Learn to Relax: Proven Techniques for Reducing Stress, Tension, and Anxiety--and Promoting Peak Performance

By C. Eugene Walker

Book Overview

Effective techniques and step-by-step exercises for mental and physical relaxationDr. C. Eugene Walker's relaxation techniques have helped thousands of people find relief from tension and stress. In this updated edition of his bestselling Learn to Relax, Walker explains how creative problem-solving and decision-making can keep you from feeling overwhelmed and improve your ability to cope with everyday worries. Inside, you'll find specific techniques-many of them new-that have proven successful in conquering anxiety. Also new to this edition are over 40 stress management exercises to help you better understand the concepts and apply them to your own needs-whether your periods of stress are brief and mild or you suffer from more severe, long-lasting bouts of anxiety. Fast, simple, and effective, Learn to Relax lets you beat stress and gain control of your life. Praise for the First Edition: "A very clear and well-written book on anxiety that briefly and authoritatively presents many techniques that can be helpful to almost any reader."-Albert Ellis, PhD, bestselling author of How to Make Yourself Happy: And Remarkably Less Disturbable

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471377767
• ISBN13: 9780471377764
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.2" x 0.5" x 7.5"

Customer Reviews

Great book! Not 688 pages.

This book is actually 115 pages including the index. I found this book to deliver well. Succinct chapters giving many different techniques for avoiding/reducing anxiety. I borrowed it from a library and found it very useful. I don't know if the 2001 publication is expanded much, but this edition was very helpful.

Learn to Relax and Accompanying Techniques

Stress management is a considerable task for many people in every sector of life, in every age group, occupation and aspect of life. The book illustrates specific steps to take in order to identify the stress triggers and deal with them constructively. The lotus position is the ideal setting for relaxation and tension release. Belief systems, perceptions and uncontrollable events are classic stress triggers which the author tries to address in the book. Subjects can engineer less stress into their week by enjoying family activities on Sundays. This will set the tone for the rest of the week. Goal-setting, brainstorming and hot baths/saunas are classic methodologies to deal effectively with stress. The book would be very helpful in combatting the everyday stress triggers that we all face. The book is a good value for the price charged.

Highly Recommended!

Stress and anxiety are natural parts of the human experience and can actually improve performance in challenging times. But for those of us with more than our fair share of tension, C. Eugene Walker has written a helpful book. Walker draws on theories from many psychologists, psychiatrists and other researchers in analyzing the origins of our stress. More importantly, he also provides techniques for overcoming and reducing tension - including more than 40 exercises that will help you calm down. While his basic principles will sound familiar to those who know self-help and personal-development literature, Walker does a good job of combining and organizing these points. We [...] recommend this book to a general audience, but also to top managers and executives who deal with stressed-out employees or feel the pressure mounting themselves.