[L]earning how to relax is not one thing, but many. It is:
* an attitude: taking things more in your stride, and more calmly
* a physical skill: learning how to recognize and release physical tension
* a habit: developing routines that wind you down rather than wind you up
* restorative: a way of giving yourself rest and recreation, that can be interesting, or stimulating, or pleasurable, as well as relaxing

--- From Overcoming Social Anxiety and Shyness by Gillian Butler

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