Students make a ‘C’ shape with the thumb and index finger and place them just below the collarbone. The brain buttons exercise, for instance, stimulates blood flow through the arteries to the brain to “switch on” the entire brain before a lesson begins, says Bhatia. Students at most Brain Gym institutes warm up with physical exercises before moving on to lessons in mental maths, speed writing and Abacus. The opposite is true for the right brain that governs our creativity, visual sense and memory." The left side, which governs rationale thinking, is active when we use the right side of the body. "The idea is to enhance the potential of both sides of the brain. Social sensory experiences between the ages of 4 to 14, when the brain grows the most, boost a child’s capacity to learn, says Bhatia, an instructor with SIP Academy.
They engage in exercises such as the brain button, lazy eight, hook-ups and cross crawl - part of a set of 26 workouts pioneered by American remedial education specialist Paul Dennison. The students, aged between six and 12, are flexing their cerebral muscle at a brain gym at East Delhi’s Dilshad Colony.
Feel the raindrops on your cheeks,” instructs their teacher Suchi Bhatia and the kids follow suit. “Imagine walking through a lush, green forest. Eyes shut, they stand with ankles crossed, fingers interlocked and hands resting on the chest. On a muggy July afternoon, a roomful of children is busy visualising the monsoon.
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