Abstract

Relaxation is the most important skill to learn at the beginning of stress management program. Relaxation simply means doing nothing with muscles, But, it is important to know that people who learn to relax do not lose motivation and productivity. Jacobson became to know muscle tension produce various kinds of diseases and this might reflect the increasing pace of life, and he developed a technique for muscle relaxation, Progressive Relaxation. To relax muscles progressively, a person have to begin by tensing and relaxing the major muscle groups of the body. Tensing and relaxing muscles helps a person to increase the awareness of body's muscular response to stress. After tensing, a muscle will automatically relax more deeply when released. This paper introduce how to apply relaxation techiques to those who are highly stressful. This paper include Scanning Relaxation, Deep Muscle Relaxation, Countdown Relaxation, Autogenic Practice, Imagery Training as well as Progressive Relaxation.

• Keywords: relaxation, muscle, imagery, stress;