The ObservatoryCue relaxation
After some practice, a single word can make your shoulders drop. Here you link the word to your exhale, and take the calm with you into everyday life.
How it works
- The word and the exhaleChoose
- The trainingBreathe
- Take it out with youList
Basic relaxation teaches the body to let go. This step makes the calm portable: you pair a word, for example calm, with each exhale while you are relaxed. After enough repetitions the word becomes a signal the body recog …
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Why does it work?
Cue-controlled relaxation is a core element of Öst's applied relaxation, which has RCT support for anxiety, phobias and tension complaints (Öst 1987 and later trials). The effect depends entirely on the association first being trained during real relaxation.
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