Perfect Your Mental Health with Yoga
Whether you are new to virtual learning or remote work, you have take care of your mental health. Too much time in the virtual world can quickly become toxic and unhealthy. Let's be honest with ourselves, remote work and distance education while not physically draining can quickly become mentally exhausting. Yoga is so dynamic that you can use it to clear your mind, focus and increase your mental strength and capacity. You can restore or create a balance in your mind and take your strides to the next level. Yoga retrains the mind to perform at overall maximum efficiency by helping you to organize thoughts, find clarity and achieve high levels of mental awareness.
Yoga creates equilibrium and mental peace It syncs the mind and body to create complete awareness, and it focuses and improves your breathing. Deep breathing allows your brain to get the oxygen supply it needs and combined with yoga, it puts you in a state of total peace. During grad school I found that I needed to find moments of solitude as distance learning can quickly become overwhelming along with everything else that is going on in your life. I recall going through a burnout and losing steam to continue my studies at times because it felt like there was too much to do and too little time. I learned to compartmentalize in a healthy way, dealing with what I needed to handle now and knowing the best time to tackle the rest. The same goes for your studies. You may have a lot of work to get done but you cannot do them all at once.
Take a deep breath. Do some yoga. Prioritize your tasks. Get started. Breathe. You will get it done.
Yoga Poses That You Can Try
Upward Dog- The upper body is often neglected by runners but it also needs strength training as well. According to Kimberly Fowler of L.A Marathon, weak upper bodies may hurt performance.
Low Lunge/Lizard- This position gets your whole body engaged and helps you to maintain balance and breathing which is extremely important for brain function.
Tree- Yes. The Tree position allows you to strengthen your legs and improve your balance. this means you can almost forget about twisting your ankle or having to stop due to pain or cramps.
Downward Dog- If it goes up, it must come down. This pose not only lengthens but strengthens your body and hips but it opens the upper back and arms, relaxing you. This helps you to scare away injuries of the shin, foot and knee.
Of course, there are many more useful yoga poses, that will take your mental health beyond what you expect. The three main benefits of Yoga for Improving Mental Health include:
Prevents mental breakdown and helps you to organize your thoughts and daily activities with clear directions
Establishes a mind-body connection which causes you to think smarter and have more control over your emotions and thoughts
Strengthens and improves your breathing which enables you to find your 'nirvana'
Being mentally fit is an advantage. Yoga gives you that competitive edge. It's time to sharpen your mental skills and release some dopamine. Ready? Set. Pose!
Interested in learning how to remain in good mental health while navigating distance ed? Check out Online Student Prep 101: A Comprehensive Guide to Distance education and Virtual Learning for what to expect and how to prepare.
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