8 Stress Hacks By Brain Region

How do you hack your stress level?

Here are 8 tips (based on the brain region):
→    FRONTAL LOBE
This brain region helps us decide, solve problems, and handle emotions.

Here are 2 practices you can try:
1.    Visualization
For example you can visualize yourself achieving a long-term goal.

2.    Mental Imagery
For example you can imagine being in your favorite natural location.
(Mountain, sea, lake, desert, forest…).

→    PARIETAL LOBE
This brain region helps us sense, move, and stay aware of space.
Here are 2 practices you can try:

1.    Body Scan Meditation
This is a specific meditation practice where you focus your attention on each part of your body.

2.    Progressive Muscle Relaxation
This is similar to Body Scan Meditation, but it’s used specifically to release specific muscle groups.
I practiced it when I was an athlete — it works!

→    TEMPORAL LOBE
This brain region helps us hear, remember, and react emotionally.

Here are 2 practices you can try:
1.    Binaural Beats
These are audio tracks specifically designed for focus, relaxation, sleep, etc.
You can listen to them during your meditation, at work, or before going to bed.
I used them a lot before going to bed, and they helped me significantly.

2.    Sound Healing
These include sounds like singing bowls, gongs, Tibetan bells, or sounds of nature.
My favorite is a lakeshore with a few birds.
You can integrate them into your meditation, yoga session, at work, or before going to bed.

→    OCCIPITAL LOBE
This brain region helps us see and understand visual information.
Here are 2 practices you can try:
1.    Stargazing
I’m completely in love with the stars and the moon.
Every morning, as part of my morning routine routine, I spend a couple of minutes looking at them (when the moon is visible).
Yeah, I wake up very early.

2.    Looking at the sunrise/sunset
If you prefer the sunrise or the sunset, you can check out this magic of nature.

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