How can I increase my concentration and memory power naturally? | 8 Exercises To Improve Your Brainpower |

Hey Friends! I'm going to tell you 8 specific exercises, which will help in developing brain muscles, in achieving great things easily. For that, I'm going to take the help of a book named 'Keep your brain alive". Some exercises are from this book, and some are from another book, which I'm going to tell in this blog post. Must read this blog post till the end, as it has interesting exercises. In today's blog post, I'm going to tell you about the Neurobics exercise, which can help in generating new neuron cells. Those who don't know, let me tell you, these cells transfer information into our brain.

Being excessive, they transfer information Fastly. In simple words, it'll increase our brain power. Today, I'm going to tell you 8 neurobic exercises which will help you to increase your brain power. Must read this article till the end as it has interesting exercises, You'll like them for sure. 

What are the 8 ways to improve your brain health or brain exercises to strengthen your mind?

• The Schulte Table
• Blindfold Exercise
• Using Your Non-Dominant Hand 
• Stop Relying on Tech
• Start Memorizing a list of things
• Expanding Your Imagination using all 5 Senses
• Trying Something New and Creative Everyday
• Practicing Higher Self-control

Let's start with the first exercise - 

1. The Schulte Table

You'll see a table containing cells with random numbers. At first, you have to focus on center number 19. I'll set a timer of 30 seconds. In 30 seconds, you have to go from number 1 to 25, one by one. First, you have to see 1, then 2, then 3, 4, and so on till 25 in 30 seconds. That's it. So, should I start the timer now? Three. Two. One. Go!

Comment down, how many of you did this exercise properly? And if it took more than 30 seconds, still tell us in the comments, how much time you took. If you do this exercise, it'll increase your speed of processing the information. Doing repeatedly, it'll increase your capability. Next comes 

2. Blindfold Exercise

In this task, you have to close your eyes and do small tasks. You can take a pen and paper, close your eyes and try to write your name. You can also draw Square, Triangle, or Circle on paper. And see, how well you do it. One more thing you can do is type your name in the comments with closed eyes. Let's see what you type in the comments.

It will help in developing your brain muscles. You will be able to recall things very well. The next exercise is related to Hand Gestures. You have to use your hands in this exercise.

No. 1 - Okay and the victory sign

You have to draw Okay with one hand and the victory sign with another one. Then switch it like this. I did it wrongly. You have to repeat it ten times. That's the one exercise and another one is 'Clench your fist'.

You have to make a closed and tight fist, and hold it for 90 seconds. According to my psychologists at Montclaire State University,

if you keep your fist closed for 90 seconds, it helps in increasing the ability of memory formation, And if you do it with your left hand, it will increase your memory recall ability. The next thing you can do is - make a circle and a triangle.

First, you have to try to draw a triangle on paper with one hand and then try to draw a circle with another hand. You have to try until you draw the perfect triangle and circle. And then switches both figures. And see, how perfectly you do it. The next exercise is - 

3. Using your Non-Dominant Hand

One thing which you can do daily without any problem, Basically, suppose your right hand is your dominant hand, you do all your things with the right hand. From today, try to do all things with the left hand instead of the right hand. Forex, start brushing with the left hand instead of the right hand.

Start opening the gate with the left hand instead of the right hand. This simple thing can help you to rewire your brain. New neuro pathways will form in your brain. The connection between body and mind will become strong.

So, do it for sure. Next, games and exercise sets will help the brain to work properly. Till now, your brain must have run on a set pattern. Your past habits were making all your decisions. When you break this autopilot mode and start giving challenging work to the brain, all inactive areas of the brain will start being active.

You will start breaking the patterns. you will start challenging your brain, As you challenge muscles by lifting weight in the same way, you will challenge your brain, which will help in the overall growth of the brain.  One thing which you can stop is, 

4. Stop relying on tech

I see that a lot of people have a bad habit, I too have it. If we have to do even a simple calculation, we take out our phones and start calculating. Don't do it like this. We don't have to depend so much on tech, that we don't exercise our brain even a little.

Next time, if you have to do a small calculation, don't use a calculator. Try to do it in your brain. Try once and if it takes so much time, you can do it on the calculator. But at least give a little stress to your brain, and push it to do work. And you can try it for spelling. If you don't understand a spelling, we try to google it.

But before doing it, try to pressurize your brain, and try to remember what the spell should be. And then you can verify from Google, that whether your spelling is right or wrong. And when it comes to a mobile number, we try to save on mobile.

But instead, at least try to remember the numbers of your family members. It will train your brain to remember numbers. And it can help in case of emergency when your mobile gets turned off. Earlier, people used to remember numbers, to call in an emergency.

But due to technology, it's getting reduced. Nowadays, we don't even remember our close ones' numbers. You should try this for sure. Try to remember your close ones' numbers in your brain. One more exercise you can do is - 

5. Start memorizing a list of things

Nowadays, we make list with the help of tech. If we have to bring multiple things, we start making list. For example, if we have to bring some things, we start making a big list. And then buy all things one by one. Instead, try to recall with the brain, which things to bring and which not to bring.

For cross verification, you can checklist, it's a pretty good thing. But again, your purpose is to put pressure on the brain and focus to remember and improve your memory. So that you aren't always dependent on the list. This will train your brain muscles. The next thing you can do while playing games and doing exercise is, that is '

6. Expanding your imagination using all 5 senses

Nowadays, the problem is that we always have a screen in front of us, which keeps us showing good things. We always keep seeing visual things.

Due to this, our imagination ability is getting reduced. We can't imagine well because we always keep seeing things. In the time when there was no screen, people used to imagine a lot, and then work to convert it into reality.

But now, due to multiple screens, our imagination power is getting reduced. We don't have to visualize much as compared to before. Everything is in front of us!

According to the research on Neuroplasticity, all senses are connected to memory and cognitive functions. That's why, if we do this exercise, by triggering all 5 senses, start imagination in our brain, kind of daydreaming, you can say, it'll help in increasing your IQ.

To do this, you have to do daydreaming. You can do it for a while. You can imagine that after 5 years, where you'll be. Visualize that you're driving a car. Try to feel it. Try to imagine its smell, feel and look. How the sound of that car would be?

What things you'll be eating and how it would taste. The much you imagine using your sensors, all these things are told in 'Secret' and other books, how Visualization helps in converting dreams into reality.

It's a brilliant exercise that will improve your brain, plus, if you believe in these books and other things, then it can help in this. Visualization helps you to convert dreams into reality. If you do this exercise for 15 minutes a day, it's enough. It's seen that those who do it for 15-45 minutes a day,

according to their research, in just 2-4 weeks, start seeing results. Your ideas formation, reading ability, concentration span, all these things get increased. You must have noticed that all the intelligent people in this world all the inventions they did, were in their imagination at first.

They first work on imagination, then convert it into reality. If you start imagination, you can covert many things into reality. It'll increase your IQ too. You can do it. The next thing which you can do is -

7. Try something new and creative every day

American psychologist Richard noticed that, if we get our brain participate in novel activities, which it never experienced before during that period, lots of changes happen in the brain.

Forex, he made many people play testers as a novel activity. When they played that game, psychologists studied their brain function, and after weeks of training, it was found that brain particles became thick. 

Glucose intake was increased in many key areas of the brain. That means the brain was consuming more energy, and developing more neural connections which were increasing the IQ.

And after time, they were becoming better in-game. But the interesting thing is that with time, the faster that growth went increased, the faster it started falling. Because after a period, the brain understood the game. They learn how to play the game. They didn't have to work so hard.

That's why their brain became lazy and their growth was stopped. The point is that you should keep learning new things. Your brain will form new neural connections and will expand and will help you to increase your brain power. It's not necessary that you just play games, you can do creative things. Next comes - 

8. Practicing higher self-control

Self-control and intelligence are interconnected. You can increase your IQ by doing self-control. In a study in 2019, participants were given an IQ test. And they would give money rewards in exchange for IQ tests. 

They had an option that they can take a reward immediately after the IQ test, or they can take more rewards if they wait for some time after the IQ test. Those who waited scored more on IQ tests.

You must have heard the Marshmallow test. Kids were given marshmallows and if they wait, they would get 2 marshmallows, and if want now, they would get 1 marshmallow.

It was seen that those who had patience, were more successful, compared to those, who had no patience. American author Maria says  'The sign of intelligent people is their ability to control their emotions by the application of reason.

Higher IQ means having full control of the mind and emotions. If you learn how to be mindful, how to do meditation, and how to focus, if you start having patience with yourself, it'll help you to increase your intelligence.

Be a person with patience instead of getting instant gratification. If you feel like eating chocolates, don't eat them. If you feel like eating unnecessary things, have patience. Don't it. It'll keep you healthy, will improve your brain, and give you a better life. These are the exercises which you should do. That's all for today! Thanks for reading!