Your email address will not be published. Have your child loop the hands underneath the arms and pull the arms close to the chest (twisted into a pretzel).Hold this position for 2 to 5 minutes or for as long as they need to calm the body. As they are crossed, have the palms of the right and left hands touch together and lock fingers. Now, have your child stretch out their arms and cross them in front of their body. If your child is standing, have them cross one foot over the other (legs always straight). You can complete this exercise standing (preferred), sitting or lying down on the ground. It’s a great activity to calm the body and help your child control their breathing. Hook-Ups are specifically used for children or adults that have great amounts of stress, anxiety, meltdowns or sensory overload. Now release, relax and repeat this for 3 times. Breathe deeply and slowly for few seconds. Gently touch the points above the eye halfway in between the eyebrow and the hairline using your fingertips of each hand.
Using your thumbs and fingers of one hand, rub these areas vigorously for 50 seconds while rest your other hand over your navel as you look from left to right. There are two hollow areas under your collarbone which is about 1 inch out from the Centre of your chest. While drawing the 8, try to focus your eyes on the thumb. With your thumb pointing toward the ceiling, slowly and smoothly trace the shape of a large figure 8. It should be equal to your shoulder level. Repeat this for 2-3 minutes.Įxtend you arm straight out in front of you. Ensure that you touch the knee with your elbow completely and properly. Alternate the directions as in a march-past. In the same way, repeat this exercise with your left hand touching your right knee. Sit or stand and with your right hand elbow touch your left knee diagonally across your body. They are designed to strengthen the relationship between body and mind and so are particularly interesting in this time when so many of our activities are cerebral. The idea is that these are simple exercises that anyone can do at home or at work or at school and they are often used with children who have special needs or need to improve their learning ability.
Its focus is improved learning and mental organization.
Brain gym exercise series#
You will be noticeably calmer after that time.Brain Gym is a series of movements, done with intention and designed to ‘wake-up’ the brain or to stimulate brain function. Keep the ankles crossed and the wrists crossed and then breathe evenly in this position for a few minutes. Bend the elbows out and gently turn the fingers in towards the body until they rest on the sternum (breast bone) in the center of the chest.
Take your right wrist and cross it over the left wrist and link up the fingers so that the right wrist is on top. Cross the right leg over the left at the ankles. Any situation which will cause nervousness calls for a few "hook ups" to calm the mind and improve concentration. This works well for nerves before a test or special event such as making a speech. Just do this either sitting or standing for about 2 minutes. Put the right hand across the body to the left knee as you raise it, and then do the same thing for the left hand on the right knee just as if you were marching. It is useful for spelling, writing, listening, reading and comprehension. This exercise helps coordinate right and left brain by exercising the information flow between the two hemispheres. Gently press on these points for about 2 minutes. Press lightly in a pulsing manner.Īt the same time put the other hand over the navel area of the stomach. Place your index and thumb into the slight indentations below the collar bone on each side of the sternum. Put one hand so that there is as wide a space as possible between the thumb and index finger. The increased blood flow helps improve concentration skills required for reading, writing, etc. This exercise helps improve blood flow to the brain to "switch on" the entire brain before a lesson begins. Drinking water is very important before any stressful situation - tests! - as we tend to perspire under stress, and de-hydration can effect our concentration negatively. Having students drink some water before and during class can help "grease the wheel". Water comprises more of the brain (with estimates of 90%) than of any other organ of the body. They are surprisingly simple, but very effective!
Here are four basic "Brain Gym" exercises which implement the ideas developed in "Smart Moves" and can be used quickly in any classroom. Every nerve and cell is a network contributing to our intelligence and our learning capability. Our bodies are very much a part of all our learning, and learning is not an isolated "brain" function.
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