Tension & Release Meditation | For Dementia Carers

Send us Fan MailThe Tension and Release Meditation is a guided relaxation practice for unpaid carers, designed to help you release the physical stress that caring stores in the body.Through simple cycles of gently tensing and relaxing different muscle groups, this meditation supports deeper relaxation and body awareness — especially helpful when stress feels physical: tight shoulders, clenched jaw, restless energy that won't settle.For carers supporting someone living with dementia, the body often carries what the mind is trying to manage. This meditation helps you release both.No experience needed. Just follow along and allow your body to soften, one breath at a time.Press play whenever you need to physically let go and reset.Suitable for anyone supporting someone living with dementia, whether at home or in a professional care role.If you’ve found this meditation helpful and would like to support the Carers’ Meditation Podcast, you can now make a small donation through our GoodHub page. Your support helps us keep this space free and accessible for those who need it most—especially unpaid carers of people living with dementia.Every contribution helps us grow this project and continue offering calm, connection, and care to those who give so much of themselves.Visit https://www.goodhub.com/go/giftofcalmSupport the showTake this time to breathe. To pause. To simply be.You give so much to the person you support. You deserve care too.If this meditation helped, please subscribe and share it with other carers who might need a moment of calm. New episodes are added regularly — all free, all created for unpaid carers of people living with dementia.Further support, resources, and training for carers: www.youngatheartulo.org.ukStay connected: Facebook | Twitter (X) | Instagram | YouTube | TikTok | LinkedInThe Carers' Meditation Podcast is produced by Young at Heart ULO CIC, Stockton-on-Tees. Supporting unpaid carers of people living with dementia.Attribution for Sound Effects This episode includes the following sound effects to enhance the meditation space:Three Bells with Night Sounds by firstsounder — https://freesound.org/s/727984/ — License: Creative Commons 0Meditation Hall at Night.wav by chris5s — https://freesound.org/s/478005/ — License: Creative Commons 0131348__kaonaya__bell-at-d...