Enhanced Mental Clarity
Enhanced mental clarity means better thinking, less stress,
and more success in life. How do you achieve it? You'll find
some tips in the article below. You can also visit the pages:
Mindfulness Exercises,
and Brainwave Entrainment.
Beating Brain Fog - 3 Key Tips for Mental Clarity
by Ananga Sivyer
When the fog of overwhelming stress clouds our thoughts there's
a danger we could soon be drifting into non-productivity land.
Here are three quick and easy ways to sail through the day with
a clear and focused head.
Keeping a clear head is essential if you want to:
• avoid the pitfalls of stress
• keep calm and focused on what you need to get done
• be at your intelligent best
• and retain use of your creative problem solving abilities
Keeping mentally clear and sharp means you can easily cope
with any challenges in your journey through the day. We all know
that stress accumulates, and the last thing any of us needs when
trying to get things done is for a metaphorical speck in our
eye to feel like a boulder.
Keeping clear means keeping things real; in proportion and,
therefore, manageable.
Cultivating the three Cs of calm, clarity and certainty puts
us in a strong and resourceful position from where we can enter
a flow state of maximum productivity and accomplishment; in this
place obstacles become challenges that we can rise to and learn
from, and here we can easily shrug of stress and remain mentally
fit.
Here are three things you can try to cultivate the three Cs
and sail through a fog free day:
1. Get up & Move As soon as stress, mental fatigue, frustration
or irritation strike - get up and move. Really, and no matter
how busy you are! This well spent time breaks un-resourceful
states, stops unwanted emotional responses from building up and
boiling over, and clears your head.
If you can, go for a short brisk walk. If not, at least take
a few moments to have a good stretch.
Your brain will thank you for it, and when you return to the
task at hand, you will be looking at it with fresh eyes and stand
a much better chance of making progress than if you let the stress
fog settle around your head and shoulders and try and valiantly
squint through it!
2. Reset & Reboot There's more to the human body than
meets the eye, traditional Chinese Medicine provides details
of vital energy (or meridian) points that we can use for a huge
variety of issues. Here's one that can act like a reset switch.
It's found just under your collarbone where it joins the breastbone.
Find the point and tap on it with your fingertips, tap the
left side with your right hand and vice versa. This point is
called Kidney 27 in acupuncture and is known for it's benefits
in reducing stress, tension and anxiety, it can also help reduce
physical pain.
3. Use your Pressure Relief Valve Massaging and gently pulling
down on your earlobes reduces pressure in the head, it works
even better if you induce yourself to yawn as you do it - though
there's a good chance it will happen naturally.
This is a great way to let off steam and keep mentally clear,
it also helps to prevent tension headaches from developing. If
you get in the habit of using it regularly you will soon feel
the benefits.
And finally, remember to drink plenty of water - dehydration
and stress are good friends and they're a pretty destructive
duo, remember to wash them away regularly.
About the Author
Ananga Sivyer is a Personal Development Coach and health consultant
for LifeScape magazine, her resource website contains articles,
information and book reviews on the very best and latest in self-help
psychology. http://www.ananga.squarespace.com/
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