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Relaxation techniques
Don't let yourself be stressed anymore!
Learn autogenic training or progressive muscle relaxation.
Learn to understand what stress is, where it comes from, and how it affects you.
The aim of these courses is to be able to use relaxation techniques effectively at home and anywhere you want.
Autogenic training (AI) is a relaxation process that was developed by neurologist Johannes Schultz in Berlin in the 1930s.
AI is a self-relaxation method that should help you regain more calm in stressful phases of life. You mentally focus on a certain body reaction and this actually occurs. AI is a kind of self-hypnosis. The autonomic nervous system is controlled with the power of thought.
With the help of certain auto-suggestive formulas, for example “I am very calm” (coping with stress) or “My body is very heavy” (muscle relaxation), it is possible to relax the corresponding parts of the body and calm the nervous system.
Progressive muscle relaxation (PMR) was also developed in the 1930s by the American scientist and psychologist Edmund Jacobson.
After his back pain got worse and no doctor could help him, he found out in self-experiments that he could alleviate his symptoms by actively tensing and relaxing certain muscle areas.
And so you too will gradually learn to perceive and relax all the important muscle functions of the body.
The basic principle of PMR is to deliberately tense individual muscle groups one after the other for a few seconds and then relax for significantly longer. This way you get to know your body better and to differentiate between tension and relaxation.
All relaxation techniques can also increase anxiety in people with anxiety. Tingling in the fingers, hyperventilation (muscle twitching and palpitations) may occur. The blood pressure can drop further. Asthma symptoms may increase during relaxation exercises.
Please clarify with your doctor in advance whether PMR or AI is suitable for you.
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