HELPING YOURSELF FEEL
MORE RELAXED

Some people find it helpful to relax, to help them feel calmer and make some of the feelings they get in their bodies go away.

We've given you some ideas here about how you might be able to relax, and you might have some great ideas of your own!

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our ideas

Some ways you could relax:

Hold someone's hand

Do a breathing exercise

- this is a way to control and slow your breathing to help you feel more calm

Do a grounding exercise

- this is an exercise to bring you back to the present moment (the here and now)

Do a visualisation exercise

- this is an exercise where you focus on something calming, and use it to help yourself feel more relaced

Click the links below for written examples

4-7 -8 breathing

Square breathing

Colour breathing

5 4 3 2 1 exercise

Physical grounding

Distracting yourself

Leaves on a stream

Safe space

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