The Simplest Stress Reliever Brain Exercise
And here’s how you do it in just 15 minutes.
As a logistician, I have a tedious job. Though not full of sweat, but stress and anxiety shoot up for most of the day.
When I return home in the evening, I get exhausted enough to flatten on the bed. The flashes of work-bitten day constantly pop up in my mind and I can barely get rid of it. I try to read books, but the tired mind barely concentrates. I neither feel like watching movies nor talking to anyone, eventually wasting another evening.
For months, I went through this routine and struggled to freshen myself, but failed. The stress was killing my time, creativity, and ability to focus.
It took a while, but I realized it wasn’t all tiredness, but I had lost my ability to resolve my focus.
Well, a problem well understood is a problem half solved — John Dewey.
And, I had to turn back to history.
My entire life, I despised the idea of mental exercises (esp. meditation) over physical ones. I believed dips, squats, and push-ups solve all the problems of the human body. I failed to realize that stress and anxiety were only the problems of 21st-century humans.
A sage’s explanation enlightened me. He cleared out that the mental and physical refreshments are worlds apart. He convinced me that the mind can refresh without physical involvement.
Truly, meditation is a practice invented by ancient scholars since time immemorial. Only when I began practicing, I knew it was not just a brain exercise but also an unfailing remedy.
You can actually change your thoughts in mere minutes. It worked for me, and for sure will work for you.
Meditation helped me to clear the noise inside my head. Not to exaggerate, but the relief I witnessed was remarkable. I hope the results would get even better as I grow habitual.
How do I learn to meditate?
In this exercise, you use the power of imagination to divert your focus. It’s simple enough that you won’t need a guide.
So, let’s begin.
- Sit in the comfortable meditating position. (Padmaashan: as depicted in the picture — with straight back and hands resting on your knees)
- Before you close your eyes, take a blank paper and eye it for about 10 seconds. It is this paper where you will focus on for the next fifteen minutes.
- Keep the paper aside and close your eyes. Visualize this paper and its whiteness until you see a blurry image of it. Gradually, focus on the paper, and its whiteness and the dark gradually disappear.
In the beginning, though you might see vivid patterns of light, it will vanish as you continue. The void in your eyes will turn greyish milky.
During the peak time of my session, I even feel the blood rushing in my head. Perhaps, I’ve just knocked on the door of a different consciousness level. But that’s another story.
After about 15 minutes, open your eyes slowly to welcome yourself back to the earth, rejuvenated.
And, you have just completed a short yet powerful brain exercise. Try it and tell us how you feel.
Good luck!
