«If there are nights where I have difficulty falling asleep, I will do a very simple
relaxation technique called diaphragmatic breathing.
Not exact matches
Basically it is a way to learn
relaxation techniques, which in religious language are often
called meditation and prayer.
«We wanted to examine whether people would perceive their environment as less threatening after engaging in physical exercise or after doing a
relaxation technique that is similar to the breathing exercises in yoga (
called progressive muscle
relaxation),» Mr. Heenan explains.
In the book, I describe a
technique called progressive muscle
relaxation.
Yoga Nidra is most commonly practiced as a
technique for deep
relaxation and rejuvenation but this yogic science goes well beyond this, enabling us to remember and control our dreams, to pass through the stages of sleep with awareness, and ultimately to experience what is
called the super-conscious state.
To teach a
technique called «progressive
relaxation,» I ask students to clear off their desk and sit or rest as comfortably as they can in their desks.
Indeed, a recent research review by Marvin Berkowitz and Melinda Bier of the University of Missouri (at St. Louis) found that the most common topic in today's character education programs is «social - emotional content» — in particular, what they
call «personal improvement / self - management and awareness (self - control, goal setting,
relaxation techniques, self - awareness, emotional awareness).»
Students who elect to meditate use a specific
technique called Transcendental Meditation that facilitates a state of deep
relaxation.
And I think what's interesting is, as you'll hear, Doug and his book differentiate kind of the
relaxation mindfulness meditation
techniques that work really well for some people, and what he does with his more focused, what he
calls driven, meditation is a totally different
technique, and is designed especially for people who aren't trying to relax, but instead are trying to focus their minds, and that it turns out that different styles of meditation can have completely different effects on your brain.