Instant Relaxation - How to reduce stress at work, at home and in your daily life

This is one of the best self help books on relaxation we have come across. It contains a seven-day plan for reducing stress and achieving instant relaxation.

The varied range of techniques include breathing and posture exercises, focused eye movement techniques, affirmations and visualisations – all designed to facilitate access to what the authors call our ‘relaxed core state’.

The book is full of easy to follow exercises and instructions - many NLP based - and culminates in the creation of a Personal Relaxation Plan.

The plan is flexible in that it allows individuals to choose from a ‘menu’ of different anxiety reducing methods, but still with clear goals in mind.

Part of the interest of this book is that it combines more traditional relaxation techniques with NLP based exercises – all in an accessible, straight-forward way. The book also offers explanations as to how and why the exercises actually work.

Instant Relaxation is a bit different in approach to the usual relaxation ‘workouts’, especially with its inclusion of the customised personal relaxation plan, which should help to embed the various techniques into everyday routines.

As therapists, we have been able to integrate the various exercises into both homework assignments for our clients, and in relaxation and stress management workshops.