Body Posture Is Your Choice

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out of your dedicated time.Some simple strategies for maintaining a proper body posture might include — keeping your back straight, resting feet flat on the floor, not slouching.A poor posture affects your capability to breathe better. A good posture helps the body to breathe deeply and fill the lungs fully. When you are slouching, the muscles in the front of your body get contracted and thereby decrease your capacity to breathe fully.A good posture opens up your chest cavity and lungs, leading to better breathing and thereby more oxygen reaches your brain — improving your focus and concentration.Improved oxygen circulation, which comes with a good posture, results in better nourishment of neurons in the brain as more nutrients are absorbed with oxygen. These nurtured neurons keep you sharp and focused.One could even make a simple rule such as: Do not enter the work phase unless you can keep the word, that you maintain the right body posture. Without that commitment and reminder, you are likely to be hijacked by mental laziness which forces you to shift into bad body postures that are ineffective for focusing.<h2 id="2d4f">There was a study¹ conducted by researchers at San Francisco State University; their aim was to find out the effect of body posture on students’ ability to do

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the math. The experiment went as:</h2>125 college students enrolled in the test, and they were given the task of subtracting number 7 from number 843 continuously for 15 seconds. They were asked to maintain either a slump over posture or sitting up straight with shoulders back and relaxed.The following conclusions were made from the study results:Students who often had math anxiety; experienced lesser anxiety while maintaining a proper straight posture.Also scientifically, slumping over is a defensive posture; it could trigger old negative memories in body-brain. It is an indication that the body posture is linked with the overall mood, and when one is slouching, the brain would interpret this as feeling defeated.It was reported that slumped over posture shuts the person down to the extent that their brain does not work well and thus resulting in a lack of clarity in thinking. A good posture can make a giant difference.“You have a choice, it’s about using an empowered position to optimize your focus” -Erik Peper, Professor of Health EducationThanks for reading.Related Links:

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Correct Your Body Posture For Better Study And Work Results

Before we jump into a challenge or commitment, especially related to doing some productive work or study that requires a deep focus, it is helpful to first observe the ways we fail at it.

And often, the only control we have, at least initially, is on eliminating or minimizing the possibilities of fail; that must be our primary goal before we can gradually fall into a proper structure and flow with any new routine — to make sure we stick with it. For example, committing to something like #100daycodingchallenge or #100daywritingchallenge, etc.

We will look into something small like maintaining a proper body posture while sitting down to write, work, or study. A bad body posture could mean setting up yourself for failure. Once you have begun your session, be it 20 minutes or 1 hour, the next step is maintaining a body posture that helps you to get the best out of your dedicated time.

Some simple strategies for maintaining a proper body posture might include — keeping your back straight, resting feet flat on the floor, not slouching.

A poor posture affects your capability to breathe better. A good posture helps the body to breathe deeply and fill the lungs fully. When you are slouching, the muscles in the front of your body get contracted and thereby decrease your capacity to breathe fully.

A good posture opens up your chest cavity and lungs, leading to better breathing and thereby more oxygen reaches your brain — improving your focus and concentration.

Improved oxygen circulation, which comes with a good posture, results in better nourishment of neurons in the brain as more nutrients are absorbed with oxygen. These nurtured neurons keep you sharp and focused.

One could even make a simple rule such as: Do not enter the work phase unless you can keep the word, that you maintain the right body posture. Without that commitment and reminder, you are likely to be hijacked by mental laziness which forces you to shift into bad body postures that are ineffective for focusing.

There was a study¹ conducted by researchers at San Francisco State University; their aim was to find out the effect of body posture on students’ ability to do the math. The experiment went as:

125 college students enrolled in the test, and they were given the task of subtracting number 7 from number 843 continuously for 15 seconds. They were asked to maintain either a slump over posture or sitting up straight with shoulders back and relaxed.

The following conclusions were made from the study results:

Students who often had math anxiety; experienced lesser anxiety while maintaining a proper straight posture.

Also scientifically, slumping over is a defensive posture; it could trigger old negative memories in body-brain. It is an indication that the body posture is linked with the overall mood, and when one is slouching, the brain would interpret this as feeling defeated.

It was reported that slumped over posture shuts the person down to the extent that their brain does not work well and thus resulting in a lack of clarity in thinking. A good posture can make a giant difference.

“You have a choice, it’s about using an empowered position to optimize your focus” -Erik Peper, Professor of Health Education

Thanks for reading.