13 Ways To Clear Your Mind

It’s not easy to clear your mind. Ultimately, your brain is not a drawer that you can just empty and fill whenever you want.

This is mainly because  there are many emotions that can take away your inner peace, while keeping balance and the ability to stay focused is so important.

Often there are also negative emotions that play a role. Factors such as anxiety and prolonged stressful periods often cause us to feel  frustrated, exhausted, and angry at the world.

This has happened to all of us at some point: you come home and you can’t relax because your mind is constantly filling with many and persistent thoughts. A whirlwind of anxiety, headaches and a bad mood that just won’t go away.

If you are going through these feelings and you don’t know how to deal with them,  we have some simple advice for you that you can try out in practice.  They will really help you clear your mind!

Find out what agonizing emotions you have

Before performing these exercises,  discover which emotion or emotions are the basis for what you are feeling.  Sometimes it’s a  mix of a lot of little things:  a little bit of fear, a little bit of sadness, a little bit of disappointment, and a little bit of worry.

To unravel this, you must try to come to yourself and relax. Nothing works better for this than meditation.  It may seem strange, but learning meditation is not easy. It takes time and practice.

We recommend a number of options for you to connect with yourself,  to discover what is happening to you and what emotions come up in your mind.

Here they are:

• Go for a walk. Many people find it easier to meditate when they are walking or running.
• Take a relaxing bath. This is an ideal way to think about things and clear your mind.
• Schedule an hour for yourself, alone and in silence. Take a notepad or piece of paper and make two columns on it. In the first box you write ‘what do I feel’ and in the second box you write ‘why do I feel this way’. Do this calmly and be honest with yourself.

How do you clear your mind and keep your emotions in check?

1. You feel anger or rage

Take pieces of colored paper and tear it into strips. Do this slowly,  focus on executing this.

When you have torn them into strips, braid the pieces. Little by little you will find the solution to your anger.

2. You must be able to understand something

Paint mandalas. It will help  you connect with your thoughts, in a calm way and without pushing yourself,  while applying color to the shapes of the mandala.

Little by little you will find the answer.

3. You feel sad

Draw trees with long roots  and tall branches that touch the sun.

4. You feel anxious

Make a rag doll.

As you make each part,  you find a certain tranquility in recognizing yourself in this human form,  which you have created with your own hands.

5. You worry

When you are worried, it helps to make origami ornaments.  This delicate art form consists of folding paper without using scissors or glue. You only use your hands.

6. You want to remember something

If you want to remember something,  draw mazes.

7. You feel mentally exhausted

Then draw  flowers.

8. You have to find the solution to a problem

Draw  an ocean with waves  and then paint it in the appropriate colors.

9. You feel blocked and you don’t know how to get out of the situation

If you are going through a difficult phase in your life and feel a lot of inner tension or are filled with fear, draw spirals to feel better. It’s very relaxing.

10. You need to know what you want in your life

When you find yourself at a personal crossroads,  not knowing what you want or expect,  make a collage.

Cut out the pictures you like. Then put these together and think about it.

11. You have to organize your ideas

Here it can be very useful  to draw rectangles. 

12. You feel desperate

We’ve all had moments like this where everything gets too much for us and we feel like we’re carrying our whole lives on our backs.

When you have this feeling, it can be very helpful to draw roads.  Draw roads and tracks that will be demolished, but repaired with strong bridges.

13. You feel bored

Feeling bored is  not as intense as feeling anger.  It’s an annoying feeling, like a cloud filled with negativity that we just can’t get rid of.

Whenever this happens to you, it can be helpful to draw  colored lines on a blank sheet of paper. 

Give it a try and you will be amazed how these easy things can help you clear your mind.