Five ways to become a more quiet and calm person.
- Meditation - being able to quiet your mind will prepare your brain for when you get into stressful and angry situations. Even simple meditation for just a few minutes per day can have a huge impact. Meditation will help you connect to your brain’s theta waves, which will help you tap into your calm.
- Mindfulness in daily activities - In addition to incorporating mindfulness during meditation, you can also be mindful in small routine ways during your day. You can eat, brush your teeth, walk and communicate more mindfully each day to help you be calmer.
- Sensory connection - The calming part of your brain is in the same region as the sensory part of your brain. Using sensory regulation strategies like nature walks, warm showers or baths, listening to music, essential oils, tapping and more can help you relax. Go outside and feel the sun and breeze!
- Rhythmic activity - Your brain loves and is calmed by rhythm. Any patterned, repetitive and rhythmic activities such as walking, running, dancing, yoga, sport and more will calm your brain and body. Get up and move!
- Daily Journaling - creative expression in written or artistic form can help you reduce your stress and change the neurochemistry of your anxious brain. Whether you journal in doodles, phrases, words sentences or paragraphs, your mind will be soothed by the written expression of your emotions.
Some people are naturally more calm and relaxed, while others need to be more intentional about getting and staying calm.
