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- noun A
technique consisting of a set ofphysical andmental exercises for reducingstress and promoting well-being.
Etymologies
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Examples
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This spring, I've joined a sophrology class; a system well-known in France and Switzerland but of which I had scant notion.
The Serious Art of Gentle Exercise Lennox Morrison 2011
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Not because sophrology has been used to coach medal-scooping Olympic ski teams in Switzerland.
The Serious Art of Gentle Exercise Lennox Morrison 2011
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I took sophrology classes, a relaxation-yoga kind of thing where control of oneself is being learned.
my hideaway 2008
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Implicitly having decided that maybe western medicine may not have all the answers, he concocted this improbable-sounding mix of Tibetan Buddhism, Japanese Zen and yoga, neurology, hypnosis, psychology, psychiatry and relaxation techniques to produce sophrology.
Fit in my 40s: sophrology – a mind-boggling mix of Zen, yoga and psychology | Zoe Williams Zoe Williams 2019
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