Neuroscience tells us that, to be more productive and creative, we need to give our brains a break. It’s the quiet mind that produces the best insights. But it’s a challenge to take that sort of time off in the midst of a busy day. Here are some specific, quick and easy ways to build purposeful break time into your day.
Quick meditation
New research from the UCLA Laboratory of Neuro Imaging suggests that people who meditate show more gray matter in certain regions of the brain, show stronger connections between brain regions and show less age-related brain atrophy. In other words, meditation might make your brain bigger, faster and “younger”. As lead researcher Eileen Luders explains, “it appears to be a powerful mental exercise with the potential to change the physical structure of the brain.”
Tip: If you commute via public transportation (or even if you’re a passenger in a car pool) use the time to close your eyes for 10 minutes. If you drive, leave a little early, park and spend 10 minutes in the car before you walk into work. Choose a very specific image, such as a waterfall, beach or tree, and try to focus on it alone. If other thoughts get in the way, gently push them aside. Do this once or twice per day. The goal is to let your mind achieve a sense of relaxed awareness.
Matthew E. May is a speaker and advisor to companies such as Toyota, Edmunds.com, Intuit and ADP http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2012/12/quick_and_easy_ways_to_quiet_y.html
La mente silenciosa y en un lugar donde se pueda escuchar al silencio como si fuese una música…, la fotografía es muy bella. Un post interesante para poner en practica y así también es posible que lleguen las musas inspiradoras para escribir buenas letras…
C.
Creo Cruz que las musas inspiradoras siempre están de tu lado para escribir las buenas letras. Gracias por tu comentario y un saludo.
Easy and effective meditation, thank you for posting this! Have a beautiful week!
You are welcome Ruby, same to you!
Muy interesante, me ha encantado el hecho de que nos cuentes qué sucede a nivel biológico cuando practicas meditación. Meditación y yoga (espiritualidad en movimiento) llevan consigo un aporte de oxígeno adecuado, entre otras cosas porque te enseñan a respirar… lo que te lleva a obtener beneficios a nivel del sistema nervioso central. Me gustado mucho.
Muchas gracias Dani y un saludo.
Great share. I have been following your blog for some times but never commented. This info has it all I need.
Thanks Jenny for following and I am glad your enjoying the blog. Good to see you here!
I needed this suggestion today. Thank you 🙂 And thank you for visiting my blog. Carla
You are welcome Carla. Have a nice day!
Thanks for posting this Elisa.
One I do is to concentrate on the breath as it come into the nose, feeling the cool air of the in- breath and the warm air of the out – breath – with eyes closed. !0 breaths and I usually want to stay there for about forever 🙂
Thanks to you Kev for sharing and enjoy your breathing …it sounds like you have the art!!
only rarely. Distraction is my Mara, be it the phone or the cat or the cat on the phone 🙂
every one should read and understand the importance of this knowledge… Nuestra vida es toda distracción y no hay que dejarse llevar por ella, mas bien elegir enfocando
Muchas gracias por el comentario Carabalí, buen fin de semana!!
Reblogged this on lost creek publishing.
Thanks so much for your reblogg JK!
Hi Elisa! Thank you for following HoB. Much appreciated! I’ll be hanging around here…
Well great to see you here Herman – and thanks for your post!
A rich post, Elisa. Thanks for composing it for others to read!
Thanks Mike, I love to share! Best wishes!