Guided imagery is a relaxation technique that involves dwelling on a positive mental image or scene. It is a tool that psychotherapists use, but a person can also teach it to themselves and use it at ...

Guided imagery may help reduce anxiety, symptoms of depression, and perceived levels of pain. It may also help improve your sleep quality. You can try this low cost and noninvasive therapy from your ...

Just breathe. In her class, Karyn Sullivan often tells children to practice “belly breathing” by contracting the diaphragm to allow air to entire the lungs and belly on an inhale. Parents can place a ...

Elderly people with high blood pressure might want to give guided relaxation audio programs a try, new research shows. In a small study, elderly people with hypertension (high blood pressure ) who ...

This is an uncertain time filled with stressful moments, anxiety, and the pressure to constantly "do something" with our kids, who have likely all lost any semblance of normal routines. Although ...

Applied relaxation is a general term for mind-body exercises used to diminish generalized anxiety. Relaxation techniques include sustained deep breathing, progressive muscle relaxation, guided imagery ...

At a time when stress in U.S. schools is on the rise, the results of a new study hammer home what others have shown: that yoga in schools may be a great benefit to kids’ mental health. The results, ...

The intervention involved six sessions of body relaxation using guided imagery designed to decrease distress while increasing the patient’s sense of internal control. This helps patients better use ...