Sense of Smell
Things to Consider
Head and Neck Pillows:
· Sleep: Sleep on Your Back: Tips: Head and Neck Pillows
Tilting
head slightly upward, and focusing on a point on the ceiling (slightly,
e.g. just enough to see the ceiling of a room):
Does
sense of smell improve when tilting head back slightly? Does tilting the
head, while upright, help to clear the airway similar to the technique used
in CPR? Tilting head slightly upward seems to have a relaxing effect.
Neuro-Linguistic
Programming (NLP)
“Based on
observations by Bandler and Grinder,
·
When people look up, they're visualizing [the eyes diverge
and accommodate more easily when looking up, improving far visualization]….”
NLPcoaching.com:
'An Introduction to NLP'
“Typically, people who are in a visual mode
· Stand, or sit, with their heads
and/or bodies erect with their eyes up [meaning tending to
look upward?]…”
NLPcoaching.com:
'An Introduction to NLP'
Forward
Head Posture
"If
you slump or have forward head posture, try to lift your head up by
inhaling and lifting your chest. This will put your head on top of your
shoulders and reduce the stress on the traps [trapezius muscles] from
forward head posture."
WebMD: Answers to Questions: How can I improve my
posture?
Vision and Gaze
· “To make
matters even more interesting, looking upward suggests that a person
is using images or visual memories.”
http://itotd.com/index.alt?ArticleID=211
http://www.causeof.org/notes_0605.htm
”As Krimsky (1948) noted, ‘When looking upwards,
the eyes tend to diverge . . . when they look down, the
effort to converge is much easier.’”
http://www.combo.com/ergo/vangle2.htm
http://www.causeof.org/notes_0605.htm
·
“Looking upward 30-degrees, the resting point of vergence goes out to
about 53 inches [more eyestrain when monitor is only 20 inches
away].
·
But with a 30-degree downward gaze
angle, it moves inward to 35 inches.”
http://www.combo.com/ergo/vangle2.htm
http://www.causeof.org/notes_0605.htm
Looking upward
*imagination, alpha-theta
(eyes tend to diverge)
http://www.causeof.org/notes_0705.htm
*looking upward and EMDR
*myopes tend to look down
more often, hyperopes tend not to look downward unless required
*looking downward or upward
and self-esteem
*convergence and diveregence
and alpha-theta brainwaves
*looking downward for long
periods of time->muscular imbalance in the eyes?
*”looking downward is associated
with kinesthetic or emotional memories”: what impact does this have on
depression, self-esteem, stress, endorphin levels?
*signs of eyestrain: if you
start tilting your head forward while using a computer (which would move
the direction of your gaze upward as you look at the screen) take a break
and look upward in the distance for a while to allow your eyes to diverge
and relax
*vision improvement
exercises: look upward to improve exercises that are intended to cause your
eyes to diverge? look downward to improve exercises that are intended to
cause your eyes to converge?
*not looking upward for long
periods of time causes problems with proprioception, sense of space
http://www.causeof.org/notes_0705.htm
“…Recent brain
research that tells us that we can cause our right brain to become more responsive by looking up [should probably
say looking up and to the right] with our eyes. In
other words, we use our eyes to help us think, as well as to see. When the student
is looking up, he is ‘seeing’ the word in his head.”
http://www.diannecraft.com/r-brain.html
http://www.causeof.org/notes_0705.htm
Looking up vs looking at ceiling:
Looking up seems to relieve the symptoms for some people;
You may notice different sensations when you just look up
(e.g. at the top of a wall) vs looking at the ceiling (note: important
to do slowly to avoid damaging the neck)
http://www.causeof.org/notes_2Q07.htm
Lying on your back and looking upward (e.g. stargazing, cloud-watching)
helps to reduce pressure on the extraocular (eye) muscles and helps to
improve divergence (looking into the distance)? Allows a person to
more easily enter an alpha-theta state (brainwaves)?
http://www.causeof.org/notes_0905_0106.htm
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