Relaxation and Wellness Techniques CD

Relaxation exercises can help to lower blood pressure and heart rate, reduce oxidative stress in the body, decrease anxiety and depression, improve sleep, and provide a feeling of wellness. The Relaxation and Wellness Techniques: Mastering the Mind-Body Connection audio offers adults a variety of techniques for promoting relaxation and wellness based on empirically supported approaches, including cognitive-behavior therapy (CBT), and borrows from Buddhist meditation. Relaxation exercises, when used regularly, can help us feel more equipped to manage daily stressors as they arise. Based on psychological principles and positive thinking patterns, the authors present 10 different guided sessions to help gain control over stress, disruptive thoughts, anxiety, and phobias, as well as to structure practice of calm breathing, progressive muscle relaxation, visualization, positive self-talk, and mindfulness meditation.

The exercises allow users to try a number of different types of relaxation. Tracks range from calm breathing to more complex skills, including gaining control over thoughts. They are brief but comprehensive. Therefore, users can choose the specific exercises that they find most beneficial and apply them to a variety of situations, which increases their applicability to daily life. The convenience of downloadable recordings promotes their usability; for instance, individuals can listen to them in bed, at breaks during work, on a walk, and so forth. Recordings might also be used in a group setting—during talks, workshops, or for college or graduate school classes to enhance awareness and calm. Between each session, music composed, performed, and produced by Bryce Alvord enhances the peaceful tone. The goal of the exercises is to recognize the power of the mind over physical and mental stressors.

Track Listing

1. Calm Breathing (8:04)
2. Zen Breathing (6:40)
3. Progressive Muscle Relaxation (11:48)
4. Seated Eight Pieces of Brocade (6:43)
5. Self Talk (8:08)
6. Challenging Catastrophic Thoughts (8:44)
7. Overcoming Phobias (5:38)
8. Gaining Control Over Thoughts (6:08)
9. Mindfulness (8:54)
10. Short Visualization (8:05)