9 Brain Exercises to Strengthen Your Mind

How to improve your improve your memory, sharpen your attention and focus, and boost your brain health? These gymnastics for the brain were developed by Yoshiro Tsutsumi, a Japanese researcher and author of the book Finger Self-Massage Yoshiro Tsutsumi. Starting From Scratch.

The set of simple exercises described in this work focuses on improving general well-being and supporting brain health. If you repeat this short finger workout on a daily basis, the stimulation traveling from your fingers directly to your brain will help to rejuvenate your body and make your brain more efficient. Each fingertip has more than 3,000 mechanoreceptors, which act as a highway to your brain (particularly its sensory cortex). When you do a finger workout, you improve synapse connections and fire neurons, which is great for the functioning of your brain.

TIMESTAMPS:
Exercise #1 1:39
Exercise #2 2:45
Exercise #3 4:01
Exercise #4 5:03
Exercise #5 6:41
Exercise #6 7:06
Exercise #7 7:29
Exercise #8 8:42
Exercise #9 9:02

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SUMMARY:
- #1. Repeat this exercise 15 times. Your breathing should be a bit faster than usual. The most important thing is to do the exercise smoothly and not to hurry. Try not to lower your hands, and coordinate your movements and breathing.
- #2. Repeat each movement at least 10 times. Your breathing should be rhythmical, and your fingers should be spread as much as possible.
- #3. Repeat these movements at least 10 times. Make sure you bend and straighten each finger thoroughly and completely.
- #4. When the brain ages, your memory, attention span, and concentration weaken. Luckily, this finger workout can help you deal with this problem. The following exercises will help you improve your memory.
- #5. First of all, tightly press together the fingertips of your thumb and index finger on your right hand. You should slightly curve the uppermost part of your index finger. Repeat this exercise 20 times for each hand.
- #6. With the fingertip of the thumb on your right hand, press down on the bottom of your right index finger, middle finger, ring finger, and pinky in turn. You should apply effort to do this exercise. After you repeat this motion 20 times, do the same for your left hand.
- #7. As you've probably understood, your brain is tightly connected to your hands. Since most people have one dominant hand, the brain hemisphere connected to this hand is more developed than the other one. Thus, lefties have a more active right hemisphere, and right-handed people enjoy a more developed left hemisphere. To activate both hemispheres, you can try the following exercises.
- #8. Try to perform everyday activities like brushing your teeth, eating, opening doors, or writing with the help of your nondominant hand. This can develop new connections between the 2 hemispheres of your brain and encourage the activity of the less vigorous hemisphere.
- #9. Start to write by hand more. This activity provides perfect brain stimulation and improves neuroplasticity. Specialists recommend this method to patients who suffer from memory issues or dementia.

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[BRIGHTSIDEOFFICIAL]

Hey everyone! What other ways to improve your brain power do you know? 🙂

[stevenjones]

I started to play a little "brain game" that I learned from "Restrained Brain Attention Methods by Larry Stephens" ...so when ever I feel I'm losing my focus on a task, I begin this "brain game" in my mind that reframes my attention and makes it way easier for me to finish the task at hand, instead of letting my mind "wonder off to some other random thought". It's not the same as visualizing, which is not as powerful IMO.

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TIMESTAMPS:
Exercise #1 1:39
Exercise #2 2:45
Exercise #3 4:01
Exercise #4 5:03
Exercise #5 6:41
Exercise #6 7:06
Exercise #7 7:29
Exercise #8 8:42
Exercise #9 9:02

[Gocha]

Due to car accident happening day before my 21st birthday (I’m 29 now) I suffered with traumatic brain injury resulting in impaired short term memory loss. I have been working on getting my brain powers extremely hard, I got healthy and managed to lose 50kg (gained 15-20kg back but for my 30th birthday I aim to be back in the healthier range possible) and with everything I have experienced I can say, THANK YOU! Dear BrightSide for sharing such information. It was devastating to hear that there’s nothing that may be done to help me!!!! Whereas I kept finding out about the methods you mentioned but nobody listened to me! Nobody was keen to help me with improving my memory and they’ve all just stuck a label on me. “Traumatic brain injury. Doesn’t remember. Won’t remember.” Sigh…

[kashafshehzad]

This is the first time I found out that brain is connected to your fingers.
I can't explain how much you have helped me
I have to study for 15 hours per day and I feel very tired and my brain becomes less active.
I have only done this once and I feel so much better and more concentrated.
Thank you!!!!

[ahanasharma]

Actually Indian gurus are suggesting these from years ✌✌

[BattleEpicYT]

My brain power is so poor that i can't even remember these excercise😢

[gmanworldORGiovanniORsimplyG]

Hi I'm recovering from a TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury) that happened to me on August 16, of 2014. I've been looking for different ways to strengthen my Brain 😊💪🏼☺️ so that I can return to school and finish what I started.

[kshithij.shegade]

All the exercises which u mentioned is already told in vedas, puranas and rituals. Our ancestors are great

[imlibra]

7:09 that exercise i do this every day

[Poopooroni]

Anyone else looking at the comments to see if it really works? Coz. My mind is shutting down after few hours at school, I need this kinda stuff 😂😅

[MJ-lrkf]

Here’s another tip, do these exercises everyday and do them in different order everyday. 👌🏻

[gsabhinayaxb]

Actually i expected something new but these are the basics of yoga
Actually daily in my yoga class we start with these exercises and we call them mudras ex. Gnyana mudra, Surya mudra and so on. So i say that yoga is a best way to improve the concentration focus and etc and it also maintains our physical health
There were many secrets in INDIAN YOGA please try it

[shawnmendes]

One more exercise that I have tried....remembering what happens throughout the day before going to bed...a quick recap of the day would boost your brain capacity to hold moments and facts..👍👍👍

[BBGshop]

I am always moving my hands fingers around like this, mainly because it’s a nice stretch in my hands.. I had no idea it was keeping my brain exercised! Thanks brain!! ... I mean BrightSide!!

[mcmc]

As a drummer, some of these ideas/movements exercises are used in drumming as well as actually drumming, using both sides of the brain

[lD]

I always do exercice 6,
now i know it's useful

[manosivashanmugam]

Great exercises for the fingers! heartening to see that we are emulating the practices followed and taught by great Indian sages and saints millions of years ago albeit in different names!

[znbgeth]

I'm a teenager and I do this exercise every single day. It helps me a lot.

[TheDarkOne]

Looks like someone is a Tokyo Ghoul fan 😂😂😂