Andrew Huberman· PhD
You contract and relax different muscle groups in your body, and you become aware of what that feels like, to really understand what relaxation feels like
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You contract and relax different muscle groups in your body, and you become aware of what that feels like, to really understand what relaxation feels like
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So progressive muscle relaxation is a practice whereby you focus on different muscles in your body, tensing them, squeezing them, and then letting them go, and squeezing them and then letting them go.