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- Diaphragmatic Breathing - Breathing technique engaging the diaphragm muscle to promote full oxygen exchange and activate the relaxation response.
- Guided Imagery - Relaxation technique using directed mental visualization of peaceful scenes to reduce stress and promote healing.
- 4-7-8 Breathing - Breathing technique inhaling for 4 counts, holding for 7, exhaling for 8 to promote deep relaxation and sleep.
- Transcendental Meditation - Mantra-based meditation technique practiced 20 minutes twice daily to access deep rest and reduce stress.
- Box Breathing - Breathing technique using equal counts for inhale, hold, exhale, and hold to reduce stress and improve focus.
- Relaxation Response - Herbert Benson's term for the physiological opposite of the stress response - deliberate activation of calm.
- Vagus Nerve - The longest cranial nerve connecting the brain to major organs, key to the relaxation response.
- Progressive Muscle Relaxation - A technique of systematically tensing and releasing muscle groups to induce physical and mental relaxation.
- Parasympathetic Activation - Engaging the rest-and-digest branch of the nervous system to counteract stress and promote recovery.
- Yoga Nidra - Guided meditation practice inducing conscious deep relaxation while maintaining awareness between waking and sleeping states.
- Breathwork - Conscious control of breathing patterns to influence mental, emotional, and physical states.
- Autogenic Training - A self-hypnosis relaxation technique using mental suggestions of heaviness and warmth.
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