autogenic training

[ aw-toh-jen-ik, aw-toh- ]

/ ˈɔ toʊˈdʒɛn ɪk, ˌɔ toʊ- /

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noun

a relaxation technique utilizing self-suggestion, breathing exercises, and meditation.

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Origin of autogenic training

First recorded in 1960–65; auto-¹ + -genic

Words nearby autogenic training

autoexposure, autofocus, autogamy, autogenesis, autogenetic, autogenic training, autogenous, autogenous vaccine, autogiro, autograft, autograph

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How to use autogenic training in a sentence

She completed a yoga teacher-training program and, in the spring of 2008, went on a retreat in Peru to study with shamans.
How Taryn Toomey’s ‘The Class’ Became New York’s Latest Fitness Craze|Lizzie Crocker|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
As part of that effort, Said received weapons training for months, sources told The Daily Beast.
U.S. Spies See Al Qaeda Fingerprints on Paris Massacre|Shane Harris, Nancy A. Youssef|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The training, at least as described by the U.S. military, is incredibly basic.
Pentagon Insider on New Plan to Fight ISIS: ‘Of Course It’s Not Enough’|Nancy A. Youssef|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Training in Taji began Dec. 20; a week later, 218 Iraqis began receiving training in Anbar.
Pentagon Insider on New Plan to Fight ISIS: ‘Of Course It’s Not Enough’|Nancy A. Youssef|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST

After the six-week training, the forces will be deployed to confront the Islamic State, officials said.
Pentagon Insider on New Plan to Fight ISIS: ‘Of Course It’s Not Enough’|Nancy A. Youssef|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Concurrently with it there will be going on, as I have said, a man's special technical training.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
It was a tremendous training in the sifting of evidence and the examination of appearances.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
If schooling is a training in expression and communication, college is essentially the establishment of broad convictions.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
Malcolm had selected it as a training-ground that evening, because he meant to weary and subdue his too highly spirited charger.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
It has a training value entirely apart‌ from its practical value in that case.
Assimilative Memory|Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)

British Dictionary definitions for autogenic training

autogenic training

/ (ˌɔːtəʊˈdʒɛnɪk) /

noun

a technique for reducing stress through mental exercises to produce physical relaxationAlso called: autogenics

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