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Beating Brain Fog
3 Key Tips For Mental Clarity
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.
Here's to your fog free and productive day!
Ananga Sivyer is a contributing editor and health
consultant for LifeScape magazine and the author of the self-help
workbook: The Art & Science of Emotional Freedom - http://www.emotionalfreedomforyou.com
For more articles likes this or to sign up for her free "Energy
Points" E-zine, visit her web-site at: http://www.ananga.net
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