As Amber Lloyd, the founder of Britain’s first relaxation charity—Relaxation for Living (RforL)—reminisced, her husband had suffered a heart attack in 1969 and was told by his doctor to relax. “We ...

Jacobson and Schultz disagreed vehemently about relaxation, and when Schultz visited the US in the 1930s there was no meeting of minds. Schultz was working for the German Medical Society for ...

A childhood memory: I'm at the doctor's office, waiting to receive some immunization or other. As she takes a huge needle to my behind, the nurse tells me to ‘relax,' explaining that if my muscles are ...

People suffering from stress can tackle it in various ways - from counselling sessions to yoga classes or listening to mindfulness CDs. But it's only recently that sleeping and doing very little - the ...