Relaxation Resources

1. Mindfulness Meditation

Everyone experiences stress from time to time. However, excessive stress can have serious negative effects on your health, including anxiety, depression, and cardiovascular diseases. Thus, letting go of stress is important, and that is exactly what this short, one-minute breathing exercise will help you with!

Feeling stressed out within a group of people and worried about how to let it out? Do not worry, just plug in your earphones and listen to this short meditation video that you can do absolutely anywhere! In just 5 minutes you can reset your day in a positive way.

2. Body Scan Meditation

Awareness is the means toward self-discovery which is possible through meditation. In this fast-paced world, we don't possess enough time to connect with our bodies. However, this 3-minute video will help you experience just that using a body scan. This meditation will help you to shift your divided attention towards becoming more focused and mindful of every moment.

3. Breathing Meditation

Breathe in and breathe out! This breathing exercise will help you to calm down and relax in times of stress. Moreover, this will help with slowing down the autonomic nervous system which is responsible for the fight or flight response, while suppressing the release of cortisol hormone which speeds up the process of aging.

4. Mindful Eating

This clip will help you learn the art of mindful eating. Which can help increase the awareness and understanding regarding your hunger cues, perception of flavors and textures, and maintaining overall control of your eating habits.

To improve one's relationship with food and maintain an ideal weight it is important to develop an awareness of the 'how and why' of having food. The video resource will teach you six helpful tips related to mindful eating. 

5. Mindful Walking

Are you unaware of the present? Stuck in a stream of thoughts? Or perhaps are you just hustling from one place to the next resulting in unpleasant feelings? Learn to incorporate mindful walking with more control over your thoughts and readily reach a relaxed state with this resource.

Mindful walking involves taking every step and being aware of each one, along with an awareness that extends toward noticing your breath. It can be carried out anywhere, be it a crowded or lonely space. This technique will help you feel more connected with yourself and your surroundings without getting distracted by the rushing thoughts in your mind.

6. Mindful Self Compassion

Self-compassion is a necessity as it helps negate anxious and depressive thoughts. Mindful self-compassion is when people are conscious of their feelings while going through challenging times, but still learn to be kind to themselves. This video resource will help you get the most out of it by teaching you six beneficial tips to help you in your everyday life!

To relieve the tension in your mind and body, try learning self-compassion meditation. Here is a great resource that will help you do exactly that!

7. Mindful Activity

Mindfulness is a tool that can help maintain a life free of stress and enhance your psychological well-being. As simple as mindfulness may sound, it may be quite challenging at first. However, day by day the more time you spend practicing mindfulness the more benefits you can reap. The STOP technique can be very helpful in aiding with your daily mindfulness practice!

This video demonstrates how to be mindful of yourself and your surroundings. This can eventually help you adopt a stress-free and enjoyable lifestyle. This routine with the given short yet extremely helpful activities will make you see the difference in your life.

8. Meditation for Sleep: (all sleep videos/audios are long so people can listen to them as long as they want to)

Sleep can become difficult because of various stresses upon the body which may present with increased pains and body aches. These can be ameliorated with the help of meditation which can relieve your stress and calm your mind - getting you the better quality sleep that you deserve!

Sleep meditation can help you get into a state of deep sleep where the body is completely relaxed with an aware mind. This exercise may benefit you as it helps the mind and body calm down and down-regulate the nervous system for quality sleep.
 

9. Sleep inducing audio

Listen to this audio resource to fall into a deep sleep state. With this meditation music experience a dual magical effect on your body and mind!

Here's a relaxing audio resource to calm your mind and body - to induce a satisfying deep sleep state.

10. Yoga

A 10-minute routine for beginners in Hatha Yoga! This is an easy-to-follow, fundamental yoga routine that is great for beginners. This Yoga can help you get more relaxed, calming your mind and body while keeping you more focused and aware throughout the day.

 A 7 Minute meditation to start you Day! This is a basic and straightforward meditation routine that is simple to follow. This meditation video is made to help you regroup, connect with what makes you feel good, and find a healthy way to focus on your day. Only seven minutes and an open mind are required. Daily meditation practice will enhance mental clarity, reduce stress, and transform anxious energy into trust.

11. Simple breathing exercise

A breathing exercise that relaxes the body - with an experience of immediate relaxation that follows. This resource offers steps that will help you acquire a better connection with your body through some helpful yet simple techniques.

12. 4-7-8 breathing

A simple yet relaxing breathing activity to assist you on how to calm your occupied mind. The 4-7-8 Breathing technique stands as a basic care exercise that can help you escape from your own mind while granting relaxation. It may also lessen uneasiness and aid with a calm sleep.

13. Squared breathing / Box breathing

Amidst the distress and tension of your daily lives, you can utilize the power of your breath to assist in relaxing your sensations of nervousness and stress. This basic relaxation method can help you 'reset your breath' and return it to its ubiquitous state.

14. Diaphragmatic Breathing Technique

A graded illustration to help understand diaphragmatic breathing which will assist you in connecting better with your body with more success and effectiveness.

15. Safe place visualization

We breathe the entire day and consistently without even thinking about it, however, some of the time by going slower we can have a really groundbreaking journey where we can investigate ourselves. This mindful breathing procedure that incorporates one more mental prompt to assist you with concentrating: counting every breath.

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16. Scenic Visualization (A walk to Forest)

This video involves a timberland walk that will permit you to discharges your stress and will direct you to lessen nervousness by the relaxed symbolism. With the assistance of creative mind this video will assist you with making a shift from a stressed temperament to a quiet and serene mood.

17. *Scenic Visualization (Cloud visualization)

 This relaxing visualization will assist you with feeling more quiet, tranquil and peaceful.

18. Autogenic training exercise

This sort of relaxing method induces and promotes sensations of relaxation and calm in your body to assist with lessening negative energies. It mitigates anxieties coming about because of specific circumstances and circumstances that might overpower us with trouble, stress and dissatisfaction.

19 A. Guided muscle relaxation

This video masters the ability of "progressive muscle relaxation." This is an expertise that forms awareness of muscle pressure in your body and (with every day practice) permits you to release that strain when you need to. The movements for the activity are shown by the blue figure, to assist you with knowing how to tense and relate the different muscle groups.

19 B. Guided muscle relaxation

This video masters the ability of "progressive muscle relaxation." This is an expertise that forms awareness of muscle pressure in your body and (with every day practice) permits you to release that strain when you need to. The movements for the activity are shown by the blue figure, to assist you with knowing how to tense and relate the different muscle groups.

20. Five senses (5-4-3-2-1 Technique)

This video presents the 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 Grounding Technique to assist you with managing your stress and anxiety.

21. Mental Exercises

A basic grounding exercise for managing anxiety and setting off the parasympathetic reaction. This basic exercise can assist you with feeling of calmness by giving you a viable method for utilizing your 5 sensations to remind your cerebrum that you are actually protected.