Gymnastics for the mind

All parents would like to see their baby attentive, with a good memory, logic, ingenuity. There is a separate science that is devoted to the development and improvement of the work of mental processes - this is kinesiology

Kinesiology (from Greek - the science of movement). It has existed for 2000 years and is used all over the world. Kinesiological exercises were used by Aristotle and Hippocrates.

Children with speech impairments have problems with motor skills, coordination of movements, and are poorly oriented in space. All this affects the general physical development and can lead to physical inactivity. Kinesiology helps to eliminate movement disorders.

Kinesiology represents the correction of not only speech disorders, but also the personality of children in general. This allows us to talk about an original way of improving the health of children.

For the development of intelligence, it is necessary to develop interaction between the hemispheres. Taking this into account, it can be assumed that the development of intelligence and logical thinking in children may be distorted due to a violation of the interhemispheric transmission of information. It is special kinesiological exercises that are fully capable of coping with this task.

What do sets of exercises include?

Stretching, breathing exercises, eye movement exercises, body exercises, developmental exercises fine motor skills, relaxation exercises.

Stretch marks normalize hypertonicity (uncontrolled excessive muscle tension) and hypotonia (uncontrolled muscle flaccidity).

"Wood". Starting position - squatting. Hide your head in your knees, wrap your arms around them. Imagine that you are a seed that gradually sprouts and turns into a tree. Slowly rise to your feet, then straighten your torso, stretch your arms up. Then tense your body and stretch. The wind has blown - you are swinging like a tree.

Breathing exercises improve the rhythm of the body, develop self-control and volition.

“Blow out the candle“The child imagines that there are 5 candles in front of him. He needs to first blow out one candle with a large stream of air, then distribute the same volume of air into 5 equal parts in order to blow out everything.

“Head shaking“Starting position: sitting or standing, straighten your shoulders, lower your head forward and close your eyes. Then the child begins to shake his head in different directions and breathe as deeply as he can.

“Breathing through the nose”The exercise is that the children breathe with only one nostril. In this case, it is important to correctly position the fingers: the right nostril is closed with the right thumb, the left - with the little finger of the left hand. The rest of the fingers are always pointing up. It is important to breathe deeply and slowly.

Eye movement exercises allow you to expand the field of vision, improve perception. Unidirectional and multidirectional movements of the eyes and tongue develop interhemispheric interaction and increase the energization of the body.

1. "Eyes" In order not to lose vigilance,

You need to rotate your eyes.

Rotate the eyes in a circle for 2-3 seconds. 6 times

2. "Eyes" Sharper eyes so that they look

We'll crush them as soon as possible.

Massage the upper and lower eyelids without closing your eyes. 1 minute

3. "Eyes" Let's draw a big circle

And we will examine everything around.

With eyes and extended tongue, make joint movements, rotating them in a circle (from side to side).

4. "Eyes" To become keen-sighted for us.

You need to press on the eyes.

With three fingers of each hand, it is easy to press the upper eyelid of the corresponding eye and hold for 1-3 seconds.

5. "Eyes" Eyes to the left, eyes to the right,

Up and down, and all over again!

Raise your eyes up, down your eyes, turn your eyes in right side, turn your eyes to the left.

6. "Eyes" Quickly - quickly blink

Then give your eyes a rest.

Blink quickly for 1-2 seconds.

7. "Eyes" You need to open your eyes

A miracle so as not to miss.

Open and close your eyes wide at intervals of 30 seconds.

Body Exercise

Exercise "Ear - nose" With the left hand we grab the tip of the nose, and with the right hand, the opposite ear, i.e. left. Release your ear and nose at the same time, clap your hands, change the position of your hands “exactly the opposite”.

Exercise "Mill" The arm and the opposite leg rotate in a circular motion, first forward, then backward, simultaneously with the rotation of the eyes to the right, left, up, down. Lead time is 1-2 minutes. Breathing is arbitrary.

Exercises for the development of fine motor skills

Exercise "Fist-rib-palm". The child is shown three positions of the hand on the plane of the table, successively replacing each other. Palm on a plane, palm clenched into a fist, palm edge on the plane of the table, straightened palm on the plane of the table. The child performs the test together with the teacher, then from memory for 8-10 repetitions of the motor program. The sample is performed first right hand, then - with the left, then - with both hands together. When mastering the program or having difficulties in implementation, the teacher invites the child to help himself with commands ("fist-rib-palm"), pronounced aloud or silently.

Exercise "Lezginka". Fold your left hand into a fist, set your thumb to the side, turn your fist with your fingers towards you. With your right hand, with a straight palm in a horizontal position, touch the little finger with your left. After that, simultaneously change the position of the right and left hands for 6-8 position changes. Achieve a high rate of change of position.

Relaxation exercises promote relaxation, relieve stress.

Draw with your fingers on the backs of each other the sun with rays.

Warm rays

Warmed her whole

From distant forests

The breeze is flying.

From the little cloud baby

The rain is drizzling.

The sky darkened, (We represent frequent heavy rain.)

The cloud has grown

From a wide watering can

The earth was watered.

Oh so good (A stream is streaming down the back.)

It's been a day!

Here is the merry babbling

Clean trickle.

The sun is shining again, (The sun has straightened its rays. palms.)

The back warms us

Laughs affectionately

People and flowers.

"Apples in the garden" The child imagines that he is in the garden and is trying to pick a beautiful apple. To do this, he stretches out his arms as much as possible when he “tears” the apple, takes a sharp breath and, bending down to the floor, puts the apple in the basket. Use your hands in turn, then together.

Relaxation Kinesiology Exercises:

"Cams" Bend thumbs inside the palm of your hand, clench your fist. As the baby breathes in, the fists should gradually be compressed to their maximum. When exhaling, gradually unclench your palm (up to 10 times).

"Ice and Fire" The leader commands: “Fire!”, The children are actively performing various movements. During the command “Ice!”, The child freezes, strongly straining all his muscles. Repeat up to 8 times.

Kinesiologistscheskaya tale "Two kittens"

(way of organizing children - sitting at tables)

Once upon a time there was a white, fluffy kitten named Snowball (children show the right fist).

He loved to walk in his garden ( performing the exercise "Cat" with the words: "Fist-palm, this is how the cat walks").

Tall trees grew in the garden ( hands up, spread fingers to the sides) and low shrubs (hands are on the table, fingers are spread apart).

And then one day, Snowball came out of his house, take a walk ( doing the exercise "Cat" with the right hand with the words: "Fist-palm, this is how the cat walks") and saw that a black kitten was running in the clearing ( execution of exercise. "Cat" left hand with the words).

He quickly rushed to him to meet ( execution of exercise. "Cat" at a fast pace).

The kitten's name was Ugolyok. They became friends and began to run after each other, in a race ( execution of exercise. "Cat" with a simultaneous change of position).

And then Snowball found a ring on the grass (Exercise "Ring": alternately, connecting the thumb in a ring with the subsequent ones, with the words: "One, two, three, four, five - we will have fun trying the ring on!"), he began to try it on his right foot, and then on his left, but the ring turned out to be too big for him.

Then Ugolyok began to try it on ( Exercise “Ring”: we make a ring from the thumb and forefinger of the right hand and start stringing it, without opening the fingers on each finger of the left hand with the words: “Little finger, ring, middle, forefinger, thumb - oh, oh, oh!»).

And then the ring fell and rolled along the path - the kittens followed him (exercise "Cat").

And the path led them to the pond, on which the frog was sitting and crying loudly, because she was sad alone.

The kittens decided to cheer her up and showed her interesting game (ex. "Okay-pancakes": the right hand is palm down, and the left hand is palm up; simultaneous change of position with the words: "We played okay - we were frying pancakes, so we will fry, turn around and start playing again"). But the frog did not become more cheerful, then the kittens invited her to dance ( ex. "Lezginka": fold your left hand into a fist, put your thumb to the side, turn your fist with your fingers towards you. With your right hand, with a straight palm in a horizontal position, touch the little finger with your left. After that, simultaneously change the position of the right and left hands; accelerating speed).

The frog cheered up and thanked the kittens. And then she said that it was getting dark, night was approaching and she had to go to the pond ( ex. "Frog": change of three positions of the hand fist-rib-palm, with the words: "The frog wants to go to the pond, the frog is scared here!").

The kittens said goodbye to her and went home too (exercise "Cat").

On the way, they watched the stars twinkle in the sky ( ex. "Asterisks": right palm fingers into a fist, left - fingers to the sides - changing positions).

So they reached the house ( ex. "House": hands are directed upwards, thumb, index and middle fingers of each hand are pressed to the palms, the bases of the palms and the tips of the ring fingers touch, the little finger of the right hand stands upright - "pipe"). Tired, they lay down on the rug (pull fingers out of the fist) and fell asleep.

Argumentation of the possibility of application.

What could be more important than your own health? Probably only the health of our children. Our children are our future, the future of our family, our society, country, and the whole world.

Now imagine what difficulties a future schoolchild with "dull brains" will face, since studying at school requires, first of all, concentration of attention, good short-term memory and correct speech.

But this applies not only to schoolchildren, but also to adults. What can we give a child, if we ourselves have “blurred thinking”. We cannot have healthy, happy, balanced children if we ourselves do not achieve balance, if we ourselves are in a chronic reversal of polarity.

Output: regular performance of kinesiological gymnastics complexes promotes activation of interhemispheric interaction, synchronization of the work of the hemispheres. It has a positive effect on the correction of learning, the development of intelligence and improves the state of physical health and social adaptation of children, reduces fatigue, increases the ability to voluntary control, and in turn contributes to the correction of speech development deficiencies in preschoolers with general speech underdevelopment. Such tasks not only develop neural connections, but also amuse children, giving them pleasure.

Gymnastics for the brain has long been a very private request on the Russian Internet, and this is definitely pleasing. To improve brain activity, adequate nutrition is not enough, the brain, like the body, needs to be trained every day by uncomplicated, but effective exercise... Neurobics, or aerobics (training) of neurons is designed with the help special exercises refresh, improve their performance.

Neurobics for the brain represents the performance of unusual actions, as if stretching the brain, making it wider for collecting information, and most importantly, memorizing numerous useful things. Scientists recommend pull up more weak spots ... It’s like an everyday, but unusual ritual for us, as well as, to master a new, not familiar before. If you have problems with speech, start learning unfamiliar words, for example, foreign words. If you have memory problems, start reading more, trying to memorize some interesting and important information.

You shouldn't force yourself to practice. The decision must be conscious, with a desire to develop, change, discover and master new, useful and incredibly interesting for oneself.

It has been proven that by setting new tasks unknown to the brain, a person begins to think better, improves memory, thinking, relieves stress, tension, it is easier to think, and the tasks are solved faster and more successfully.

In people who grew up in the greenhouse conditions of a metropolis, the brain is able to fall asleep, that is, in the absence of physical exertion on him, the muscles of the brain gradually atrophy, a person is lazy to think, the desire to learn, to learn new and interesting things disappears.

Muscles can be trained in the gym, but gymnastics for the mind will help to train the brain, the exercises of which will be discussed in more detail in this article.

Exercises will help relieve fatigue, stress, overstrain, direct the energy of the brain, its potential in a new direction. You need to perform it daily, easily and naturally, the effect will not be long in coming.

Yawn more often... Yawning is a natural human response to insufficient oxygen supply to the brain. Without doing anything, sitting on a chair and constantly yawning, you fill your brain cells with oxygen. Do it right:

rest your palms on your chin, while yawning, massage the junction points of the upper and lower jaws with your fingers. Repeat 3-6 times.

Neurobics for the mind is not only about specific exercises, but also about changing your life in the little things. This will allow your brain to become more flexible and flexible. Get out of your comfort zone, everyday life. Do not make life just a habit devoid of feelings and emotions, add colors, new sensations to the usual processes, wake up your body and your mind.

Here are some tips, they will help you at first, then come up with yourself, don't be afraid to change something, changes will give you more energy, joy, new sensations. Imagine this is just a game:

- when walking, arch your back forward, do this 3-4 times a day;
- give up watching TV, using the Internet and social networks for a week (this only applies to your personal time, of course);
- try to move more, do not use the elevator, go up to the 10th floor on your own;

Take different routes on your way to work;
- see the sunrise in nature, for example, in the village;
- organize lunch in a restaurant, in an unusual environment for you;
- do not look at yourself in the mirror for 7 days;
- take a walk without planning to go anywhere along the way;
- go to the theater, where you have never been;

- have a day of silence;
- eat something unfamiliar and unusual for you, or a fruit, appreciate the new taste;
- constantly think, come up with new ideas, find in yourself the need to learn something new, interesting, unidentified.

Exercise to improve brain function

Now I want to present you gymnastics for the brain, which has passed many tests and has been proven to have a very positive effect on the functioning of the brain. Gymnastics for the brain is about performing easy exercises, each of which is recommended to be done within 1 minute.

1.Simulated baby crawl cross step - cross, or cross rolls. The movements will help to synchronize, improve the work of both hemispheres, as a result of which:
— weight loss due to the absorption of a large amount of energy by the brain;
- a person is charged with energy, tone, efficiency, vitality increases. Bending over, making movements in a cross, the oblique, rectus muscles of the back relax, the stomach is tightened.

2. March... Stand in starting position with your feet shoulder-width apart. We bring our shoulder to the hip, slightly turning our head, while substituting our arms and legs. No need to clench your teeth, purse your lips, your mouth. The movements should be as free as possible, synchronous, otherwise all the muscles of the body become squeezed.
The exercise can be done in any position: sitting, standing, and even lying down.
- just march without straining, listen to your body. When bringing the shoulder to the hip, you will feel the inclusion of the oblique muscles of the abdomen in the work, while the speed of movement in both children and adults can be any;
- while marching, the brain starts to turn on, regular exercises will help to tighten the abdominal muscles, figure in general, changes in the way of life, new forces will appear, and a healthy appetite will increase.
The brain is susceptible to repetitions, what needs to be done, to consolidate the material covered, which means that exercises should be carried out regularly, but not for long, a minute a day will be enough.

Start marching if:
- you feel tired, sleepy, lethargic;
- there is a need to urgently tune in to work;
- want to liven up, gain courage.

3. Brain buttons.
Place one hand on your belly button. With two fingers of the other hand, touch the collarbone, you will find 2 dimples there. If found, they groped a powerful neuro - lymphatic zone of the brain. Massage these dimples, after which the hands can be changed.

The zone is shown to be massaged under stress, as well as:
–For relaxation of all clavicular muscles;
- improved breathing;
- vision, since the area of ​​the periphery for the eyeball becomes wider;
- alignment of blood, intracranial pressure;
- improving blood circulation in the cerebral cortex.

Exercise Brain Buttons Recommended:
- when driving a car, if the side view is not visible to you;
- deterioration of vision, the appearance of a certain veil before the eyes;
- fatigue, difficulties in business;
- a hard and long mood for a working mood.

3. Cap to think.
A). Grasp the ears with your thumbs and forefingers at the top.
B). Massage your ears, you can stretch them slightly, turn them inside out.
Do not touch the auricle, use only the points on the edge of the ear, massaging them from top to bottom.
V). Turn your head all the way to the left. Grasp your ears with your hands, massaging them, while turning your head back as far as possible.
G). Turn your head to the right.
D). Repeat from the beginning.
Ear massage will help:
- make your mind clearer, collect thoughts into a single whole;
- will improve the work of many organs, their systems;
- activates the brain;
- will stretch the spine.

4. Owl.
A). Place your right hand in the middle of your left shoulder.
B). Turn your head to the left.
V). With the word "UH" as you exhale, squeeze your fingers, wrinkle your shoulder with them.
G). Open your eyes like an owl.
D). Turn your head in one direction or the other, like an owl sitting on a branch.
E). Change position by grasping your right shoulder with your left hand.
F). Repeat the exercise from the beginning. Massaging your shoulder and hooing at the same time will help you:
- stretch not only the spine, but also use all the muscles;
- calm down, relax;
- improve breathing;
- relieve anxiety, stress;
- improve the outflow of lymph;
- relieve tension;
–Loosen the shoulder girdle.

If you want to get rid of stress, improve your breathing, or just start talking calmly - do this exercise regularly, you will soon see a positive result.

5. Lazy eights.
A). Stand in the starting position with your feet shoulder-width apart.

B). Bend your knees slightly, point them towards the big toe.
V). Relax.
G). Stretch your right hand forward with your thumb up.
D). Fix on thumb your view.
E). Imagine a circle in front of you, draw an infinity sign in it, or an eight horizontally, but lazy, that is, rounded, while left hand should hang down without tension, along the body. Draw with your right hand freely and naturally.
F). Change hands, mentally draw the same thing with your left hand, start from the left and up.
H). Next, use both hands and draw with two at once, starting from the left and up.

When drawing eights:
- everyone starts to work better internal organs;
- the load is removed from cervical spine;
- the muscles of the navel, sacrum are included in the work;
–Also all 8 pairs of eye muscles, knees rest, the connection between hands and eyes becomes stronger.

Eights are useful for:
- improving the coordination of movements;
- increasing the elasticity of the muscles of the eyes, improving the outflow of blood to them;
- restoration of the whole organism as a whole.

6. Dennison's Hooks to help solve problems.
1. Braid your legs.
2. Stretch your arms forward.
3. Interlace your fingers, folding your palms, press your hands to your chest, wrapping them like a spiral.
4. Lift your tongue up to the sky.
5. Lift up your eyes. (We don't raise our head)
6. Do the exercise while sitting or standing.
7. Spread your feet shoulder-width apart.
8. Put your hands down, interlock them in the shape of a boat in the lower abdomen, connect your thumbs.
9. Lower your eyes down, bring your tongue to the sky, the tension will go away instantly.

By adopting the Hooks pose, you can quickly calm down:
- relieve stress;
- collect your body into a single whole;
- you will be able to think freely without straining.

Do the Hook Exercise Regularly, if:
- you need to solve a difficult situation, a problem;
- you need to calm down, relieve stress;
- weigh, make an important decision;
- to collect thoughts about what to do at this particular moment in time.

If you follow all the above exercises, do them regularly and correctly, then neurobics for the brain will help:

- look at the world with new eyes, appreciate its diversity;
- to feel the taste of life;
- rediscover the world, make your creative thinking more extensive, deep, long;
- forget about bad habits;
- to heal and strengthen your body, turn your face to the world, trust it, opening your heart;
- to accept life as it is is priceless.

Exercises for the brain are also useful, like playing sports, mental games of checkers, chess. Do not turn away from life, do not try to hide your head in the sand, you still cannot run away from problems. Learn to solve them deliberately correctly. Having assessed the situation competently and carefully, you can find a way out from any difficult and confusing life situation, the head will become clear, the mind - lively and energetic.

You will stop being afraid, nervous, tense on trifles and spoil your mood. Also, exercises will help in the fight against extra pounds, relax the muscles of the whole body, make them more mobile, elastic. The work of the heart will improve, the outflow of blood to the brain will improve. You will see how to think, it will become easier and easier for you to solve any problems, listen to your body, subjugate it to yourself, make it more obedient and beautiful.

From your touch, it will surely respond to you. Movement, gymnastics for the mind will train the brain, which means that it will not be able to fall asleep. Include all brain cells in the work, the result will be obvious, find ways to solve complex problems, think and think faster, cope with stress, it will be much easier and more pleasant for you. When the brain is in good shape, life takes on new colors!

P.S... We would like to draw your attention to a wonderful video about the connection between the head and body and how, most importantly, to restore this connection, because in our crazy age this connection is completely absent. And you don't have to go far for an example, just look in the mirror) Enjoy your viewing and a clear mind!

Mind Training Woojack Tom

Mind gymnastics (I). Creative thinking

Mental manipulation

Look at the palm of your left hand.

Study it carefully.

Pay attention to lines, cracks and moles, and patterns on the skin.

Admire how the play of light and shadow creates subtle color changes.

After about a minute, when you have a clear idea of ​​what your palm looks like, close your eyes and try to reproduce it in your mind, create a clear mental image of the palm.

After a while, open your eyes, look at your palm and compare it with the picture that you drew in your imagination.

Note what was present and what was absent in the image you created.

Then close your eyes and reimagine your palm.

Imagine what she would look like if you looked at her with open eyes.

After another half minute, open your eyes and look at your palm.

Repeat the entire cycle at least six times.

Try to add even more clarity to the image you create each time.

World of imagination

The soul never thinks without representations.

Aristotle, philosopher

Imagination plays important role in the intellectual life of most people. Chemists use their imaginations to imagine molecular connections. Fashion designers mentally figure out how the dress will fit. Theoretical physicists create an abstract world of elementary particles. Businessmen mentally estimate how prices in the market will change. Grandmasters mentally develop a strategy for the game. Movers paint a mental picture of lifting the piano to the tenth floor of a house.

What is a mental image? A mental image is an internal imitation (from the Latin "imitari", which means to imitate), it is a reproduction of all the properties of an object in consciousness. In your imagination, you can hear sounds, smell, taste, and also see objects that are physically absent at the moment. You can imagine a rose, and for this you do not need to hold it in your hands at all.

In addition to physical objects, abstract ideas can also be embodied in mental images, for example, you can create in your imagination an image of freedom, power or beauty.

How did you handle the mental image of the palm of your hand? Tell me, was the image clear and stable or vague and unstable? Was the image three-dimensional, as in reality, or flat, as on a television screen?

Perhaps none of the qualities of thinking varies in people as much as imagination. While some people, they say, can see a clear three-dimensional picture, others are not able to create any image in their minds at all. Some people think almost exclusively in images, while others argue that the "mind's eye" is just a metaphor that serves to decorate speech.

It doesn't matter how well your imaginative thinking works, anyway trying to flex the muscles of your imagination is effective method enhance creativity, develop versatility of thinking and add spontaneity to your feelings.

When talking about imagination, psychologists usually use two concepts: "visibility" and "controllability." Visibility is an indicator of how bright, clear and vivid a mental image is, and controllability characterizes its stability and adequacy. Visibility and controllability are interconnected. The increase in visibility makes the images more colorful, realistic and voluminous. Achieving controllability means that images are stable and accurate. However, let's take a closer look at each of these two qualities.

Our unpaid debts are incalculable to the imagination.

Carl Jung, psychologist

Visibility and manageability

Nikolai Tesla, the inventor of the fluorescent lamp, alternator and high-voltage transmission, had an extraordinary ability to draw pictures in his imagination. It was in the order of things for him to create in his mind a three-dimensional image of a complex machine. In addition, this visual image was detailed to the smallest detail - as in the drawing. Even more surprising is that Tesla mentally tested the performance of each machine he invented, running it in his imagination and completely controlling the work of all components for several weeks.

Tesla probably had the ability to create eidetic images. His mental pictures were as vivid and clear as those he had seen with his own eyes. An eidetic - a person with a truly photographic memory - can, for example, look at a page of a newspaper for a few seconds, then close it and restore line by line in his head. For such people, clear and precise mental images are preserved for a very long time.

About a century ago, psychologist Francis Galton came up with a test to test the ability to create mental images. Analyzing the results, he found, firstly, that true eidetics are extremely rare and, secondly, that it is very, very difficult to improve the “quality” of the imagination. Below is a sample test by psychologist Francis Galton.

Mental image of a festive dinner.

For a minute or two, mentally draw a picture of the last gala dinner you attended: imagine the people you were with, the environment, the table setting, the taste of the food, the words and sounds that came to you. So, before you continue reading, take a moment and try to create an image, being careful not to lose sight of the details. Get started now.

Now answer the following questions:

Is the image you created turned out to be clear or vague?

Tell me, is the picture dimmer than the real scene, or not?

Are the details of the particular scene you selected clearly visible all as one, or do some of them stand out more than others?

Is the picture appearing in your imagination in color or just grayish shades?

If the painting is in color, are the colors accurate?

Can you create a coherent visual representation of the entire room?

Can you mentally see your plate, your hands holding the knife and fork, the face of the person sitting opposite the person - all at the same time?

Can you taste the food you ate?

Can you describe how the people were dressed?

Well how are you? How did you handle the exercise? Perhaps, like most people, you will find that you saw some of the details of the image you created very clearly, and some more vague. Let's say you were able to imagine the faces of people, but could not reconstruct the drawing on the cups. Or they were able to recreate only the smell of food, but not the taste. Or clearly heard the sounds that were heard that evening, but you were unable to remember the shape of the forks and spoons. Perhaps all that you managed to reproduce is just the idea of ​​a gala dinner, and in fact you were not able to see any of the images.

The accuracy of a mental picture is only to a small extent determined by our ability to create visual images. Imagine a dollar bill, or your front door, or your telephone receiver, or your car dashboard — the things you see every day — and you’ll find confusion in the imagery you create. The accuracy of the mental image mainly depends not on how often you came into contact with some object, but on how thoroughly you studied it. If you've never looked closely at a dollar bill, you probably won't be able to recreate its image in detail. If you rarely wipe your dashboard, you are unlikely to have a clear idea of ​​what it looks like.

To add life to imaginary pictures, you must connect verbal thinking in parallel, as well as use the muscles of visual analysis. For example, suppose you wanted to create a mental image of the figure below. What are you going to do? Most likely you will start by asking yourself what you really see, right? Take some time and take a good look at the outline of the drawing. Is it dark or light? How does this drawing make you feel? Or none? What associations arise when looking at him? Does this image remind you of anything? Maybe a car tire? Or the number zero? Or is Zen a symbol of eternity? Then pay attention to the details, distinctive features Images. Notice how the edges of the lines form miniatures of various sizes. How are these figures located in space? How do they connect together to form a large figure? Look at the white space that surrounds the image, feel that this space itself has a form. Continue to study the drawing from different angles until you have a complete picture of the object.

The more closely you look, the more detail you see, the easier it will be for you to reproduce the image.

When you want to form a clear image of this object, restore in memory all key points collected in the process of analysis, namely the sense of proportions and the relative position of the constituent figures. Let the image appear right before your eyes. If you are not in the habit of training your imagination, it will not be easy for you at first, but give yourself time - and the images will become brighter and more stable.

What objects can you use to practice creating mental images? People's faces, clothes, cars, buildings, patterns on the walls, pens, pencils, wallpapers, book covers - whatever, anything that piques your interest. In addition to the habit of paying more attention to the world around you, such regular training will allow you to more deeply assess what is happening around you and heighten your sense of reality.

As you read a novel, take a moment to visualize what is happening. Outline the setting, characters of the characters, their actions. Choose a specific location for your observation, and let the story unfold right in front of you. Likewise, when you read a newspaper article, imagine what the article is about. If you are reading the text of a statement by a political leader, imagine him standing in front of a microphone and uttering the words. If you are reading about an earthquake, imagine how you would feel if you were there yourself. Test yourself and you will be amazed at how much you can recall from what you read.

If you start practicing in this way, you may soon find that sometimes images appear in your mind gradually, like solving puzzles, step by step. However, in another case, they arise immediately, spontaneously, lively and colorful, giving you some idea of ​​what bright and clear pictures the eidetics see in their mind's eye. More than anything else, training in accurate mental imagery teaches you to truly “see”.

ADVICE.

If you have free time, spend it creating mental images.

The sparkle of your eyes is enough

The following set of exercises is designed to improve the visibility and control of the mental images you create.

Real item

Introduce each of the following items. If the images that arise are not as vivid as you would like, do not try to forcibly improve them. Instead, focus on the very idea of ​​gazing at the image. Remember, whatever you are trying to represent has shape, quality, color, and size. Focus on the form first and then dive into the details. Allow time for the look to be firm and sharp.

human face

childhood friend

running dog

your bedroom

flying eagle

babbling brook

dew drop

Spindrift clouds

computer keyboard

snowy peak

Toothbrush

your favorite pair of shoes

Not a very real thing

What is the difference between images of objects that you have seen and images of objects that you have never seen? Draw the following pictures in your mind:

Unicorn

chocolate river

six-armed god

third world war

talking giraffe

thirty-legged ant

choir of angels

four-dimensional sphere

five leaf clover

Cut into quadrants and draw

Keeping your gaze still, try to survey the periphery of your visual field. Use your peripheral vision to see as much as possible. Then close your eyes and try to recreate the image of what you saw. Divide the space you are observing into four parts in your mind. Select a quadrant and analyze every detail in that quadrant, then mentally recreate it. Repeat this for each quadrant.

Five mental pictures

Imagine five blue objects (blueberries, sky, book cover ...).

Do the same with other paints: red, yellow, green, purple ...

Imagine clearly five objects starting with the letter “A” (artichoke, amphora ...).

Do the same for each letter of the alphabet.

Imagine five objects smaller than your little finger (pen cap, pea, nerve cell ...).

Imagine five items larger than a bus (blue whale, train ...).

Imagine five objects underground (roots, earthworms ...).

Imagine five things that make you happy (skiing, ice cream, walking in the woods ...).

Visual footprint

If, after looking at a certain object, you close your eyes, then its image will automatically be stored in your memory for some more time. Try to connect your visual memory with your mental picture. For example, look at the pen, close your eyes, and admire the painting in memory. When the image fades, open your eyes, look at the pen, close your eyes again and look again at its image in your memory. Repeat this several times at your own pace until you have a clear picture for at least a second. After that, try to consciously reproduce the mental image of the pen.

Peripheral mental vision

Imagine a pen directly in front of you. Then also mentally begin to slowly move it in space - so that it was first to your left, then behind you, then to your right, and finally in front of you again. As you move the pen, imagine that you are using your peripheral vision to follow it.

Mental portraits

Think back to all the people you spoke to today. What did they look like? What color are their hair and eyes? How tall and how old are they? What were they wearing? Can you imagine their manners and habits? Draw portraits of people you saw yesterday; last weekend; during the last vacation; on the last birthday.

In the eyes of the beholder

Mentally draw a butterfly, perfect in every detail - with golden wing patterns, with long, shaggy antennae, with delicate specks. But imagine her not beautiful, but ugly.

Geometric solids

Most of the math is done on imaginary objects. Imagine each of the following three-dimensional bodies. Do not try to immediately create an image: first, study in detail the spatial relationship of the flat faces. Manipulate the bodies mentally, examining them from all sides, including from the inside. Try to get a sense of the volume of the body.

tetrahedron

pyramid

dodecahedron

icosahedron

Feelings, nothing but feelings

Imagine a positive emotion. Imagine feeling amazed without referring to any specific object or memory. Try to imagine wanting without wanting anything in particular. How clearly can you mentally reproduce the following experiences: hope, joy, pleasure, love, anger, apathy?

Mental presence

Create an image of your mother's “presence” without actually seeing her. Similarly, imagine that you are in the mountains without even having a picture of a mountain in front of you.

Giant body

Sketch a huge human body in your mind. Imagine how you are flying around this body and looking at it from different angles and from different distances. Imagine that the body is so large that you can penetrate the nostrils, mouth and other openings and examine the body from the inside. Make the body huge enough to fly over the cellular landscape and even see the components of individual cells.

Madness of color

Imagine the color blue. If you like, you can start with a mental image of a particular object, such as a blue car. Then enlarge the car so that it completely fills your mental space. Plunge into color. How bright can you make it? Try to imagine other colors: magenta, yellow, red, orange, and green. Try to imagine a transition from one color to another: red to blue with intermediate shades. Imagine the following picture: red is above you, blue is on the left, green is on the right.

Television master

Pick a specific object, such as a blueberry cheesecake, and try to visualize it clearly in your mind. Imagine being able to adjust the quality of the internal picture, just like turning the knobs to tune the TV.

Form a steady cheesecake image first and sharpen it. Can you tell the difference between the crumbs? Can you see the shade of the berries? Can you identify the color of the test? Then turn the sharpness control until the image is blurry and unclear. Then turn the knob in the opposite direction again to make the image as clear as possible. How many details can you see in the crumbs of a cheesecake? Is the emerging image volumetric? Then again turn the sharpness control in the opposite direction and make the image blurry again. Alternately form a clear, then a vague picture, until this change becomes technically elementary for you. Try to adjust the other switches in the same way.

Images of ideas

Imagine the idea of ​​Beauty. Tell me, do you see a certain image of something very beautiful, or are you able to create an abstract image of Beauty without imagining anything concrete, private? Do you associate sounds, smells, taste sensations with your idea of ​​Beauty? How big or small is this idea? Here are a few more abstract concepts, the image of which you are invited to create: betrayal, order, energy, peace, harmony, communication, reality, illusion.

Auditory images

Imaginary music

Play the following pieces of music in your mind. Try to hear the melody, orchestration, words:

Classical music: "Moonlight Sonata".

Rock music: "Tutti-frutti", "We are the champions".

Pop Music: The Yellow Brick Road.

Sound design for the film: "Generals of the Sand Quarries", "Man and Woman".

Figurative sounds

Create images of the following sounds:

Five sounds that sound in nature (rain, wind, waterfall ...).

Five sounds in the car (door closing, seat reclining, ignition on ...).

Five sounds produced by animals (barking of a dog, grunt of a pig, roar of a lion ...).

Five sounds produced by insects (buzzing of a fly, squeak of a mosquito, chirping of a cricket ...).

Five mechanical sounds (air conditioner, turbine ...).

Five sounds produced by people (singing, sniffing, hiccups, coughing ...).

Abstract sounds

Can you imagine the following sounds: bright, clear, muffled, disgusting, joyful, golden, smooth, bittersweet, unpleasant, empty, harsh, distant?

Mental recording

Clap your hands and listen carefully to the sound. After a while, recreate the sound in your mind. Do this several times until you can produce the clap in your mind as you wish. Then change the sound quality by mentally changing the location of the sound. Imagine the sound coming to you from above, from the left, from behind. Imagine a sound louder, then softer. Imagine it in a small space, such as a closet, then in a large space, such as a gym. Do the same for other sounds, such as voices.

Tactile images

Internal sensations

Sit back in your favorite chair and pretend you are washing your hands. Play in detail every movement, every nuance of this process, every characteristic action. Feel the lather, try to hear the noise of water flowing from the tap, see tiny bubbles, smell the soap. Now really wash your hands and compare this process with your mental picture.

More inner sensations

In the same detail as you did in the previous task, imagine that you are taking a shower, getting dressed, making your bed, going to work in the morning, talking with a friend, riding the bus or on the subway, doing your daily shopping, preparing lunch, washing dishes, packing sleep.

Images of feelings

Imagine all the sensations associated with the following activities:

With five sports (tennis, basketball ...).

With five activities related to music (recording on a tape recorder, playing the guitar ...).

With five chores (making breakfast, cleaning the bed ...).

With five production cases (printing memoirs, attendance at a board meeting ...).

With five activities in the kitchen (washing the pan, peeling potatoes ...).

Tactile sensations

Imagine the following items by touch:

Five textile materials (polyester, silk, cotton ...).

Five building materials (concrete, timber, tiles ...).

Five parts of the car (steering wheel, upholstery, tire ...).

Imagine the distinct taste of the following foods:

Five meat (pork, veal, chicken ...).

Five favorite dishes (Ukrainian borscht, roll with poppy seeds ...).

Try to taste the taste separately without re-creating the whole process of absorbing food.

Multi-taste

Imagine each of the basic types of palate your palate can taste: sweet, sour, bitter, salty. Combine these taste experiences together. How do you imagine sweet and sour taste? Bitter and salty? Sour-sweet-bitter?

Imagine the taste of the following original food combinations:

Brine with ice cream.

Spaghetti with boiled potatoes.

Herring with sugar.

Cabbage salad with semolina porridge.

Beer with chocolate.

Milk with orange juice.

Form mental images of the scent of the following items:

Five meat courses (pork, veal, chicken ...).

Five vegetables (potatoes, Brussels sprouts ...).

Five fruits (banana, orange, kiwi ...).

Five cheeses (cheddar, Dutch ...).

Five of your favorite dishes (Ukrainian borscht, roll with poppy seeds ...).

Five flowers (rose, dandelion ...).

Five odors associated with cars (gasoline, oil ...).

Five scents associated with landscapes (ocean, pine forest ...).

Five odors associated with different weather (dampness, rain ...).

Try to imagine the smell separately, without creating a mental image of the object.

Imagination work

Imagination is more important than knowledge.

Albert Einstein, physicist

Olympic decathlete Bruce Jenner has had a bar that resembles a jumping bar reinforced in his room for four years. As soon as he sat down on the sofa, he immediately cast a glance at the crossbar and mentally jumped over it. The golfer Jack Nichols, before making a shot, mentally scrolled it before his eyes, like in a movie. In his imagination, he not only saw the place where he wanted to throw the ball, but also the trajectory of the flight.

In most cases, developing the ability to control your own imagination also contributes to an increase in creativity. The pictures that we draw in front of our mind's eye have a beneficial effect on our intellect, on our mood, on our body - in short, on our entire being.

One of the reasons why our imaginations are so powerful is that there is a strong connection between the mental images we create and our emotions. Painting to ourselves an emotionally colored picture - a mother sitting in a chair, a warm, curled up puppy, an attractive person of the opposite sex - we experience the same feelings as if the object of our imagination was really in front of us. As a result, the mental images we create in our minds throughout the day — images of work and home, friends and family, joys and disappointments, memories and expectations — are closely linked to our outlook on life. In fact, mental images are the core of our life experience: they help to create our own inner world.

To see the power of the mental images, try the following exercises:

Emotional flexibility

Sit down for a few moments, relax and imagine a chair that does not give you any associations.

Once you've formed a stable image, imagine a chair in a fun situation.

Imagine this chair participating in an incredibly funny scene from some comedy.

Let your mind do something eccentric.

You are alone and you do not need to limit your imagination.

Continue this activity until you feel refreshed, enlightened, and joyful.

Now place the same object in a tragic situation.

Let him be at the center of heartbreaking events.

Get ready to get upset.

After you feel completely overwhelmed, go back to the first scenario and imagine the funny situation again until you are amused.

Change scripts alternately.

Notice the connection between the mental images you create and your feelings.

Mind cinema

We are what we imagine ourselves to be.

Kurt Vonnegut, writer

It is known that a continuous stream of visual pictures, sounds and sensations passes through the consciousness of most of us. This stream of images creates a series of mental films: thrillers, comedies, action films, melodramas, periodically interrupted by commercial information and commercials. Because there is a close connection between mental pictures and feelings, negative images have a detrimental effect on our mood and distract attention. However, through the purposeful work of the imagination, you can change these images, while changing your own feelings.

Below are some techniques for bringing the art of visualization to life.

Purposeful presentation

Create a mental image of yourself - doing this or having what you really want. You can imagine yourself shod in a new pair of shoes, or working a new job, or dining out at your favorite restaurant. Three points are important in this mental representation: first, do not miss the details, connecting all your senses; second, imagine yourself enjoying the desired course of events; and third, imagine the scene taking place on a specific day. By encouraging you to focus on the goal, the mental image increases motivation and creates additional incentives. Start with small, easy-to-reach goals, then work your way up to larger, more general ones.

Thought scripts

If you are going to speak to an audience, for example, take part in a presentation, or give a lecture, or give an interview, sketch out a series of mental scenarios for yourself. Start with the most flawless option. Imagine that you are in great shape and everything is going as it should. Then imagine a mediocre scenario where things move close to what you want, but not quite. Then imagine the worst of possible options- you have failed completely. By playing around with all these scenarios, you are preparing yourself for possible failure, for certain problems. After you have considered all the options, focus on the ideal. Give yourself the opportunity to play the role well, just amazing.

Relaxation, stress management

Take some time to bring up fond memories. Relax as fully as you can and let imaginary pictures float freely in your mind's eye. Carefully touch your innermost memories: green valleys, close friends, early childhood, about your sweet old room, your first love and how you walked to school on a sunny morning; with the memory of how you once woke up refreshed and looked hopefully into the future.

Internal massage

Imagine a black board. Then imagine the letters of your name slowly appearing one at a time in the upper left corner of the board. Then try to see the letters of the word “relax” also appear one at a time, but this time in the upper right corner. Pause briefly and look at these words again. Then observe how they appear already in the line below.

Fading Emotions

Swami Dayananda Sariswata, an Indian teacher, offers an interesting trick. In order to overcome the inner tension and anxiety associated with an unpleasant situation, he advises to focus on the positive. For example, if you are angry with your boss, imagine him doing what you like. Think about a time when he did something that you approved. Keep looking for positive things in his behavior. Then, when you stop being angry with him and think that maybe he is not that bad, recall the situation that caused your anger, but this time in the light of a positive attitude. Be prepared to accept your boss for who he is. You may not approve of all of his actions, but do not feel obligated to remake him, change the way he thinks. Do a similar job when you quarrel with your household.

Useful Tips

Imagination injects freshness, energy and life into what would otherwise be the harsh world of abstraction. Get in the habit of exploring those beautiful landscapes and wonderful pictures that are inside your mind.

TIP 1.

Train your imagination to be more responsive. Try to create stable images of what you hear, see, touch, taste and feel.

TIP 2.

Help your senses become more alive. Encourage your mind, even in seemingly unremarkable images, to see something colorful, eccentric and unexpected. Make your inner world as full as you want.

TIP 3.

Pay attention to the stream of everyday images passing through your mind. Determine which painting makes you upset and which one inspires you. Know your power to control your own mental movie. Demonstrate to yourself that you can change the plot at any time if you want.

One who has an imagination without erudition has wings, but no legs.

Joseph Joubert, essayist

From the book Secrets of the Mind. History of Reason. The mind of Stalin, Yeltsin, Putin, Berezovsky, bin Laden the author Tkachenko Konstantin Vladimirovich

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From the book Mind Training author Woodjack Tom

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From the book Ascent to Individuality the author Orlov Yuri Mikhailovich

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From the book Turn on your inner music. Music therapy and psychodrama the author Moreno Joseph J.

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It turns out that there are very unusual ways to make the gray cells of the brain work as in youth, and even better.

What can be achieved with this gymnastics?
-Improve concentration, attention and memory.
-Return ingenuity.
-Learn to speak more convincingly.
-Develop a sense of balance and coordination of movements.
-More creative approach to work.
-Repeat three times
Exercise 1- helps to speak convincingly. (For example, when you need to speak at a meeting). Improves balance.
Close your eyes, yawn widely. While doing this, use your fingertips to massage the tense areas on the upper and lower jaw... Try to pull the yawn deep and resonantly. Repeat 3-6 times. Exercise 2- promotes creative presentation of thoughts in writing and orally. It activates the areas of the brain involved in speech, creativity and communication. Also improves coordination.
Place your hands on the back of a chair for support. Place one leg back. Lean forward with your body, slightly bending your front leg. Shift your entire body weight onto it, lifting the heel from the back. standing leg from the floor. Now gently "swing" back, moving all the weight on back leg... Her heel drops and her front toe rises. Repeat 3-6 times, then change legs.
Exercise # 3- allows you to more effectively use logical thinking, solve mathematical problems or organize the work of a team. In addition, it strengthens the abdominal muscles.
Lying on the floor, bend your knees and place your feet on the floor. Hands under your head, fingers intertwined. Without unclenching your hands, lift and simultaneously rotate the body, leaning slightly with one elbow on the floor. Aim your body diagonally: left elbow to right knee, then right elbow to left knee. Repeat alternately 3-6 times in each direction.
Exercise 4- helps to perform from the stage, participate in competitions, take exams. Improves movement accuracy.
Find the dimples on the forehead above the eyes, about half the distance from the eyebrows to the roots of the hair. Press lightly with the fingertips of both hands for 30-60 seconds. Repeat 3-4 times.
Exercise # 5- improves coordination in space. For example, if you have to cook food in someone else's kitchen or spend several days at a party, where everything is unusual for you and things are in unfamiliar places. It will also improve balance and body coordination.
Take a piece of paper with both hands and wave it around. Do this also while standing, using not only your hands, but also your elbows and shoulders.
Exercise 6- allows you to collect your thoughts, increases concentration, attention and improves memory.
Grab your right shoulder with your left hand, feel and stretch the muscles. Turn your head in the same direction, look over your right shoulder. Take a deep breath, pulling your shoulders back. Slowly, without lowering or raising your chin, turn your head to your left shoulder. If you can, look through it. Return your head to the middle, lower your chin to your chest, exhale deeply and relax with your whole body. Now do it all the other way (with your right hand on your left shoulder ...). 3 times in each direction.

Previously, it was believed that the brain is actively developing only in children and nerve cells are not restored, but this is far from the case. Our brains retain an amazing ability to learn and develop throughout our lives.

As it turns out, our ability to learn, grow, and other neurological functions is closely related to the number of communication channels that are built between nerve cells in different parts of our brain (called "neuroconduction"), and the dynamic, continuous reconstruction of these "neural pathways" just develop our brain.

In fact, a healthy brain retains potent potential for neuroconductivity and neuroplasticity throughout our lives, while decreased mental capacity and dementia are associated with a progressive loss of these two phenomena.

There are 2 natural phenomena that can support brain activity and enhance the processes of interaction of the connecting channels - these are movement and sleep. But there are also special forms of brain exercise that can also help keep your brain productive for a long time, the so-called brain gymnastics - Neurobics.

Neurobics - gymnastics for the brain

Neurobics are exercises that use combinations of your physical organs(sight, smell, touch, taste and hearing) and emotional senses to create an "unusual" experience and trigger natural connections (also known as "associations") between nerve cells in different parts your brain.

These “associations” (eg name and face, smell and food, and so on) are the building blocks of memory and the foundation of our learning and stimulation of this process. These exercises help us grow stronger, stronger, and more efficient brains that are more resistant to cognitive decline and other effects associated with aging.

The scientific basis of neurobics is explained more fully, and we will consider the basic principles of neurobics.

Basic Principles of Neurobics Exercise

1. Exercise neuroscience causes the brain cells to produce their own natural nutrients

These exercises stimulate patterns of neural activity between nerve cells in different regions of the brain, while stimulating the nerve cells to produce natural nutrients in the brain (called neutrophins), which greatly increase the size and complexity of nerve cell connections, and make the surrounding cells stronger and fuller. resistant to aging.

In fact, these are exercises, as a result of which the brain fertilizes itself, isn't that great!

2. Exercises in neuroscience associate different parts of the brain with each other

Unexpected life events create strong connections between different parts of the brain, especially if new experiences are accompanied by emotions.

For example, let's say someone gives you a rose. Your visual system recognizes that it is a rose, and if this is all that was, then over time this event will be erased from memory.

But if this rose scent was accompanied by soft lighting from candles and wonderful music, and at this time you unexpectedly prick your finger with one of its thorns. Voila, you just activated a much larger range of feelings (including emotional) and created much stronger associations, which means that they are more deeply implanted in the nervous system and your memory, which will remember this event fondly for years to come.

3. Our sense of smell is the only conductor that has direct connections to the emotional center of our brain.

Currently, smell plays a diminished role in our Everyday life but associations based on smells form quickly and persist for a very long time. Remember your first favorite perfume? Or when did you first smell a living tree? Smell associations can be very powerful and evoke an abundance of memories due to the fact that they directly refer to emotional centers in the brain.

4. The brain loves new things

The brain fires more strongly when it is subject to novelty (and preferably versatile), while familiar functions can cause brain necrosis.

To illustrate this, sign with your normal dominant hand. You can do this automatically, it is not too difficult, and there is relatively little neural activity.

Now try to sign with your non-dominant hand. Obviously, this is a little more complicated, and if you are connected to the machine, it will detect brain activity. This task will show much higher neural activity than if you were using your dominant hand. And you can probably guess what would be going on in your brain if you were standing in the bank trying to cash a check using your non-dominant hand, while the bank manager is wary of looking at you.

The bottom line is your brain gets much best workout when he is exposed to a new, unexpected sensory experience, and is much less activated in a normal setting.

7 Neurobics Exercises

These exercises help keep your brain faster and more flexible, and increase its ability to take on any mental challenge, including memory work, task completion, and creative problem solving.

There are many simple ways to diversify your daily routine to stimulate your brain.

1. Brush your teeth with your non-dominant hand (including opening and applying toothpaste).
This exercise can trigger impulses on the opposite side of the brain, which you would not normally use, by rapidly expanding connections in the parts of the brain that control these movements.

2. Read the book out loud with your partner, alternating the roles of reader and listener.
Reading aloud and listening to reading use different neural circuits than when we read silently, and our brains are much more actively involved in the process. It can also improve your relationships!

3. Quiet and noisy meal
Try turning off the TV, music, and other entertainment while you eat, and just sit down and talk to each other. It's great to stay in touch with each other, and this social experience is a very powerful "brain builder".

Then mix it. Make one meal a week so that all distractions are still off and you eat in silence, no communication. Pay close attention to the taste and texture of your food in a relaxed atmosphere, and then share your thoughts as soon as the meal is over. Yes, and don't always sit in the same chairs while eating!

4. Use a different route
Whether it's your way to work, or walking your dog, or wherever you go for a run, change it to get different types, perspective and scenery, it will stimulate your brain.

5. Diversify your weekend
If you rarely bike, try exploring your area with a bike. Change the scenario of your leisure time, go to places that you usually don't go to or have wanted to go for a long time. It's all about using your imagination to stimulate your brain in new ways.

6. Play games
Games are great stimulants of the senses. It can be a child's play, such as a charade, or it can be more adult games, for example, trying to identify a set of wines by smell and taste. Either way, make it fun - it's good for the brain.

7. Make love, otherwise
Sex can be great aerobic exercise but it is also good gymnastics for the brain. An introduction to the state of awe can be very interesting. Perhaps it's rose petals on the bed, a sensual massage, some lovely aromatic oils, or making love under the stars. Hope you can come up with many other great ideas for intimacy, and remember - this is good for your brain!