MEDITATE TO INCREASE BRAIN POWER

Meditation helps to control your ability to think and hence increases the brain power. Meditation is a conscious effort to change how the mind works. The Pali word for meditation is 'bhavana' which means 'to make grow' or 'to develop'.
A simple meditation you can do right now is just closing your eyes and paying attention to your breath.

1. Breathe deep - Deep breathing exercises draws more air means more oxygen in the blood and therefore in the brain.
Always breathe through the nose and one finds the use of the diaphragm more, drawing air deeper into your lungs. Several deep breaths can also help to relax, which is conducive to clearer thinking.

2. Concentrate on your breath - When your mind wanders, just bring your attention back to your breath. All it needs a little bit of practice, your mind is relaxed and leaves our more ready for any mental task.

3. Sit up Posture - Posture affects your thinking process. Sit straight with your body held up, do not lean, an upright posture and keep inhaling and exhaling in a rhythmic fashion. It is easier to think better in this posture.

4. Good thinking habits - Good thinking habit, a proper problem solving technique with in-depth study of the various aspects, which on practicing becomes a habit, with some effort and then be more resourceful effortlessly.

5. Rosemary - The herb from time immemorial has an effect on the brain when the scent is inhaled. People claim that just sniffing rosemary wakes up their brain.

6. Mindfulness exercises - Analyze your brain and your thinking ability. Concentration and clear thinking are more or less automatic once you remove distractions. Try to find an answer to things that are subtly bothering you, deal with them. Note down things as making a phone call, or putting things on the list, so you don’t forget them for now. With practice, this becomes easier, and your thinking becomes more powerful.

7. Making use of waste time - The time that is otherwise wasted or just under-utilized can be the time you commute to work, driving time, time spent in waiting rooms, or even time spent raking your yard can be included in this. With a tape player and a trip to a public library, you can start to use this time to listen to books-on-tape.

You can get your brain involved in useful thinking as you keep doing your every day chores at home and weekends.

8. Learn something new, probably a language - It is one of the best brain exercises. Learning a new language has been shown to halt the age-related decline in brain function. It also introduces your mind to new concepts and new ways of looking at things.


9. Writing the best - The best way to enhance one’s creative, analytical and clear thinking is writing. Writing is good for your mind in a number of ways. It is a way to tell your memory what is important, so you'll recall things more easily in the future. Diaries, idea-journals, poetry, note-taking and story-writing are all ways to use writing to boost your brain power.

10. Sleep better - The quality of sleep is important rather than the quantity of hours you sleep. As long as you get a certain amount of sleep - probably a minimum of five hours - the quality seems to be more important than the quantity. Also, short naps in the afternoon seem to work well to recharge the brain for some people.

11. Make a brainpower plan. It takes about twenty to thirty days of repetition to establish new habits, as psychologists tell you. This means that when you create your plan for better brainpower, be sure you plan to use that new problem solving techniques. You can use many of the brain boosters here and get immediate results, but it is creating new habits that will give you the most brainpower.