How to do Progressive Muscle Relaxation

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  • Опубліковано 2 сер 2014
  • Progressive muscle relaxation is a relaxation technique that reduces stress and anxiety in your body by having you slowly tense and then relax each muscle. Progressive muscle relaxation can provide an immediate feeling of relaxation, but it’s best to practice frequently. With experience, you will become more aware of when you are experiencing tension and you will have the skills to help you relax.
    Created by Therapist Aid (www.TherapistAid.com)
    Music: "Healing" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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  • @ladyrenaethomasjames
    @ladyrenaethomasjames 5 місяців тому +46

    OOOOO it seems like a few of us are here because this video was suggested by our therapist 👏

  • @ladyrogue1976
    @ladyrogue1976 8 років тому +360

    This video was suggested by my theripist to help releave anxiety. It does work and definitely more noticeable the more you do it. I do it everyday. Thank you for the video 😊

  • @talkaboutit9761
    @talkaboutit9761 2 роки тому +13

    This video so good I just did 5 years in prison and my therapist recommended this for me I suffer from aniexty and ptsd lot so this video help me out lot thank you

  • @JusticeBurpees
    @JusticeBurpees 2 роки тому +23

    The muscle relaxation starts at 0:47

  • @JackieWilushewski
    @JackieWilushewski 5 місяців тому +13

    When I was growing up I had insomnia, my Mother told me to do this on nights where it was extra hard for me to sleep. She didn't know it was called "progressive muscle relaxation" or anything but somehow she knew this was good for me.

    • @ryanwilliamsjr6362
      @ryanwilliamsjr6362 Місяць тому

      Yeah I've heard of military uses of progressive muscle relaxation to help fall asleep

  • @DanTheMan8819
    @DanTheMan8819 4 роки тому +60

    Thank you for this. I have OCD and Anxiety and I believe this could truly help me.

    • @Weirdo0258
      @Weirdo0258 3 роки тому +5

      It really will. I have the exactly same thing n have been doing it for years.

  • @daftmario123
    @daftmario123 Рік тому +7

    I do this after my calisthenics and weights routine. Really helps me to relax afterwards and go from beast mode to a more relaxed mindset

  • @joslin2269
    @joslin2269 3 роки тому +33

    I suffer from serve PTSD and this helps a lot

  • @closcastillojr76
    @closcastillojr76 5 років тому +16

    It works better starting from top to bottom and at the end the entire body. And you take yourself some place nice you visualize loved ones around you. Every thing is beautiful, you're in a peaceful place.

  • @Slime5276
    @Slime5276 7 років тому +40

    Thank you so much! My constant anxiety hinders me from completing my work. After doing your excersize, I feel more awake and more relaxed.

  • @creativetouchcounselingcen6962
    @creativetouchcounselingcen6962 3 роки тому +38

    I practice this exercise with my clients often who deal with anxiety and anger challenges. They've mentioned often how helpful it is and how they didn't realize how they were carrying tension in different parts of their bodies. Thank you for creating this!!💚💚💚

    • @TherapistAid
      @TherapistAid  2 роки тому +2

      We're so happy to hear this!

    • @CraftyLady20_
      @CraftyLady20_ 2 роки тому +1

      Agree. Thank you from me too. I just tried it just now, and it really works. I felt like a vegetable when I was done (in the best way possible of course 😉).

    • @TheRealClipzMaster
      @TheRealClipzMaster 6 місяців тому +2

      3rd

  • @ryxn_8765
    @ryxn_8765 4 роки тому +34

    i have to do this for a health assignment, but i actually wanna do this all the time. it helps SO much.

  • @CanadianCuttingEdge
    @CanadianCuttingEdge 4 роки тому +16

    Thanks for this little exercise. My therapist suggested it. IT WORKS!!

  • @darthdarth4297
    @darthdarth4297 4 роки тому +4

    I have a chronic tic disorder and this really is useful

  • @Studio-vs5mo
    @Studio-vs5mo Рік тому +2

    Absolutely amazing !! Exams make me anxious that I couldn't study properly due to anxiety and before I study I tried this out my body is feeling so calm its unbelievable

  • @kathybuttsarnold3534
    @kathybuttsarnold3534 3 роки тому +5

    I use this PMR regularly and recommend it to friends whenever possible. Thank you.

  • @oiwtf4126
    @oiwtf4126 4 роки тому +6

    This vid actually worked, and this never works OMG. I luv this. This is awesome

  • @sarahwright7804
    @sarahwright7804 2 місяці тому +1

    I’m going to see if this will work for me. I suffer from anxiety and insomnia and I want to fix this before I go back to college.

  • @emilieclarke5074
    @emilieclarke5074 2 роки тому +6

    I have done a lot of meditations but I've never done one like this before. The relief I feel when I relax my muscles is so nice! Thank you so much !

  • @rustychild1922
    @rustychild1922 3 роки тому +5

    This was very helpful to help myself calm down, thank you.

  • @jokicback2backmvp877
    @jokicback2backmvp877 2 роки тому +7

    Who's here because they have anxiety:)

    • @Gonnie6969
      @Gonnie6969 2 роки тому +1

      Me, at least I hope it's anxiety

  • @katrinaishak
    @katrinaishak 2 роки тому +19

    Thank you so much for this. I am in a constant battle with insomnia and anxiety. I have tense muscles all the time. This exercise helps me to really relax my body and all the tensions I have. I truly believe this will help me in the long term. Thank you 🙏🏻

    • @mmezzini85
      @mmezzini85 Рік тому

      😊c

    • @DnBnetwork
      @DnBnetwork Рік тому

      how are you know do you still suffer from your insomnia ?

  • @charlottegiacona1921
    @charlottegiacona1921 Рік тому +1

    This is my 1st time listening to your relaxation of muscles
    .I may have to do it again this evening..definitely released some of the anxiety, but think I need another round. Wil start practicing daily. Thsnk you

  • @thespies2075
    @thespies2075 4 місяці тому +1

    This is a brilliant song. My favourite of hers.

  • @motukotm48
    @motukotm48 4 роки тому +7

    Thanks so much for maing this, it really helps me sleep so i can get up in the moring for school😂😀❤❤❤❤

  • @foodwarrior696
    @foodwarrior696 7 років тому +7

    great video, I love the video which is perfect for supporting relaxation. I prefer it to ones that show someone in a chair talking through it (even though your eyes are supposed to be closed during the exercise, sometimes my eyes open and I much prefer these visuals.

  • @artyom_zdanek
    @artyom_zdanek Місяць тому

    Okay, recommended by my therapist and I can honestly say it worked great. I will definitely make this part of my routine. 👍

  • @thecousins1721
    @thecousins1721 3 роки тому +1

    my counselor showed me this video and it works great!!

  • @lauragivens4900
    @lauragivens4900 3 роки тому +4

    This was so great for my daughter!

  • @lrmill27
    @lrmill27 4 роки тому +11

    Thank you for uploading this video. My councillor sent me this video and it’s really helped me

  • @DJSLIMEPUP_2000
    @DJSLIMEPUP_2000 5 місяців тому +1

    This is an amazing video! I LUV doing this in my school!🎉

  • @DJSLIMEPUP_2000
    @DJSLIMEPUP_2000 5 місяців тому +1

    It makes me feel very calm!

  • @DestroyerEdits
    @DestroyerEdits 7 років тому +5

    love it works...

  • @tate3527
    @tate3527 3 роки тому +4

    my counselor told me to do this, and it kinda of helps.

  • @lala22779
    @lala22779 2 дні тому

    Like many of you on here, my therapist suggested it too. I really have noticed a difference!

  • @chromatinkiss
    @chromatinkiss 6 місяців тому +1

    Thank you for this

  • @wisdomriver3476
    @wisdomriver3476 Рік тому +1

    I was told my therapist to practice this for two weeks, I missed one day so far it’s Sunday. One more week.

  • @lizaduilioroll1304
    @lizaduilioroll1304 4 роки тому +14

    Wow! Made my eyes start to water a little. Powerful stuff.

    • @Poetry4Peace
      @Poetry4Peace 3 роки тому +1

      YES SAME lol the yawns from deep breathing and that xD

  • @TherapistAid
    @TherapistAid  10 років тому +39

    Our first video: Progressive Muscle Relaxation.

    • @manikgazi2956
      @manikgazi2956 7 років тому +2

      I'vе usе twitter.com/682b98ebcbade83a5/status/742668391975096320 аnd I'vе gоооonе frоm 207lbs tо 215lbs. рrеtty сlеаn muscle, gоod dieting lifting 3 dауs а weеk. I'm а соntinuеd сustоmer. 3rd bottlе Hоw to do Рrogrеssive Мuscсle Relахxxхatiоn

    • @maryfehr7203
      @maryfehr7203 7 років тому +1

      Therapist Aid

    • @TheMichelle2371
      @TheMichelle2371 4 роки тому +1

      Love this

    • @Poetry4Peace
      @Poetry4Peace 3 роки тому

      PMR tm!

  • @kjwest2047
    @kjwest2047 2 роки тому +4

    I was suggested this to help with my anxiety and insomnia. This is the 2nd time I've tried it. I was skeptical at first but I do think it works if you give it a proper try.

  • @creatura_orbis_centuria
    @creatura_orbis_centuria 3 роки тому

    It makes me relaxed for a short time....

  • @brodeyzade1893
    @brodeyzade1893 3 роки тому +3

    Got this from my counselor, works very well on relaxation!

  • @Surreal-vlogs
    @Surreal-vlogs 4 роки тому

    Thanks Dr Grace

  • @catherinemoore2188
    @catherinemoore2188 Місяць тому

    God Bless you for this video ❤

  • @catherinemoore2188
    @catherinemoore2188 Місяць тому

    Amen, my Behavioral therapist Psychiatrist suggested it an hour ago!!❤

  • @OfficialRainbowBones
    @OfficialRainbowBones 3 роки тому +1

    This made me even more sleepy aha

  • @caitlinzimmerman8588
    @caitlinzimmerman8588 4 роки тому

    this video made me sleep

  • @apollo2769
    @apollo2769 Рік тому +2

    This may be called progressive muscle relaxation (trendy name), but It's one of many basic yoga relaxation techniques. Been teaching yoga, and this particular relaxation and other relaxation techniques for many years.

    • @SilentMedley
      @SilentMedley Рік тому

      Progressive Muscle Relaxation is not a trendy name, nor a new practice. PMR was developed by Dr. Edmund Jacobson in 1922. He published "Progressive Relaxation" in 1938. Yoga has origins as old as Sanskrit itself, but (and I could be wrong, I am not a yoga instructor or expert) I believe that Yoga Nidra is the closest to PMR, and those origins were documented in the 1960s by Swami Satyananda Saraswati. Regardless of which origins are older, PMR took a practice and hypothesis, and gave it scientific and clinical efficacy 100 years ago (hardly "trendy"). Jacobson is responsible for PMR, and its very much not trendy name, reaching countless more souls than would have otherwise. Additionally, by starting peer reviewed, longitudinal, quantitative, and qualitative studies - as well as forming the Smith scale - PMR has allowed this type of exercise to be recommended, prescribed, and taught to those who otherwise would not have had the means or knowledge for decades, and has forced our broken capitalistic healthcare system to pay for it (but not Yoga). I would say neither PMR, nor Yoga, deserve to be slighted as "trendy" or have their value decreased.

  • @takeruonishi
    @takeruonishi Рік тому

    Thank you. so. much. for this instructional video! It definitely reduced my feeling of anxiety and discomfort..
    Been having panic attacks recently so hopefully this will help ease the symptoms.
    I try to make relaxing videos and music for people like us, so do let me know if they help at all :)

  • @emiliobello2538
    @emiliobello2538 Рік тому

    Beautiful

  • @asurgt7271
    @asurgt7271 2 роки тому +2

    Indah sekasi baik untuk mengobati setres

  • @Brillemeister
    @Brillemeister 3 роки тому +2

    Very useful! Thanks for uploading. God bless

  • @jojosciderreviewsandmore5097
    @jojosciderreviewsandmore5097 2 роки тому

    Thanks for this! Any new videos on the horizon?

  • @gingerindian1141
    @gingerindian1141 4 роки тому

    i like your site - i use your resrouces too - very good. Its Woody Schulz?

  • @snehadhatingan8627
    @snehadhatingan8627 3 роки тому +2

    Thank you so much 🙏 it actually works always ..😇

  • @zahralaljee281
    @zahralaljee281 4 місяці тому

    I was here because of my therapist and it helped mee ah

  • @Poetry4Peace
    @Poetry4Peace 3 роки тому

    I feel like ive tensed before but never to a point of calmingness and deep breaths which i normally suck at lol but i truely feel the release, my body is tense asf. Shoulders and the lot i also strated to press on the trapezius point to get that TIGHTNESS to BEGONEtHOT

  • @Greyshirk
    @Greyshirk 3 роки тому +6

    Around the third "Feel the new found relaxation" I started getting more irritated than relaxed.

  • @Gonnie6969
    @Gonnie6969 2 роки тому +4

    I've only done this once but it seems like it will help my anxiety

  • @braveish
    @braveish 3 роки тому +2

    Great vid, I'm relaxed but my dog is running in circles and won't stop, arg! Help!

  • @bobbygriffiths7531
    @bobbygriffiths7531 3 роки тому +2

    My psychologist recommended this for my anxiety. I use it daily. My children love doing it too

  • @christineallen6411
    @christineallen6411 8 років тому +1

    Hello I like these Breathing Meditations can I put these meditations on USB Drives?

  • @margheritamuller8708
    @margheritamuller8708 Рік тому +1

  • @saimonkefle3594
    @saimonkefle3594 4 роки тому +2

    I m here from my bio class if you are too let me know 🖖✊🤙

  • @ektagupta7671
    @ektagupta7671 2 роки тому

    Can anyone recommend somthing besides this to calm my mind?

  • @relaxingblog
    @relaxingblog 2 роки тому +1

    Very nice 👌

  • @kaatieelizabethh
    @kaatieelizabethh 3 роки тому

    my therapist sent me this, let’s see how this goes

  • @MrLaughatthis
    @MrLaughatthis Рік тому +1

    Is it normal to want to breathe a bit harder during the tensing phases

  • @vivekdevu6181
    @vivekdevu6181 Місяць тому

    I'm here because of my therapist too

  • @davehaslem
    @davehaslem 5 місяців тому

    My psychologist told me do this so I can get better sleep we will se how it goes hope it's good 😅

  • @mrskip1255
    @mrskip1255 7 років тому +10

    iT'S GREAT IF IT COULD RELIEVE MY PAIN! ! !

  • @iconichisoka7642
    @iconichisoka7642 3 роки тому +3

    After I finish what should I feel, I just feel normal and I don’t think I’ve done it properly

    • @joanna532
      @joanna532 3 роки тому

      It makes me feel relaxed and helps with my anxiety. I try and do this video every day, sometimes twice a day.

  • @strictlyhippie
    @strictlyhippie 3 роки тому +6

    I honestly didnt get much calmer. Tensing my muscles makes me wanna punch somebody.
    (exactly what my therapist doesnt want)

  • @MacintoshFanTechnology
    @MacintoshFanTechnology 4 роки тому +3

    Came here from an assignment :)

  • @VictoriaZandi
    @VictoriaZandi 5 років тому +3

    Who's here because of PSY 101? 🤙🏻

  • @doriannickells4011
    @doriannickells4011 3 роки тому +1

    This was pretty much lost on me, maybe another time I could be more receptive but right now it was HO-HUM, thank goodness its finally over.

  • @RebeccaEWebber
    @RebeccaEWebber 5 років тому +6

    Guided Meditation Starts at 0:50

  • @TxcFry
    @TxcFry 3 роки тому

    POV:Your here from your Health class T^T

  • @tasha1357
    @tasha1357 Рік тому

    came here from the Self sabotage behaviour workbook

  • @akuigla
    @akuigla 3 роки тому +1

    Music blocks clear hearing of voice..not good..😬

  • @danielballesteros8491
    @danielballesteros8491 3 роки тому

    Hey I have a homework about this, someone can give me a resume? lof u

  • @sallymilow6646
    @sallymilow6646 4 роки тому +2

    The only problem with this is that you say "breathe in and notice the air filling your lungs". Most people only breathe with the top of their torso, which is shallow breathing. As a mindfulness meditation volunteer-teacher, I prefer breathing into my lungs AND tnen my abdomen.

  • @Sussyjeff123
    @Sussyjeff123 4 роки тому +1

    Hi, I'm here for physical education

  • @andrealueas7392
    @andrealueas7392 7 років тому +6

    what up I'm 12 :)

  • @sanyrahbrown775
    @sanyrahbrown775 2 роки тому +1

    I’m sorry but did not help