A Berlin psychiatrist has introduced the autogenous training in 1927 first. Besides, it concerns an advancement from the hypnosis.
One recommends it with nervousness, sleeping disturbances, or, for example, headaches. Also smoker or alcoholic they want to get away from the drug find in the autogenous training an important prop. In general one uses it, however, to the relaxation and to the stress dismantling.
The exercises run off possibly in such a way which one on him either lies or sits in a certain seat position and repeats, besides, silently in the head some short formulae monotonously. For example, ” I am quite quiet “ or „ my arms are heavy “ . Through the repetition and the image in the head that the arm, for example, quite hard is the muscles relax in the arm and the arm feels really heavy.
Responsibly the vegetative nervous system is which one with thought can influence. Besides, the same effect is used, as for example if a person from shame (happens only in the head, in the thought becomes red). The body has to become red except the thought “shame” no reason. Thus one can relax by the autogenous training the muscles or widen the veins.
Almost everybody will be sceptical, however, one should try out it absolutely. One can carry out autogenous training either in a course or also at home with a book. „ Autogenous training “ from Dietrich Langen is very recommendable. In the book the bases are explained very easy-understandably. One will have the first successful experiences already after some attempts.
However, various cassettes and CDs are not to be recommended in their one voice says how one should feel. Therefore, because one becomes dependent thus on a foreign voice and to himself this mostly unnaturally listens). Better one should give himself the instructions with own internal voice. Besides, one has that also always.