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Health Information Relaxation including biofeedback, stress management, breathing control, imagery, meditation, yoga, hypnosis, progressive muscle relaxation, and more.

Breathing Practices
by Roger Jahnke, O.M.D. - There are numerous beneficial physiological mechanisms that are triggered when we turn our attention to the breath and then increase it's volume. Links to breathing exercises.

The Interactive Sand Garden
From The Dove Spa - Download then express yourself with the tools you'll find in the garden, and relax as you create pleasing patterns and comfortable shapes. If your mind is troubled, identify your problem by naming it in the sand, and leave it behind.

Keyboard Yoga
Unwind in the comfort of your own home (or office) as ivillage's resident yogi takes you through basic yoga postures and self-massage techniques you can do right at your keyboard. New exercises featured every week so come back often and prepare to kiss your stress goodbye!

KRS Edstrom's Transformational FREE Guided Meditations
For stress, pain, relaxation, insomnia and spiritual growth

Meditation and Relaxation
by Daniel Redwood, D.C. - Meditation and related relaxation techniques have been scientifically shown to be highly beneficial to health. Meditation's effects on muscle tension and pain, meditation methods,the relaxation response, and more.

Rainbow Stress Reduction (Play the Game!)
by Venu - Play Your Stress Away with Colorful Healing Art and Stress Reducing Games.

Relaxation Practices
by Roger Jahnke, O.M.D. - Inducing the relaxation response can resolve or balance the effects of over activity or stress in the body. Links to relaxation exercises are included.

Relaxation Techniques for Relief of Anxiety & Stress
by Susan M. Lark, M.D. - Author of The Menopause Self Help Book discusses how stress affects the body and offers 14 detailed exercises to help you relax as well as additional relaxation tips.

Stress Busters
Stress busting tips provided by the National Institute of Mental Health.

Tension Buster
From The Dove Spa - Take the weight of the world off of your shoulders and center yourself with this simple stretching exercise designed to ease tension in your neck muscles. Download Instructor-led exercise (Quicktime Movie or Text- and Picture-Based)

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