brainscience4peakperformance
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INTRODUCTION TO BRAIN,MIND AND RELATIONSHIPS
8 BEST WAYS OF EXERCISING YOUR BRAIN
Neuro Plasticity of brain
Why neuro science
• Our ability to know our own minds as well as to sense the inner world of others may be singular human talent , the key to nurturing healthy minds and hearts.
• We can Scientifically ground the psychological and spiritual tools for our self healing and well being and improve human relationship.
Our MAP is updated through our senses.
We each take in information through a natural preferred combination of senses (called modalities) :
See
Auditory
Touch-Kinesthetic / Tactile
Smell
Taste
MAPSMaps are the Neuro circuit that gets fired in the brain until we are familiar with the objects/situation
We use Maps to identify anything and everything in the world which we perceive as Real
How Mind MAP
I am the figment of my Imagination -I MAP
You are the figment of my Imagination-YOU MAP
I am the figment of your Imagination –ME MAP
IMAGINATION
What is Imagination
• It is a artificial constructions of world which we think we are perceiving
• Dendritic confabulation of world which is Inner reality.
• It is far removed from Outer Reality as far as one possibly get
All that we are experiencing in our minds are the maps which we have created which we hold in the working memory of our frontal lobe for 30 seconds or less
Dr.Dan Siegel’s definition of ―mind‖ -
• “A core aspect of the mind can be defined as an
embodied and relational process that regulates the
flow of energy and information.”
• Regulatory function
• Monitor and Modify the energy flow by observing and change the flow by directing our attention
Mind
Conscious Mind
• We are aware of.
• Part that is doing the task
• Our Brain is not capable of Multi tasking
Sub conscious
• It is one layer deeper. We install Science,MathsMaths,Scicen Skills like Driving, Operating Instruments and Playing and instrum Auto Pilot
Unconscious Mind
• It is sending trillions of impulses to a hundred trillion cells e t Trillio cells within very fraction of a second. Breathing, Bigesting,wDigesting,Walking and Growth of Muscles and tissues
FLOW OF DATA/INFORMATION
Schematic of the Six layered Cortical Column and the Bottom -up and top-down flow of Information
Layers TOP-Down Top-Down Top Down
Dominance
1
2
3
AWARNESS
4
5 Visceral Maps
6 Data
Ghut Feeling
Bottom-Up Bottom-Up Bottom-Up Dominance
Exercising your Brain
Eight Ways to enhance your Physical,Mental and Spiritual Health
8. Smile7.Stay Intellectually Active6. Consciously Relax –Centring Exercise5.Yawn4.Meditate3.Aerobic Exercise2.Dialogue with Others1.Faith
What is Mindfulness-Mindful brain
• Mindfulness is deliberately paying
full attention to what is happening
around you and within you –in your
body,heart,and mind.
• Mindfulness is awareness without
criticism or judgment.
Mindfulness
• We get around 60,000 thoughts in a day and • 90% of the thoughts are same as previous day• Thoughts are the result of thinking• Silence enable us to connect to intelligence • You get inspired thoughts which may be the result of primal cause• You intentionally focus your mind to achieve goals• Intention is the precursor to thoughts
Mindful brain Exercise
• Eating Mindfully
• Leaving no traces in the Bathroom
• Telephone Meditation
• Mindful driving
• Mindful walking
Neuroplasticity of Brain
• Neurogenesis- Stimulation of Neurons for growth
• Myelinogenesis=Talent code
• Synaptogeneisis=Reducing Refractory period between firing and resting of neurons
Our Capacity for creating new neural connections and growing neurons in response to experience
Myelin Sheath-Talent code
• Jeremy
– His first day
– Mistakes made
– Successes achieved
– The moral of the story
Hormones Create link between the Body and Mind• Managing Stress effectively is more about changing our reaction to stress
than attempting to avoid stressful situations.• Under stress,the body stops making the feel good hormones that keep us
health and happy• Hurried lives create enormous stress even when our physical needs are
being met• Testosterone for Men and Oxytocin , Estrogen , Progressterone for
Women, serotonin ,dopamine are feeling good hormones• Cortisol is stress related hormone .Prolonged elevated cortisol level in
our body is harmful mainly to Neuron growth and activation.• Adrenal glands is switch that triggered by our brain to produce either
feeling good hormones or stress hormone Cortisol• We can change the way stress affects our bodies even if we can’t change
the world
Cycle
• As Stress levels go up,the body releases cortisol
• Elevated Cortisol inhibits fat burning and stimulates sugar burning
• The muscles begin using up sugar
• Blood sugar levels begin to drop
• The brain orders you to eat more sugar
• More cortisol is released to stabilize the fluctuating blood
• The cycles begins again
Silence is not an absence of sound; it is the presence of meaning,In an age of increasing electronic chatter —24x7 television, mobile phones, Twitter, SMSs — “getting the silent bits right” is becoming more and more difficult. And, for that reason, more and more necessary.
• Be Present mindfully
• Meditate for 20 minutes a day
• Understand 4M-power (Mind,Meals,Muscle and Motions)
• Drink plenty of water
• Accept people, situations and events as they are, not as you wish they were, in this
moment
• Commune with nature: spend quality time with nature
God grant me the serenity to accept the
things I cannot change; the courage to
change the things I can; and the
wisdom to know the difference.
— REINHOLD NIEBUHR, THE
SERENITY PRAYER