This information is taken from the book ‘How God Changes Your Brain’ Andrew Newberg MD & Marc Waldman.

8. Smile

Smiling tells the brain you are ok. When you smile it releases dopamine and other relaxing neurochemicals. It also leads other people to respond to you in a more generous and kinder way.

It works even if you don’t feel like it so fake it until you make it! Learn to let go, lighten up and smile.

7. Intense Intellectual Stimulation

Learning new things strengthens the neural connections in your frontal lobes. This improves your ability to communicate, solve problems and make rational decisions about your behaviours. Use it or lose it!

6. Consciously Relax

Your frontal lobes are more active when you feel relaxed allowing for better brain function.

A great way to do this is to use a progressive relaxation. Just go through each part of your body and allow each part to relax as you focus on it. You can imagine a relaxing colour spreading over you or all the cells smiling as you go. Another way is to focus on your breathing, noticing the gentle rise of your abdomen as you inhale and the fall as you exhale. Otherwise just use any of your favorite ways to relax such as listening to calming music.

5. Yawn

Apparently, yawning will relax you and bring you into a state of alertness faster than any other meditation technique. It improves cognitive function, memory recall, empathy, relaxation and lowers stress. Try yawning a few times when you wake up, before you go to sleep, if you feel anxious, stressed or before an important event. However it may not look so good in front of an important meeting so choose your time and place to do it!

When you yawn, this temporarily suspends all brain disorder symptoms. It resets the correct metabolism and consciousness in the brain. It is contagious like neural empathy.

Breathing Techniques and Full Yogic Breath

I have found a new passion to add to my toolbox in teaching Yoga

I love the nurturing energy & self awareness of Reiki and tapping into the mind for breaking habits & focusing on positive change with Hypnotherapy. Knowing a bit more about the body/mind through Yoga for breathing, stretching, releasing, strengthening & energising feels like the icing on the cake! All 3 provide healing, stress relief and so much more for the body, mind & spirit.

I recently completed my Yoga Teacher Training practical & theory exams with Union Yoga Ayurveda http://www.unionyogaayurveda.com.sg to whom which I am deeply grateful. They teach a traditional form of Yoga from ‘Patanjali’s 8 limbs’ of Yoga where the Asana’s (postures) are only one of the limbs. Subsequently my Yoga classes will involve breathing techniques, Asana’s, Pranayama (channeling energy using the breath as a tool) and a little meditation.

I have completed my 30hours of teaching for the American Yoga Alliance Teaching Cert. & I would like to complete 80 hours for the Indian Teaching Cert. I am offering Yoga by Donation which will go to the Alzheimers Association of Singapore in memory of my Mum and the Paramhansa Organisation in India which is linked to my Yoga organisation. I will be doing this until around September 2016. If you are interested please email me inspirationhealing@icloud.com and we can discuss options. I am happy to run group sessions and/or individual sessions depending on requests.

General Rules about the Mind

These are some general rules of the mind that are a useful reminder. They are really important and many of us don’t truly realise how powerful our thoughts can be for our own health and wellbeing. When we don’t follow these rules, we can get ourselves in a lot of trouble.

Every Thought Has A Physical Reaction

The mind is where the action is, the body is where the reaction is.

Example
Stress headache or butterflies in your stomach. Our feelings and thoughts change our bodies and over the long term can cause major problems with our health.

How can this affect my life for good?
Understand that thoughts are just thoughts, you’ve had plenty of them and just let them pass. It’s like thinking about buying something, then not doing it. The buying thought was just a thought that had no effect over you, unless you let it;)

Holding on to negative thoughts and feelings can have a negative effect on your ability to handle situations and can hurt you mentally or physically in the long run.

Where Your Attention Goes, Your Energy Flows

Wherever you put your thoughts, good or bad, you go in that direction.

Brain Mind InspirationKaren TaylorMay 22, 2018brain mind inspiration, brain, mind, inspo

Jill Bolte Taylors Stroke of Insight – Brain Recovery

I find Jill Bolte Taylor’s book, ‘My Stroke of Insight’ such an inspiring and informative read for anyone interested in the amazing powers of our brain. My Mum was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s when she was sixty and this has really increased my interest in the brain. Click on the link above to view her talk on TED.com which is just under 20 minutes long.

Jill Bolte Taylor is a brain scientist who had a stroke, and watched as her brain functions shut down one by one. It took her 8 years to get her brain function back and she has become a powerful voice for brain recovery.

“I am the life-force power of the universe. I am the life-force power of the 50 trillion beautiful molecular geniuses that make up my form, at one with all that is.” Jill Bolte Taylor

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