Taking a Break for Meditation Benefits Your Productivity

According to a study on high stress work environments, workers who learned meditation not only felt less stress while doing the same work tasks, they also performed better. Their memory improved. They were less distracted. They stayed on task longer. Meditation benefits not only how you feel, but also how well you perform.

The paradox is that nowadays everyone feels so busy, so stressed, so overwhelmed, that most people don’t feel like they have the luxury to stop and do nothing. But what if the consequence of working nonstop is actually getting less done? You may think you’re getting more done because you’re constantly busy doing something, but in actuality your brain is not functioning at its best.

Working Nonstop Only Gives You the Illusion of Greater Productivity

Have you ever had the experience of reading something, and then realizing that you missed the last two paragraphs and have to reread what you just read? That’s your brain’s way of telling you to stop and take a break. If you won’t take the break, your brain will just check out and take the break regardless. You lose focus. You have to repeat tasks or recheck your work.

There’s a reason movies used to be limited to 90 minutes. That’s about the max that the brain can focus in one stretch of time. Have you noticed now that movies have stretched out to 2 and 3 hours long, that there are moments in the movie where your mind will wander briefly and you’ll realize you weren’t paying attention and missed a line of dialogue? Again, your brain is checking out and taking a break.

Hypnosis Provides the Same Meditation Benefits

But what if a little meditation or hypnosis each day could extend the amount of time you could focus? How much more could you accomplish? Meditation and hypnosis are really the same state of mind. As I explain to clients, with meditation your goal is simply to be in that state of mind (a relaxed theta brainwave state), whereas with hypnosis your goal is to use that same state of mind to achieve success (like weight loss or improved memory or increased confidence).

At Nashua Hypnosis, we can teach you the tools to gain the meditation benefits of better memory, less stress, and staying on task longer. Call to schedule your free screening now, and discover if hypnosis is the solution you’ve been searching for: (603) 321-1779.