Progressive Muscle Relaxation

Muscle Relaxation

Progressive Muscle Relaxation

Progressive muscle relaxation or PMR is a relaxation technique that systematically allows you to tense and relax the muscle groups in your body.  Although it has been shown to be an effective practice to promote better sleep, it is also beneficial to use anytime to promote physical and emotional wellbeing.
 

Here are a few online resources you can use to perform progressive muscle relaxation in just a few minutes:

 

5 minutes

Here is a 5-minute progressive muscle relaxation exercise.

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30 minutes

Here is a 30 minute PMR exercise.  It is also downloadable so you can take it on the go.

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Read more about PMR and its benefits.