Applied Relaxation for Vasomotor Symptoms

Inclusion Criteria: * postmenopausal women (at least 12 months since last menstrual bleeding occurred or in previously hysterectomised women a serum follicle-stimulating hormone (S-FSH) defined as postmenopausal level according to references at the local laboratory) * More or equal to 7 moderate to severe hot flashes or more or equal at 50 hot flashes per week according to a two-week screening diary * ability to understand and speak Swedish * freely given informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * unstable thyroid or other metabolic disease * treatment with hormone therapy (HT) or other complementary- or alternative treatments treatment for menopausal-related symptoms * treatment with psychopharmacological drugs and/or sedatives d-un-treated psychiatric disease * frequently exercising women (≥ 2h high-intensity activities/week)