It’s always good to think about ways to keep our minds healthy. People with strong minds live a richer and more fulfilling life.
There are different ways that incorporate plenty of mental, physical and nutritional ways to keep the mind sharp throughout the lifetime.
How to keep our minds active, healthy and happy?
Plenty of mental exercises is required every day:
There are lots of tasks such as thinking through problems or avoiding calculator for simple arithmetic is one way to exercise the mind. Playing scrabbles, solving crosswords, brain teasers and also working with a jigsaw puzzle is a great way to keep our brain thinking.
Reading books, magazines and keeping up with current events such as in politics, world news or local small-town gossip helps to stimulate our mind.
Watching a thought-provoking movie can help to exercise the brain and even playing a video game can help to fight diseases like Alzheimer’s.
Physical exercise is a great way to keep mind and body fit:
Physical exercise, gym workout helps to increase the blood flow and oxygenates the brain. There are many great ways of physical work which we can do in our daily life which improves both health and mind.
Some of them are Swimming, Yoga, Hiking, Dancing, etc. Even playing some popular games like Tennis and Golf helps in mental and physical stimulation.
Learning and experiencing new things is a great way to challenge the brain:
There are few ideas which can give our mind a real chance to exercise our brain. For example, learning new words, learning to play musical instruments, studying different foreign languages, learning the art of photography and painting, playing chess and many more.
Traveling and exploring different countries and breaking away from routine life is also a great mind stimulant.
Stress relief and relaxation help to improve mental health:
For improving focus and reducing stress levels, meditation is the best option. We should also try some relaxation exercises, deep breathing used during yoga practice, try being happy and having fun in life, try becoming a positive thinker and learn appreciating whatever we have already accomplished.
A segment of aromatherapy sessions, massages from the therapists helps in releasing out stress and tension from the muscles.
Whether at 20 or 80 it’s always important to keep our mind and brain healthy and happy as it works throughout life and affects our body functions and also helps us to understand and interact with the world around us.
Ankita has recently joined The HR Monks team as a Talent Sourcer. After doing B. Sc in Botany she had quite an eventful career before she came to our Team.
She started her career in Wipro in an Admin role. Then she switched to recruitment and found a new passion for making a match between dream careers of candidates and the challenging organizational needs of various companies in different profiles. In the future, she is contemplating pursuing a degree in Executive MBA.
At The HR Monks, she is now enjoying helping organizations and changing lives by connecting talents with opportunities.
Ankita’s passion is listening to music and traveling across different corners of India. And she is a complete foodie. She loves the taste of India.