Hello All,
I have learned over the last few years of being a Yoga instructor and student in health and wellness, how effective relaxation techniques are in our fast paced, stress filled lives.  The relaxation technique we have been guided through as an exercise was useful, beause it had you become aware of your body parts breathing into them and focus on increasing your circulation.  It is a proven fact that belly breathing helps calm the sympathetic nervous system.  I felt the difference, have had normal everyday life stress my body, after the relaxation exercise I felt calm and more centered in mind, Body, and emotions, which made be more focused to write this blog.  At the end of Yoga, I guide people through meditation in shavasana, which is corpse pose, you focus on just playing dead pretty much, but while your on your back.  I have them focus on their breathing and really bring their awareness into their bodies and all they just did to it in strengthing and stretching.  The important part of relaxation is to stay in the presemt moment feeling everything, this focus really helps clear the mind of the clutter and making an individual better able to concentrate, create, be present, and feel better.  Another important factor in making relaxation a regular part of my routine is in having the awareness of the body, I can tune into any aches and pains and focus on healing myself with my mind and bodies natUral ability, for example closing your eyes and feeling a spot with tension, that could become an issue for me, because when your tense you are more prone to injury, I picture wrapping it in a bubble and releasing it through my breathing, so in essense just letting it go.  Thanks for reading, happy relaxing to all and blogging.