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  2. Relaxation (psychology) - Wikipedia

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    Breathing techniques are one of the easiest ways to reduce stress. They require little effort and can be done anywhere at any time. Proper breathing techniques that incorporate deep abdominal breathing have been shown to reduce the physical symptoms of depression, anxiety and hypertension as well as everyday emotional symptoms of anger and ...

  3. Neuroscience of music - Wikipedia

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    An example is the phenomenon of tapping to the beat, where the listener anticipates the rhythmic accents in a piece of music. Another example is the effect of music on movement disorders: rhythmic auditory stimuli have been shown to improve walking ability in Parkinson's disease and stroke patients.

  4. Music and sleep - Wikipedia

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    The concept of music and sleep, although applicable to the general population, needs to take into account these differences to tailor each individual's taste. By customizing music choices, the overall effectiveness of music in improving sleep can be maximized, contributing to a better life quality for people. [33]

  5. Breathing, yoga, and healthy boundaries: Why the Army is ...

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    In one module, a conflict breaks out in a barracks because a soldier is playing music too loud. The soldier must choose between steps that work toward a compromise or rile up the quibbling parties.

  6. Relaxation technique - Wikipedia

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    A relaxation technique (also known as relaxation training) is any method, process, procedure, or activity that helps a person to relax; attain a state of increased calmness; or otherwise reduce levels of pain, anxiety, stress or anger.

  7. Music therapy - Wikipedia

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    Music therapy may be suggested for adolescent populations to help manage disorders usually diagnosed in adolescence, such as mood/anxiety disorders and eating disorders, or inappropriate behaviors, including suicide attempts, withdrawal from family, social isolation from peers, aggression, running away, and substance abuse.

  8. Meditation - Wikipedia

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    The English meditation is derived from Old French meditacioun, in turn from Latin meditatio from a verb meditari, meaning "to think, contemplate, devise, ponder". [11] [12] In the Catholic tradition, the use of the term meditatio as part of a formal, stepwise process of meditation goes back to at least the 12th-century monk Guigo II, [12] [13] before which the Greek word theoria was used for ...

  9. Anapanasati - Wikipedia

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    The Ānāpānasati Sutta prescribes mindfulness of inhalation and exhalation as an element of mindfulness of the body, and recommends the practice of mindfulness of breathing as a means of cultivating the seven factors of awakening, which is an alternative formulation or description of the process of dhyana: sati (mindfulness), dhamma vicaya (analysis), viriya (persistence), pīti (rapture ...