noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
relaxation techniques
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Patients are taught relaxation techniques to use at home.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
deep
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Time for a few deep breaths of relaxation .
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Meditation often involves deep relaxation , but moves into focusing the thoughts in certain directions.
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And indeed, this level of hypnosis lies somewhere between the state of deep relaxation and light meditation.
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The regression itself took place on Joyce's second visit; the first was used to teach her deep relaxation .
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Start the music and record one or two minutes to begin the all-important process of deep relaxation .
transient
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This has been explained by an increased number of transient sphincter relaxations after a meal.
■ NOUN
muscle
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I use acupuncture to promote muscle relaxation and reduce inflammation in the back's muscles.
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A follow-up study that looks at the long-term effects of transcendental meditation and muscle relaxation is expected to be completed in August.
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The L-arginine-NO system exerts various biological actions including vascular smooth muscle relaxation and inhibition of platelet aggregation.
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The study found that transcendental meditation was twice as effective as muscle relaxation in reducing blood pressure.
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Non-viable cells did not produce muscle relaxation .
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Only viable mononuclear cells and granulocytes caused muscle relaxation , suggesting that the relaxing factor is not stored by these cells.
process
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Stepping into one of the airy, wood-paneled massage rooms begins the relaxation process .
technique
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Counselling and relaxation techniques , Sat, 7 July.
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During practice sessions on relaxation techniques , Patricia recognized that when she had an anxious thought, her muscles tensed.
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The difference between a flotation tank and other relaxation techniques is that other methods require effort on the part of the patient.
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You learn how to use relaxation techniques to relax your body and lower the pitch of the tone.
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For other relaxation techniques , see Chapter 18 on managing stress. 10.
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Insomnia can be successfully treated with therapeutic touch as an adjunct to other relaxation techniques .
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Modern routine clinical practice however offers something of a dilution of the original Jacobsonian relaxation techniques .
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Practice relaxation techniques while you are completely calm.
therapy
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They should be offered relaxation therapy and stress management, and advice on diet and exercise, he said.
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But relaxation therapy is not an easy alternative, the Bulletin says.
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The unit, based at Dormanstown clinic, will use the equipment for relaxation therapy and anxiety management.
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Throughout treatment there will be individual counselling and group sessions as well as lectures and other special processes such as relaxation therapy .
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Apparently her various self-improvement ploys have included a short course in relaxation therapy .
time
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The energy released can be measured as relaxation time .
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The process of disordering can be characterized by a relaxation time , but may not be easily measured.
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This is a simple, single relaxation time model for the approach to equilibrium.
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This becomes necessary when chain entanglements begin to have a significant effect on the relaxation times .
times
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This becomes necessary when chain entanglements begin to have a significant effect on the relaxation times .
■ VERB
learn
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You learn how to use relaxation techniques to relax your body and lower the pitch of the tone.
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They learn relaxation and energizing techniques.
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It is extremely useful to learn relaxation and stress-management techniques.
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She was pleased to learn relaxation techniques to help reduce tension that might arise in the future.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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relaxation techniques, such as meditation
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relaxation therapy
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What do you do for relaxation ?
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You should find time for some relaxation every day
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Affairs were his favorite means of exercise and relaxation .
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Don't be put off if relaxation doesn't seem to work immediately for you.
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In some exceptional cases, a relaxation of green belt restrictions may be justifiable to allow such extensions.
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Mental imagery, probably one of the oldest relaxation techniques known, can allow you to achieve a relaxation response.
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Realizing this will gradually help you to gain confidence to go deeper and deeper into relaxation and experience full benefit from it.
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Sundays meant a slight relaxation of economies.
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The energy released can be measured as relaxation time.
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These vacations had nothing whatever to do with relaxation .