Real Relaxation by Konstantin Koss

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With stress being the culprit to the different obstacles we experience today, more and more people are trying to find different activities to be used as their outlet for stress. Some would go to gyms and work up a sweat; others would rather have fun with their friends, while others need some down time and some peace and quiet. On the latter, deep relaxation is the key to relieve one’s self from stress.

When deep relaxation is mentioned, some people would immediately think meditation and yoga. These two are very popular nowadays but that doesn’t mean that they are the “be all” of deep relaxation. The key here is for you to be comfortable, relaxed, and basically be letting go of your stress.

Here are some steps on how you can achieve deep relaxation:

1) Choose an area where you will be able to spend some time undisturbed. If you are unable to find total silence in your home, then just look for a spot where there is the least noise and just let the sounds flow through you.

2) Yoga and meditation is not just about sitting down on the floor cross legged. Find a comfortable position but make sure that you have good posture.

3) Do your deep breathing. Allow the air to come in deep into your abdomen and let it stay in your lungs for 5 seconds or 7. Then as you exhale, expel all air from your chest slowly for the same period of time when you inhaled. Just repeat the process to achieve deep relaxation.

4) Feel every part of your body and tense their muscles as you pass each part. Start with your toes and work yourself up. Do this on two cycles of deep breathing.

5) When you have reached your head, and then work yourself downward relaxing your muscles. You will then feel relaxed and continue to feel this way until you have ended your session.

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