase in physical activity.

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