Health and Fitness

Relaxation is not a luxary, it's a necessary for those living a busy, stress-filled life. Relaxation can help protect you from common health problems such as high blood pressure, heart disease and obesity, as well as other age-related diseases. There are various methods to relieve stress but now you can also do it with visualisation.Try to practise these exercises 1-2 times per day until it becomes natural for you.

• To begin, lie down, get comfortable, and close your eyes. Use some relaxed breathing to calm yourself. Take about four slow, deep breaths.
• Now, picture yourself in a quiet, special place. A place that is very beautiful and feels peaceful and safe. It can be a place in nature, such as beach....a lake... a forest ... a field ... a mountain. Or it can be somewhere else, like a garden... a church.. a favorite room... somewhere you have been in the past.
• Notice the sounds, what you hear. Perhaps the lapping of water against the shore, or the sound of wind rustling in the leaves. Listen to the sounds in your quiet, special place.
• Notice the smells in the air. Perhaps the smell of the salt water... or the fresh clean smell of country air.... or the smell of pine needles in the forest.
• Feel how warm or cool the air is against you skin. And picture where you are. Are you lying down? ... sitting? .... leaning against something?... standing?
• Use all your senses to make this special place as vivid and real as you can. Continue  to enjoy being in your special place for a minute or two longer. When you are ready, open your eyes slowly and continue to remain still and enjoy your relaxation for another moment or two.