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Your Life: Let the New Year bring rest and renewal

Charlotte Lankard: Relaxing and releasing muscle tension results in an improvement in one's overall health and one's ability to cope with stress more effectively.

BY CHARLOTTE LANKARD clankard@opubco.com | Published: December 31, 2012 Comment on this article

What these physicians observed was that relaxing and releasing muscle tension resulted in a slower heart rate, slower rate of breathing, lower blood pressure and slower brain wave patterns. One's ability to think clearly was enhanced, the immune system functioned better and there was an improvement in one's overall health.

In fact, if you are considering a New Year's resolution for 2013, a good one would be to take some time out of each day to relax and renew because that is essential to living well.

Charlotte Lankard is a licensed marriage and family therapist in private practice. Contact her at clankard@opubco.com.

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