Feeling Wheel
What feeling relaxed is like
Feeling relaxed means your body and mind have let go of tension. Your shoulders drop, your breathing slows and nothing feels urgent.
Relaxed or peaceful?
Relaxed is mostly about the body letting go. Peaceful is a calm in your mind and surroundings too. Read more about feeling peaceful.
Finding relaxed on the feelings wheel
On the Feeling Wheel, relaxed sits in the Calm group. Start in the middle of the wheel with calm, then move outwards to relaxed. If it's close but not quite right, the other calm words below may fit better. It's also normal to feel more than one thing at once.
Other words in the Calm group
Calm words describe feeling steady, safe and able to cope.
- Confident Feeling sure of yourself
- Peaceful Feeling calm and undisturbed
- Powerful Feeling strong and in control
- Relieved Feeling reassured after stress has passed
- Grounded Feeling stable and balanced emotionally
- Resilient Feeling able to recover from challenges
- Capable Feeling able and competent
- Content Feeling peaceful and satisfied
- Settled Feeling at ease with where things are
Name what you're feeling
Feeling Wheel puts all 118 of these words on one wheel. Tap the ones that fit, add a note if you like, and see your patterns over time. Free on iPhone and Android.