Relaxation training

PMR can improve the ability to cope with everyday stress, strengthen health and increase quality of life. The doctor Edmund Jakobsen recognized back in the 1930s that the mind and body influence each other. Mental tension (worry, fear, anger...) leads to greater muscle tension - and conversely, loosening of the muscles goes hand in hand with mental relaxation.

Autogenic training was developed around 1920 by the neurologist Prof. HJ Schultz. It consists exclusively of self-suggestions, in which the desired body perceptions are suggested. The groundbreaking discovery was that every person can influence their body functions through their imagination alone. The switching of physical and vegetative functions (such as blood circulation, pulse rate, breathing) is put into a relaxed state of rest. In a broader sense, autogenic training can be classified as a psychotherapy procedure.

Imagination has been and is used in many cultures in a religious context. It was introduced into psychotherapy by Carl Gustav Jung and expanded and specialized by Luise Reddemann in 2003. Imagination has become very important in psychotherapy in recent years. With the help of one's own imagination, it is possible to control uncontrolled images that are experienced as threatening and to counteract them with good ideas of one's own. This can reactivate one's own resources and self-healing powers and achieve more stability, security and an improved way of dealing with frightening situations.