Endorphins are a hormone produced in the body to help deal with pain. They act on the body in a fashion similar to morphine and help to relieve pain and stress, and can go a long way to helping a person get over the feelings of depression. As such, it would stand to reasons that if a person is depressed, or stressed that causing an endorphin release would help to relax them. There are many ways to release endorphins, but the method that has the most over all benefits is exercise.
