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SuperBrain-Yoga for Your Body and Brain

by Mike Kirkeberg

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What is SuperBrain Yoga?

A couple of days ago I wrote about my memory and stress challenges and mentioned Integrated Mind Body Training for stress. Well, today I ran across a video about “SuperBrain Yoga.” on Gary Dashney’s blog. Let me tell you about my experience with it.

I ran across this very same thing in (forget I said where this came from) the AARP magazine. I started doing it and found it extremely helpful. Of course, then I got busy and forgot all about it until the other day when I started researching an upcoming article on the best exercises for the brain. Here’s a graphic and the instructions from that magazine -

SuperBrain Yoga
Step 1 Place your left hand on your right earlobe, thumb on the front of the lobe with fingernail facing outward and second finger behind the earlobe. Then, with your right hand, grasp your left earlobe, again keeping your thumb on the front of the lobe, facing outward. Press both earlobes simultaneously, making sure your left arm is close to your chest and inside your right (which devotees say helps energy travel upward to the brain).
Step 2 As you press on the earlobes, squat down, keeping your back straight. Do 10 to 12 deep bends, inhaling through the nose on the way down and exhaling through the mouth coming up. You may place a chair underneath you as a safety precaution.
Step 3 Repeat daily. “It’s like putting more gas in your brain’s tank,” says Ang. –Janet Kinosian