1, lie still at any time
Closing your eyes can make people calm, calm and calm, thus achieving the purpose of saving energy and invigorating the spirit. You can use your spare time after work or some spare time such as waiting for a bus or taking a bus to close your eyes at any time. Especially in the dead of night, sit quietly with your eyes closed and concentrate. In a few minutes or ten minutes, you will feel calm and peaceful, the summer heat will gradually disappear and your energy will gradually increase. Closing your eyes often is also good for your health.
Studies at home and abroad have proved that this self-regulation of the nervous system, which excludes the interference of external mental factors, can make human physiological functions in an excellent state and help to prolong life.
Take a deep breath when you are free.
Deep breathing is pranayama in qigong. Ji Kang's Theory of Health Preservation holds that in the hot summer, "it is more appropriate to calm your heart, which is often like ice and snow, and there is less heat in your heart, so you can't turn heat into heat and reheat it", and points out the summer health preservation concept of "calm your heart and naturally cool it".
The specific way is: take a deep breath through your nose, breathe as long, slowly and deeply as possible, and it is best not to hear your own breathing. At the same time, you can calm yourself down quickly. The combination of deep breathing and closing eyes has a better sustenance effect.
3. Insist on taking a mid-afternoon nap
Taking a nap is an important way to keep fit, especially in hot summer. One is that the weather is hot, it is not easy to fall asleep at night, and it is early in the morning, usually not enough sleep; Second, busy work during the day, sweating a lot, physical exertion, easy to fatigue.
The nap time in summer will not be too long, even a 20-minute nap is enough to make up for the lack of sleep at night and the energy consumed by work during the day, and it is helpful to lower blood pressure and relieve tension.
4. Especially don't get angry.
Summer is the most vigorous period of yang in a year, and at this time, the yang of human body has also entered a very vigorous stage. Because of the heat inside and outside, people's emotions are more easily excited.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that anger hurts the liver, which can not heal, and the liver qi rushes up, and the blood overflows with the qi, then the face is red and the pulse is sudden, and even vomiting and sudden death can be caused. The so-called "quietness hides the spirit, dryness leads to death", which means that the mind is calm and the spirit is nourished. In summer, it is particularly important to keep a peaceful mind, avoid impatience, and remember not to be angry for more than 3 minutes.
5. Try not to work hard.
It's hot in summer, easy to sweat, hard work and study, and great physical consumption. "Don't act rashly" means to do everything in moderation: the work intensity should be moderate, and don't work overtime or overload; Old people don't.
6, reading and learning words is the quietest.
On a hot summer day, holding a good book in your hand will soon calm your mood and dispel the summer heat. A good book not only gives people knowledge, wisdom and talent, but also soothes the mind, eliminates irritability and delusion, thus making the mind calm as water.
Learning Chinese characters and painting is an elegant spiritual activity, which helps to cultivate the mind and prolong life. Because calligraphy and painting require no concern for others and emphasize the unity of heart, hand and pen, spirit and qi penetrate between the lines through the end of the pen, moistening things silently and integrating form and spirit, thus making the mind in a special state of peace and promoting and regulating brain function.