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Emotional relaxation methods
There may be many different methods of harmonizing our emotions. These techniques, on the one hand, release of such unpleasant and traumatic and emotional states as anger, rage, aggression, anxiety, fear, frustration, laziness, sadness, depression ... etc., on the other hand, they lead to a proper balance between over-arousal and apathy.
Emotional relaxation, as well as physical relaxation brings the state of harmony and vitality into our inner being.
The main difference between physical relaxation and emotional relaxation is that the emotional relaxation concentrates on great emotional tensions on the subconscious level of our organism, such as stress in a vegetative state (stress can be present in any of our systems such as digestion, respiratory system or circulatory system). Physical relaxation is focusing particularly on the loosening of excessive tension in the muscles.
Between particularly effective and popular methods of relaxation is Jacobson relaxation method, along with breathing techniques and conscious visualization.
This Jacobson method mentioned previously (alternate tensioning and loosening of muscles) positively affects both the tension in the muscle tissue, and contributes to achieving emotional balance.
Observing your breath in a conscious way is very directly related to the notice of your vegetative and emotional tension. Any distortion of the emotional balance will automatically distort emotional rhythm of our breath. For example, a person able to breathe normally distress very quickly, while those in state of depression breathe insufficiently in terms of depth of the breath.
Very high therapeutic value is therefore dependant on establishing contact with your breath. It consists of careful and relaxed (quiet) monitoring the rhythm of your breathing and sensing the air flow passing through your nostrils. You should feel, as air passes through both nostrils, as it fills the lungs and leaves down to the abdomen.
It is not recommended to artificially extend the force of breath, breath through free observation and establish contact with your breath - your breath after a while will become longer automatically.
We need to breathe in such a way that is most natural for us.
Consciously sensing the breath helps to introduce the state of equilibrium between the extreme emotional arousal, and apathy. This is a state of emotional balance, when we feel strong, vital and feel the inner joy and freshness. This is increasing confidence in ourselves. At the same time it strongly promotes silencing the mind and bring clarity of thought and reasoning.
By returning to the "here and now" which we obtain by the observation of breath, we gradually release the negative emotions distorting our well being and causing negative emotional states - such as anger, anxiety, restlessness, nervousness, and the overall mental discomfort.
Observing the breath is also a good way to restore vitality and well-being after the great mental or physical effort, or fatigue. It is therefore an effective method of relaxation and recuperation in life.
Such a method can be used not only during relaxation exercises at home, but also in everyday life - such as going to work, school, or for example, having a short break in the office, etc.
Speaking about the emotional relaxation therapy it is also worth mentioning, that visualizing makes a good impact. In fact, visualization affects many levels of awareness and in principle it is classified as one of mental techniques related to our mind. However, very often it triggers highly beneficial effects on the emotions of man.
When we are loosening our muscles and breathing in a conscious way (e.g. by some other relaxation techniques) we can also additionally visualize some pleasant scenery of nature. It will cause even deeper relaxation of our emotions - you feel inner harmony and bliss, then you feel good contact and movement between different dimensions of your personality.
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