Whole Brain State
Just like a walnut, the brain is made up of 2 halves. Each half is called a hemisphere; left hemisphere and right hemisphere. Each hemisphere specializes in certain tasks or functions and processes different kinds of information. Brain Dominance Theory is the area of research that has uncovered what each hemisphere controls; identifying the lateralization of function.
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Whole Brain Exercises
1. Sit in whole brain posture and breathe – Ankles crossed, wrists crossed over, link hands.
2. Ear Rolls – with thumb and index finger roll and massage top of ear and follow all the way to ear lobe massaging as you go. Do both ears at the same time.
Ear Rolls: Roll/massage red area
Whole Brain Posture
3. Cross Crawls – standing up march on the spot and touch each knee with the opposite hand as you raise your knee.
4. Figure of eights – Clasp hands together in front of you. Sit your thumbs up so you can see your thumb nails. Hold your head still looking straight ahead and track with your eyes only your thumb nails as you draw an infinity sign in front of your field of vision.
5. Alternate figure of eights. – Hold your head still and look straight ahead. Hold your index finger in front of your field of vision. Move your finger all the way to the left and then back to the very right side of your field of vision. Track your finger moving with your eyes only. Keep moving left to right and back again tracking your fingers movement until you feel a shift.