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Since that time, millions of people have learned the secret of the relaxation response without highpriced lectures, drugs, or prescription medicine. Using the relaxation response to reduce stress harvard. If you are jogging or walking, pay attention to the cadence of your feet on the ground left, right, left, right and when other thoughts come into your mind, say oh, well, and return to left, right, left, right. He has done pioneering research into the relaxation response, meditation and the role of stress and genetics in autoimmune disease. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the relaxation response. Books by herbert benson author of the relaxation response. The sad reality of life is that we encounter situations provoking a fight or flight response all the time and so we need to constantly elicit the relaxation response. Robert benson discusses the powerful health advantages of the relaxation response in his book titled, the relaxation response. He is the director emeritus of the bensonhenry institute for mind body medicine at massachusetts general hospital and mind body medicine professor of medicine at harvard medical school. The relaxation response by herbert benson, miriam z. Steps to elicit the relaxation response the following is the technique reprinted with permission from dr. You can also elicit the relaxation response while exercising. See all books authored by herbert benson, including the relaxation response, and hunting the corrigans blood, and more on. The paperback of the the relaxation response by herbert benson m.
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