Extract of the article Nurturing Creative Children...
Q8) Simple breathing exercises can be used to stimulate the brain to perform better. Please elaborate how this can be done, for example, to help a child think better prior to an exam?
A) Close your left nostril with your left fore-finger, take a deep breath, hold for a count of six and then breathe out from the right nostril. Feel the air coming out from your right nostril with the palm of your right hand. Now, reverse the process. Close your right nostril and breathe out rough your left and feel the air with your left palm. Do you feel any difference?
The air from one nostril will always be stronger than the other. If the air from the right nostril is stronger, it means that the left brain is dominant since the left brain controls the right side of the body and the right brain controls the left side of the body.
We could take advantage of this fact. For example, If your child is sitting for a mathematics exam, tell your child to close his/her left nostril and breathe through the right nostril. Do it for about 10 minutes or more to activate the left (logical) brain. This could improve your child's logical thinking leading to better results.
Cool huh! Have to remember this when my kids are going to school..
7 comments:
hmmm... interesting...
but half the time.. one of the nostril will be slightly snuff.. I mean for me.. is it not for everybody?
Most of the time I can't breath thru the left, so that means I'm more logical and less emotional...
Need to clear the nasal passages well first, otherwise I'd suffocate!! *G*
egghead,
yeap ;P
Thought of trying it?
zara's mama,
I kinda feel it too.. So, may be the not so stuffed one is my stronger nostril.. (right one).
Hmmm, I think that's why I love maths :)
ricket,
Same here..
But come to think of it, I'm also emotional. Hmm, confused already..
L B,
Hahahaha, go ahead.. I don't want my blog to cause any casualities ;)
Wah, they incorporated yoga breathing exercise to creativity. We do that excercise before ending the lesson. Interesting!
allyfeel,
I notice lots of kids nowadays doing yoga.. I guess it will help them a lot, be it mentally, physically and emotionally.
Still doing yoga?
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