365 Exciting Ways to Live: Excitement # 9: Use Both Hands!

Use Both Hands

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

– English Proverb

A few days ago, I suggested left-hand writing as a brain gym exercise. A quick response from a reader that these days we don’t write, but only type!

This is good news in fact. Over a period of time, we have become predominantly one-handed. In some cultures, it is a taboo to use the left hand and the left leg. The idea behind the ‘other hand writing’ of the brain gym is to integrate the right and the left hemispheres of the brain by using both hands.

I suggest that you should indulge in any activity, which uses both the hands. When writing we are using only one hand. While typing we use both the hands and thus typing itself is a brain gym exercise! In addition, you can do other activities such as swimming, cooking, playing a stringed or percussion instrument, rowing and yoga, in which you have to use both hands.

Today, pick up an activity which will involve using both hands. Why don’t you start cooking? You will be earning a double benefit!
From my book: 365 Exciting Ways to Live.
NC Sridharan
www.thetimefoundation.com
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