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Expand Your Mind By Adding These Practices
Give your mind the right environment. Cleaning up the body’s endocrinology will allow the mind to function at peak efficiency. The first step is eating the right foods and not eating for long periods of time. The brain thrives in the presence of ketones. Fasting creates these ketones as well as a high fat, moderate protein, low car diet. Creating the right atmosphere for superior brain function starts here.
Sleep is essential to brain function. Staying up late to watch the next episode can be enjoyable, but not at the cost of brain functionality. The body and brain need a minimum of 7-8 hours of sleep a night. As all functions in the body, it can take a week or more for the benefits of a proper sleep cycle to manifest so staying true to a sleep cycle is important.
Watch less TV. Television has a way of mesmerizing the mind. Even watching documentaries can act as hypnosis of the mind. Turn the TV off and find other means of entertainment. Make the act of turning the TV on difficult. Unplug the TV and put the cables in a part of the house that is far away. Put a book or something interesting closer and see what happens.
The Hero’s Journey. Put something in your path. Find a task or goal that is important to you and make it your secret passion. Voluntarily adding difficulties and responsibilities to your life is a sure way to light up brain activity and give a sense of accomplishment. This is even more important as we age. Those who stay young in the mind, stay engaged in life journey through hardship.
Reading. It is well known that reading increases mental activity. Read for the enhancement of daily life. Even reading a small amount, 15 mins or so, will lead to an increase in mental capability. As reading becomes a habit, it will be easier to digest larger portions of books. Learning in this way is key to unlocking the mind.
Art. Art is a human invention. It is an expression of the intangible spirit inside human beings. Children are always experimenting with art. They pretend and express themselves fully through artistic forms. Their minds are constantly expanding in part because of this creativity. Keep your mind expanding by finding an artistic outlet like learning a musical instrument, painting, acting, sculpting, writing etc. Find the right outlet and release.
Meditation. Meditation is renown for expanding the experience of consciousness. It requires dedication and practice, but the benefits are impossible to measure. As mediation becomes a habit, the realization that this world is a product of the mind and thus malleable will be apparent. This is perhaps the most difficult and beneficial of all mental practices.
Exercise. Not only is exercise good for the body, but it is also essential to a healthy mind. The increase in blood flow and good hormones has a huge effect on brain chemistry. Furthermore, the difficulty of exercise will reveal, consciously or otherwise, that the only limits are the ones applied by your own mind. Break free from the mental by engaging the physical.
Give your mind the right environment. Cleaning up the body’s chemistry will allow the mind to function at peak efficiency. The first step is eating the right foods and not eating for long periods of time. The brain thrives in the presence of ketones. Fasting creates these ketones as well as a high fat, moderate protein, low car diet. Creating the right atmosphere for superior brain function starts here.
Sleep is essential to brain function. Staying up late to watch the next episode can be enjoyable, but not at the cost of brain functionality. The body and brain need a minimum of 7-8 hours of sleep a night. As all functions in the body, it can take a week or more for the benefits of a proper sleep cycle to manifest so staying true to a sleep cycle is important.
Watch less TV. Television has a way of mesmerizing the mind. Even watching documentaries can act as hypnosis of the mind. Turn the TV off and find other means of entertainment. Make the act of turning the TV on difficult. Unplug the TV and put the cables in a part of the house that is far away. Put a book or something interesting closer and see what happens.
Put something difficult in your life path. Find a task or goal that is important to you and make it your secret passion. Voluntarily adding difficulties and responsibilities to your life is a sure way to light up brain activity and give a sense of accomplishment. This is even more important as we age. Those who stay young in the mind, stay engaged in life journey through hardship.
Reading. It is well known that reading increases mental activity. Read for the enhancement of daily life. Even reading a small amount, 15 mins or so, will lead to an increase in mental capability. As reading becomes a habit, it will be easier to digest larger portions of books. Learning in this way is key to unlocking the mind.
Art. Art is a human invention. It is an expression of the intangible spirit inside human beings. Children are always experimenting with art. They pretend and express themselves fully through artistic forms. Their minds are constantly expanding in part because of this creativity. Keep your mind expanding by finding an artistic outlet like learning a musical instrument, painting, acting, sculpting, writing etc. Find the right outlet and release.
Meditation. Meditation is renowned for expanding the experience of consciousness. It requires dedication and practice, but the benefits are impossible to measure. As mediation becomes a habit, the realization that this world is a product of the mind and thus malleable will be apparent. This is perhaps the most difficult and beneficial of all mental practices.
Exercise. Not only is exercise good for the body, but it is also essential to a healthy mind. The increase in blood flow and good hormones has a huge effect on brain chemistry. Furthermore, the difficulty of exercise will reveal, consciously or otherwise, that the only limits are the ones applied by your own mind. Break free from the mental by engaging the physical.
The Secret Ingredient For Body Composition Change & Mental Gains
Sleep is part of every animal on the planet. Sleep evolved as a method of taking advantage time unsuitable for searching for sustenance. Not all sleep cycles are the same. Some creatures are nocturnal, and others are diurnal, but they all sleep. Sleep is a time for rejuvenation of the mind and repair of the body.
It is essential to sleep the right amount at the correct times to maintain a healthy brain. Humans are diurnal, meaning they are awake during the day. The human brain has evolved to secret chemical based on the type and quality of light present in the environment. Humans were most successful hunting crepuscular creatures during dawn and dusk and thus evolved the sleep cycles to match.
The development of technologies that produce false lights have led to the growth of the waking periods for human beings. The further development of television, computers and smart devices have saturated the environment with blue lights that trigger waking chemicals in the human brain thus further disrupting the sleep cycle.
Studies have shown that people that sleep less than six hours a night are more susceptible to mental diseases and well as obesity and diabetes. The body uses sleep as a time to repair the mind and lesson hormones in the body like insulin and cortisol. If a different body composition is desired, a high fat, moderate protein, low car diet and a proper sleep cycle will do more than an exercise routine. Sleep is also used to solidify new knowledge learned during the day. Studying less and sleeping more will lead to more mental gains.
Sleeping is a lost art in first world culture. The high demands of work life led to late nights and last-minute emails. One of the best ways to get sleep back on track is to rise early regularly. This will lead to the body naturally fatiguing early in the evening. Turning off lights, computers, smart devices, and televisions at least twenty minutes before bed will lead to the release of sleep chemicals. There are blue light filter apps for smart devices that are great for removing the type of light harmful to sleep. Exercise, reading, and meditation are all ways to relax the mind right before bed.
Proper sleep is a practice. Add it to your life and watch the results.
The Secret Ingredient For Body Composition Change & Mental Gains