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The art of letting your muscles forget the meeting that ruined them.

means To release tension in body or mind, becoming calmer and less rigid.

from From Latin relaxare, to loosen or widen, built from re- (again) plus laxare (to slacken) — the same root that gave us lax and release.

Physical rootOriginally medical, describing literally loosened muscles.
Vocal cousinLax and release share its slackening DNA.
Body responseTriggers the parasympathetic rest-and-digest mode.
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