What kind of sleeping position can relax the brain

Sleeping posture is generally different for everyone, and in many cases, a person's sleeping posture is related to a person's habits. However, most people don’t know that there is a lot of knowledge involved in sleeping posture. A good and appropriate sleeping posture is beneficial to your physical health. On the contrary, if a person's sleeping posture is bad or inappropriate, it will be harmful to his body. So, what kind of sleeping position can relax the brain?

Most people don’t actually know the answers to the above questions, but they really want to know. For ordinary people like us, our sleeping positions are usually different at night. However, when our body enters the sleep state, the sleeping position is often the same as before. Based on this, let’s talk about what kind of sleeping position can relax the brain.

Sleeping on your side can fully relax your brain

I often hear people say that people should "stand like a pine, sit like a bell, and lie like a bow." In fact, "lying like a bow" emphasizes that a person's sleeping posture should be like a bow, which is the so-called sideways sleeping.

Curled up like a fetus in the mother's womb, this posture is the most health-preserving because in this posture the brain is fully relaxed. Regarding sleeping position, modern medicine also emphasizes sleeping on the side, and sleeping on the right side is better.

The reason is: when you lie on your right side, the heart is not under pressure. At the same time, the liver is on the right side, so blood is more likely to return to the liver when you lie on your right side, which is a maintenance process for the liver itself.

If we look at this issue from the perspective of human evolution, sleeping on the right side is the best way to relieve fatigue, and it is also the sleeping position that can best relax the brain.

One of the functions of our cerebral cortex is to make the body tense and not so loose. This is a reflection of a person's youth and health. Therefore, young people appear upright, while old people seem to be deflated. It is the brain that adjusts the muscle tension without our knowledge.

However, this process of tension consumes energy in the brain. Even if you are not thinking about it or not aware of it, this energy consumption is still going on.

Because we consume energy, we need to rest. The posture during sleep is naturally very important, as it determines the quality of sleep. Therefore, we must first adopt a posture that completely disables our brain.

If you lie on your back, usually with your limbs stretched out, this sleeping position will actually tense your skeletal muscles. If you lie on your back the whole night, first of all, it will be difficult for you to fall asleep, and even if you fall asleep, you will still feel very tired in the morning.

However, if you curl up like a bow, or like a fetus in the mother's womb, your muscles are not used. This posture makes it easy to fall asleep, and the sleep quality is also high, because in this posture, the brain cancels all "control" of the skeletal muscles, and the brain is relieved and can breathe a sigh of relief.

The reason why the fetus maintains this posture is that the cerebral cortex at that time is not fully developed and has no ability to control the muscles. The muscles naturally adopt the most relaxed and primitive posture.

If you can return to this original state during sleep, you are actually ensuring that your brain can relax in a fully "off-duty" state.

Not only in sleep, if we observe the posture of people when they are tired, they will involuntarily bend their waist, relax their shoulders, and put their hands on their hips. At this time, the skeletal muscles of the body are relaxed. The reason for relaxation is that the brain is tired and can no longer "control" its subordinates.

On the other hand, if you actively adopt this relaxed posture, it can also save energy for your brain, and it can also make your brain relaxed by "being dismissed".

Therefore, through the detailed introduction in the above article, most people should know that, in fact, for most people, sleeping on your side can relax and liberate the brain. Of course, sleeping on your side has many other functions besides relaxing the brain. However, not everyone can get used to sleeping on their side. Some people are used to their own sleeping position, and only by changing it slowly can they adapt to sleeping on their side.