If you are a student, no matter what grade level, it will really help your progress if you to learn a few stress management techniques. You will ultimately find you will be calm before tests; you will absorb more in class if you are relaxed, and you will achieve higher marks. Are you aware that stress can impair your memory?
From elementary school to senior community classes – all students need to learn to use these techniques. This doesn’t mean you will instantly have all these benefits, similar to anything you learn in life, it will take your commitment to be consistent practicing techniques, and a tenacity that makes you persist until your goals are achieved. But you absolutely WILL start feeling better each time you practice.
The truth is, the younger you learn stress management techniques, the better your life will be throughout all your years. That is not to say you cannot achieve results if you are in your senior years…humans can always learn and create new and useful brain cells. The human brain is excellent and regenerative
It is actually simpler than most things you will learn in school at any level. Just learn these techniques and you will never regret it!
Breathe! If you already know how to breath to empower yourself you have completed the most important step. If you don’t, read on. STRESS makes humans shallow breathers. Your brain needs fifty percent more oxygen than the rest of the body to think optimally. Ever feel stressed out before an exam? You were probably breathing shallow, ineffective breaths!
Here is the deal: Breathe right and this is what happens. You will give your brain oxygen to sharpen your intellect (all facets of it). Your mind will relax and yet be brighter. Your muscles, tendons and ligaments will stay relaxed, so your shoulders won’t tighten up with stress. If you’ve used mindful breathing prior to an exam or class, you will be more relaxed, hence, more effective in learning and remembering what you’ve learned.
To empower you, inhale slowly through the nose (pulling in that life-saving and energizing oxygen), expanding your belly like a balloon. Exhale through the mouth letting the belly empty out from the bottom upward and the carbon dioxide will be released, making room for more oxygen. You don’t have to make noise or a big fuss about it. It can be a secret weapon to use at any time, or any place.
Try to get in three or four of these breaths before you start, so you can be more relaxed and prepared. This works for performing as an athlete, in theatre, choir, or any type activity that “rings” your stress button. You want to be good. You want to do your best. This is a gift to human beings….the ability to control your own mind and body through your oxygen intake is an unbelievable gift. You must believe it works, and the proof is the physiological response in accord with/ or characteristic of the normal functioning of a living organism - That’s YOU!
Practice visualizing success. You can combine this practice with using mindful oxygen and it will expedite results. Visualize empowerment as you inhale, and negativity leaving you as you exhale. Visualization is a great way to build your confidence. As you fall asleep each night visualize yourself calm taking tests (or performing some craft), and doing a wonderful job.
Be detailed about your visualization and it will help you really feel like you are practicing for success – and you are doing just that. These are rehearsals for life. You can use visualizations to help you remember facts. Create detailed scenarios that involve information you are trying to remember; this will help cement the facts in your memory.
These two techniques can be life altering and grade enhancing! You can
apply the techniques to ANY situation in life. When you are learning to drive, breathe. When you are going out on a date, breathe. When you are getting ready for a football game, breathe.
Make it fun practicing anywhere – a secret weapon. If someone gets in your face and ticks you off, breathe. You will not react. You will respond with higher intellect and a calm demeanor. You win!
Every time you get ready for bed practice visualizing for success. These techniques work and they are yours already, no purchase required. Just call upon your brain to be motivated and practice…no one will test you on these things, but you can be on your way to a great life if you truly learn to use them for your benefit
Begin today!
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