But relaxing your muscles-say, with a sequence of gentle stretches-can send calming signals to your brain that help alleviate mental stress. Mental stress can cause your muscles to tighten as your body tries to protect itself against injury and pain, according to the American Psychological Association. “We tend to separate out the mind and the body, and they’re so linked,” clinical psychologist Charlynn Ruan, Ph.D., founder of Thrive Psychology Group in Los Angeles and New York, tells SELF. They might not be a cure-all, but they may make you feel better for the moment. But there are relaxing exercises we all can do to both reduce total-body tension and calm our worried minds. And if you’re anything like me, you’ve also been feeling super tense lately. When I’m really stressed, I feel it in my body.
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