Mindfulness for Exam Preparation : There is a competition to get maximum numbers and perform well in board exam. It is not easy to get success in many other competitive exams. Everyone wants to know how many marks came in your exam, whether parents, relatives, neighbors want to know. Such hopes become a burden on the heads of children and students. This increases stress, nervousness and anxiety. Its effect is also visible on the result, because due to fear of exam, even small mistakes spoil the performance. In such a situation, mindfulness can be helpful. Let’s know what is mindfulness, how can students increase their focus on studies in exam …
What is mindfulness
Mindfulness … means to live in a fully present of a human being. Mindfulness is an art of living life. For example, if you are writing something, then just think about the topic, do not wander the mind. If you are drinking tea, then taste it for that time, enjoy its smell. It is mindfulness to apply the mind at one place. According to England’s ‘University of Bath’, Mindfulness brings positive changes in life by reducing stress, anxiety or depression.
Methods of learning mindfulness
1. Take deep breathing.
2. Mindful eating means only focus on eating while eating
3. Meditation means meditation or focus
4. Mindful Lyisinging means listening carefully
5. Single tasking means focusing only one work at one time
6. To consider everything closely.
How to prepare for exam with mindfulness
1. Do not think too much about the punture. Just focus on studies, not on the result of the exam.
2. Our focus on ourselves. While preparing for the exam, all the focus should be on studies, not who is doing what and how else is studying.
3. Accept the truth. That is, if you have a subject week and you do not want to take help of anyone, then it will be wrong. Take help of your teacher, friend or family member for this
4. Use five sense args. When you want to understand and accept things, then everything will be correct, this will increase positiveness and also self -interest.
5. Do one thing at a time. This will make the attention less and will remain a focus on studies. With this, you will be able to read every topic carefully.
6. You can keep yourself relaxed amidst studying with mindfulness.
7. You can focus on the same subject in a time.
8. During eating or drinking or playing, the mind will not wander and the tension of the exam will not be there.
9. In case of tension, you can get new energy back from deep breathing.
