3. Breathe through your nose
It feels like an obvious one, but as yawning involves opening your mouth, try breathing through the nose. Talking to The Healthy, Dr. Robert R. Provine says, “A yawn involves a long inhalation and short exhalation with gaping jaws”. If you seal your lips, you can’t go through the full motions of a yawn.
4. Eat cold foods
As well as trying cold drinks, eating cold foods has the same cooling effect which will hopefully prevent a yawn. If you don’t want to be snacking on something unhealthy, try some fruit that has been cooled in the fridge.
5. Press something cold against you
Sticking to the cold theme, a cool compress against your head can also work wonders.As proven by the experiment mentioned earlier with the cold pack on participants’ necks. Hold this to your head for a minute or two before heading into your meeting.
6. Try public speaking or having the spotlight on you
Another discovery thatDr. Robert R. Provine discusses is that recording people generally stops them from yawning.“There’s a social inhibition effect. People looking at you will inhibit yawning”. Put simply, if you’re being watched you’re less likely to yawn. Why not try putting it to the test!
