How to Relax Tired Muscles

Our society is constantly on a dead run and at times we find our muscles sore and tired. We try to find remedies to help with the sore muscles such as, hot baths, heating pads, and massage. hat if you could learn how to completely relax tired muscles without having to apply something to the body? It is possible to do this through relaxation techniques. Here's how.

Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

1. Make sure you have turned off the phone, television, radio, and anything else that can cause distraction. Lie down on whatever you have chosen as a comfortable place.
2. Breathd in through the nose and out of the mouth 3 times. Work from your head down to each body part.
3. As you reach the body part you want to relax feel that body part becoming heavy, allow the muscles to let go of their normal posture. Continue to breathe normally. Tell yourself that your body is weightless and feel the tension leaving.
4. Repeat step 3 with each body part until you feel completely relaxed.

Tips & Warnings

• This relaxation method is best used when you have more than 15 minutes to spare.