“This” could be a lot of different movements - he’s got long sleeves so we can’t really see what he’s doing. I would caution against seeing moving parts and automatically assuming that relaxation has something to do with it. More than likely this is just a specific combination of arm and wrist movements, and doing it properly means copying them / learning them. Strumming is just as complicated as any other picking motion - after all, it’s the same joints, same muscles.
For a good slow-motion look at one type of strumming we have investigated, you can check out Joscho Stephan’s truly masterful chord strumming:
I haven’t worked on this but the hand and arm movements are right there if you’d like to try and copy his exact setup. It would be a fun project.