Wellness Together Canada | Tension Release Exercise

About This Resource

What It Does

This exercise can help you calm down through techniques such as:

Progressive muscle relaxation

Deep breathing

How It Helps

This resource can help you:

Cope with stress

Calm down when feeling anxious

Feel less tense, physically and mentally

This exercise can help you calm down through techniques such as:

Progressive muscle relaxation

Deep breathing

This resource can help you:

Cope with stress

Calm down when feeling anxious

Feel less tense, physically and mentally

Thank you for sharing some resources and making me feel empowered in a moment where I felt totally detached.

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This technique is a very good way to calm down when you’re overcome with anxiety. Try it at home or someplace quiet. Once you get better at it, you’ll find that you can do it almost anywhere, any time.