Relaxation Therapy Tips

Relaxation Therapy Tips has a special double edition today looking at setting up a Safe Place. This episode looks at setting up a safe place that you can retreat to. This focuses on getting to your safe place and resting so is a good episode to use if you have trouble calming down your mind before sleep. Listen to Part 2 [Episode 20] if you want to have a brief rest and then return to your day.

This episode gives some quick techniques that can be used to de-stress and calm down if you're getting agitated; ideal for holiday shopping trips!

This episode contains a guided meditation to show how visualising certain colours and linking them to specific areas of the body can be beneficial for relaxation and healing.

This episode contains a meditation that can be used to help you relax or to help you deal with pain in specific areas. This is done by visualising light shining into the body to bring a cleansing and healing effect.

Trying to quieten the mind can be quite a challenge - especially if you are new to meditation. Often if you give your mind something to do while you are trying to quieten it then it makes the process much easier. The meditation in this episode uses an element of visualisation to help give the mind something to focus on. It can be very good for dealing with anxious thoughts or difficult times and can also produce quite a strong feeling of calm in a relatively short time.

This episode includes a short meditation to deal with pain. This uses the idea that accepting and fully exploring physical pain, instead of fighting against it, can help the body to heal quicker and reduce the sensation of pain.

This episode builds upon episode 13 (Accepting Life) to develop the practice of equanimity to tackle difficult situations. Equanimity is the practice of accepting things just as they are, good or bad. This was inspired by the work of Diana Winston, Director of Mindfulness Education at MARC UCLA, USA.

This episode introduces the idea of equanimity and includes a basic meditation practice. Equanimity is the process of accepting life just as it is, even if it is currently difficult. Building an equanimity practice can help you to become less reactive and more able to cope with difficult situations.

This episode looks at finding the silence and stillness that is always there, even when there is noise around you. This can be a good way of dealing with stressful, intrusive noise and can also be an alternative focus for meditation.

This is a mindful meditation that centres around the body with a little visualisation thrown in. It demonstrates conscious relaxation as your body and mind are both focused on the same experience.

This podcast is the last in the Loving Kindness series and looks at sending loving kindness to people that you find difficult, with the aim of improving your relationship with them.

Part 3 of the Loving Kindness series, this develops the practice of sharing kindness with others to help develop more compassion and understanding in the World.

This is a follow on from Episode 7, developing the practice of Loving Kindness to focus on improving self kindness and reducing self criticism.

A basic loving-kindness meditation which will be built upon in future episodes.

A short mindfulness practice to appreciate your feet!

Try smiling more - even if you don't feel particularly happy - as it might just change the way you feel, and the way people act around you.

Do you get so stressed in examinations that your mind goes blank? Find it difficult remembering anything after revising? Then this method might help you.

A quick and simple practice to calm yourself when feeling anxious or angry.

An easy water therapy technique you can use at home which is great for boosting circulation, helping to prepare for sleep and to shake off morning sluggishness.

A short breathing practice that is good to prepare yourself for meditation or just to let go of the stress of the day when you get home