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Stress Management: Doing Guided Imagery to Relax
Imagining yourself in a calm, peaceful setting can help you relax and relieve stress. Guided imagery may help healing, learning, creativity, and performance. It can also help you feel more in control of your emotions and thoughts and help improve your attitude, health, and sense of well-being.
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Guided imagery can help you relax.
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Stress Management: Doing Guided Imagery to Relax
| By: | Healthwise Staff | Last Revised: May 11, 2010 |
| Medical Review: | Kathleen Romito, MD - Family Medicine Lisa S. Weinstock, MD - Psychiatry | |
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