PRACTICE DEEP BREATHING

Deep breathing has several advantages, such as elevating your mood, cleansing your body, reducing pain, boosting energy, improving mental clarity, lowering blood pressure, and enhancing sleep. The brain consumes at least 25% of the oxygen in each breath and weighs roughly 1.5 kg. Anything less will make it difficult for you to focus and learn. Your brain cannot function properly without an adequate supply of oxygen and will die if it has to remain without oxygen for longer than three minutes. You must make sure that your brain and the rest of your body are receiving enough oxygen. To achieve this, you must sit properly while studying at a desk. Your lungs are “pressed” when you hang over your chair like a rag doll and can only breathe via your upper chest. You end up breathing in the stagnant air from the remainder of your lungs as a result. To improve your focus and memory, you must take deep breaths that keep a steady stream of clean air flowing through your lungs and into your body. Your brain releases a rush of hormones as soon as you feel stressed. These hormones heighten your urge for survival, but not your capacity for clear thought or memory formation. You can “clear your thoughts” by taking a few deep breaths in and out, which actually lowers the stress hormones.

Dr Ora Marx