Not everybody enjoy the art of relaxation. Relaxing the body is a hard technique but a fruitful one if done well & what it needs mostly is persistent exercise. I believe that for mostly everyone, persistence is the core of achieving. If someone could stick to his plans and never surrender to laziness & delay, he should be on the path to success. Personally, I’ve tried getting used to go to the gym 5 times a week. At first, it was so difficult to adapt, but when I got used to it, it was a great daily experience. The worst common part that happened with me was when I needed to stop going to the gym for a day or two, which later became a week, and ultimately I stopped going to the gym.

The article below is taken from a new blog which focuses mostly about body and mind relaxation.

* While sitting quietly and comfortably, slowly inhale and exhale and close your eyes as you do so.
* Bend your right hand back at the wrist and briefly hold the tension. Now relax.
* Now do the same thing with the left hand. Hold the tension and now relax.
* This time tighten both hands into fists and hold the tension. Feel it spread up the arms towards the elbows. Now relax.
* Now bend both arms at the elbows and raise your hands up towards your shoulders. Tighten up the muscles in the biceps. Hold it. Now relax.
* These three exercises have used the major muscles in the arms and started them relaxing.
* If you don’t move them around, they will continue to relax becoming more and more relaxed, and you can forget about them
* Next, turn your attention to your face. For your forehead raise your eyebrows up a far as you can and hold the tension. Now relax.
* For your eyes, squeeze the eyelids tightly together. Hold the tension. Now relax.
* For your jaw you just bite down and clamp your teeth together. Feel the tension along the jaw. Now relax. These three exercises have started the face relaxing.
* For your neck just bend your head forward as if trying to touch your chin to your chest. Feel the tension along the back of the neck and now relax.
* For your shoulders just raise them up as high as you can and notice the tension. Now let them drop all at once and relax.
* For your chest you do two things at once. Take a deep breath and hold it while at the same time trying to touch your shoulder blades together by pulling your arms back. Hold it. Now relax.
* For your stomach you just pull in as if trying to touch your backbone with stomach. Now relax.
* For your back you arch out and away from the chair, and you can feel tension along the spine. Now relax.With your feet flat on the floor, press down and feel the tension spread up the back of the legs. Now relax.
* For the right thigh raise your leg up on front of you and feel the tension build. Now relax.
Now do the same thing with the left leg and relax.
* Finally, for your feet bend your toes up as if pointing towards the ceiling and feel the tension around the feet and ankles. Once again, relax

Source: Relax Body