Table 1.
Content of functional relaxation combined with psychoeducation.
| Session | Content |
|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction round |
| Discussion on expectations | |
| Contact to foundation | |
| 2 | Contact to foundation |
| Tensing and relaxing muscles | |
| Short-lecture on basics of stress | |
| 3 | Contact to foundation |
| FR principles: Rhythm and connection between breathing and moving | |
| Short-lecture on stress-reactions | |
| 4 | Contact to foundation |
| Imaginary journey | |
| Focus on shoulders and pelvis | |
| Applying principles of FR | |
| Short-lecture on stress management | |
| 5 | Contact to foundation |
| Applying principles of FR | |
| Focus on heart: Movement of warmth, energy flow, and heart beat | |
| Short-lecture on circadian rhythms | |
| 6 | Contact to foundation |
| Applying principles of FR | |
| Focus on neck, head, underjaw, mouth, teeth, shoulders: Tensing and relaxing, saying yes vs. saying no, encumbrances | |
| Short-lecture on tension and demands in daily life | |
| 7 | Contact to foundation |
| Applying principles of FR | |
| Focus on sitting bones, lower back, spine as inner support | |
| Short-lecture on support in daily life | |
| 8 | Contact to foundation |
| Applying principles of FR | |
| Focus on the three parts of the back | |
| Short-lecture on formulation of goals | |
| 9 | Contact to foundation |
| Applying principles of FR | |
| Different postures when sitting on a chair | |
| Short lecture on stress prevention | |
| 10 | Contact to foundation |
| Applying principles of FR | |
| Questions and wishes of the participants | |
| Discussion on expectations |