September 23, 2020, 16:23
Feeling sleepy at work? Can’t wake up and focus? We offer you effective exercises and techniques to overcome drowsiness at work.
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Exercise from drowsiness No.1
To combat drowsiness, vigorously rub the ears for about a minute. Then, with warm fingers, rub your cheeks up and down. After that, lightly tap the top of your head with your palm. This is a very effective exercise for drowsiness.
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Sleepiness Exercise #2
Massage your palms for 2–3 minutes, stretch your fingers and rub them together. Then vigorously stroke the inside and outside of your forearms with your fist. This will help to overcome drowsiness, refresh and put thoughts in order.
Sleepiness Exercise #3
Vigorously rub the nasolabial folds with your fingers, squeeze and open your eyelids several times — these simple actions should drive away drowsiness and invigorate.
Breathing exercises for drowsiness
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- Stand up straight, take a breath and hold your breath for as long as possible. Then exhale forcefully through your mouth. This exercise helps to purify the air left in the lungs, promotes the absorption of oxygen into the blood, and ultimately helps to overcome drowsiness.
- Stand straight, spread your arms to the sides. Inhale slowly and hold your breath. And while exhaling, tap in different places on the chest with your fingertips. Do this exercise carefully — after it you may feel dizzy. But the dream will take off like a hand.
- Close the right nostril with the thumb of the right hand and inhale through the left nostril. After that, close the left nostril with the ring finger of the right hand, and open the right nostril. Exhale through the free right nostril. Then do the opposite. Alternate breathing helps to quickly set the brain to work and overcome drowsiness.
Effective remedy for drowsiness
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Wash your face alternately with cold and hot water. Repeat the action three times. Finish with cold water. If you are afraid to wash off your makeup, then arrange a contrast mini-shower for hands. To do this, put the brushes under a strong stream of water for 2–3 minutes. And alternate between cold and hot water. This proven technique is able to invigorate, refresh and overcome drowsiness at work for a long time.
Solving simple problems
If you can’t focus on important things, humble yourself and choose tasks that do not require much mental effort. You can sort through the mail, answer the letters that came during the day, make a plan for tomorrow, make a few calls. You can even try to clean up the workplace. Or just talk with colleagues, not necessarily at work: social activity invigorates.
What are your ways to deal with drowsiness? Share with us in the comments.
