Relaxation

Stress Management, yoga and relaxation

Stress Management has been a buzz word in selling yoga to the public for many years, and rightly so. Yoga practice achieves remarkable control over the stresses that accompanies life. When yoga is practiced with the emphasis on stress release it may overcome even acute cases of stress, and is a highly effective preventative of accumulative stress.

Read Stress release and Rejuvenation, an extract from the Five Keys to Well-being book/CD/DVD and technique.

Practicing deep relaxation provides the body and mind valuable insight into stress management. The technique for stress release is simple to learn, and requires absolute minimum levels of physical mobility. Lying on the flat of the back on a hard surface for a few minutes at the end of the day is a great way to bring about deep stress release and better performance levels to your body.

Deep relaxation- and rejuvenation

Relaxation forms an integrated part of any yoga practice, its positions are considered as much as ‘asana’ as the exercises. Relaxation may be practiced independently of a yoga routine.

A few minutes in any of relaxation should follow all yoga (and exercise) routines. Three different postures may be utilised independently, or in sequence, to release deep stress in the physical- and emotional bodies.

See RELAXATION EXERCISES TO PROMOTE GOOD POSTURE on the Five Keys "Posture" page.

Alexander technique - benefits the neck, shoulders and lower back, the Backward bend - opens up the midriff, chest, heart space and throat for deep breathing and emotional stress release, the 'Corpse' pose - a classic yoga posture that aligns the body and rounds off the above stretches,

A complete relaxation session should last at least 15 minutes (3 x 5), or preferably, 30 minutes (10 per position) for it to be effective, but a few minutes of any one of these postures at any time of the day will rejuvenate the body with potent and tranquil energy.