how autogenic relaxation training differs from Jacobson's progressive muscular relaxation training?

Answer 1

Progressive mescular relaxation traininging involves the tensing of individual musce groups and then allowing them to relax for a time. You tense them for about five, ten, or 15 seconds at a time and release them for the same time, starting with your feet calves, thighs, and moving up the body; or you can start from the top and move down. When finished you have a wonderful sense of relaxation.
Autogenic relaxation is often called passive concentration. There are many techniques some using bio-feedback, the use of a machine to measure a bodily function like pulse rate, blood pressure, or electroencephalograph. Some are very similar to forms of meditation, such as the Relaxation Response made famous by Benson, which is nothing more than a Zen-Hindu form breathing meditation (in Hindu, Anaparana, I believe, or something like that, can't remember the spelling). Autogenic relaxation may also be the listening to music, usually soft music, or chants, or saying affirmations or listening to a tape of affirmations. There are many different forms. I like it the best. I can see how this form of relaxation can increase attention and concentration and help you to focus and control thoughts, because you are not supposed to focus on any particular thought while you do it; you are supposed to let every thought go and clear your mind. Emptying your mind creates a vessel that is receptive to all forms of other ideas, including peace. In the non-meditation world, if you are stuck on a problem and have a mental block, clearing your mind can make you open for the solution to enter. This type of relaxation allows you to become the master of your mind and gain better control of your thoughts. It is a scientifically proven way to improve many different mental problems, as an essential tool in the arsenal, and is part of what is now call "Mindfulness" in Cognitive Behavior Therapy. It helps with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, depression, anxiety disorders, post traumatic stress disorders, and others.
I could go on and on about it, but I will stop here. I have recommended these techniques elsewhere on Yahoo! Answers. There are people who say more on other web sites. I recommend looking into them.

Answer 2

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relaxation training is a general way to lower stress, progressive muscular relaxation used in cases of stress with obvious somatic picture as tremor, spasms, and adrenalin over function.

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