Wake Up / Brain Balancing Exercise

1. Stimulate the Hyoid bone

• Begin by standing in a relaxed position, arms hanging loosely at sides. Then Swallow or take a sip of water.
• You can also place your hands on your Hyoid bone and move it left to right. Located right under your chin. It is the only bone that doesn’t touch any other bone in your body.

2. Mountain Climb

• Same side walk: Simultaneously lift your right knee towards your chest while reaching your right arm to the sky. Drop them down and then lift your left knee towards your chest while reaching your left arm to the sky. Continue to alternate sides about 15 times.

3. Cross Walk

• This step is similar, except that this time you are raising the left knee together with the right arm and the right knee together with the left arm. Again alternate sides about 15 times.

4. Crossovers

• While you are lifting your right knee towards your chest, touch it with your left hand or elbow. Then do the same with your left knee and right hand or elbow. Alternate sides about 15 times.

5. Back Crossovers

• Bend your right knee so the lower leg goes back and up, so your right foot almost touches your left buttock. At the same time, reach your left hand back to touch that foot. Repeat, using your left foot and right hand. Alternate sides about 15 times.

6. Pretzels

• First, cross your left foot over your right foot, so your are standing with your ankles crossed. Then extend your arms and cross your left hand over your right hand, palms facing each other, and link your fingers, so your wrists are crossed. Pull your crossed wrists under and through your arms, so your hands are against your chest facing up. Holding this position, push your tongue up into the roof of your mouth for 5 seconds. Remember to breath.

• Repeat on the other side, this time crossing right foot over left and right hand over left. Again, push your tongue into the roof of your mouth and hold for 5 seconds. Take a breath.

7. Points

• Touch both K27 (in depression under collar bone) with thumb and first finger of one hand while touching CV3 ( between belly button and center of pubic bone in lower abdomen) with other hand. Then touch both Sp 21 (side of chest below armpit between the 6th and 7th ribs, Near your bra strap)

8. Bringing both hemispheres of the Brain together.

• Finish by holding hands in front of chest, palms facing each other and touch/press finger tips together, keeping palms apart.

9. Breath

• Place your hand on your belt area Breath IN. 
• Breath Out by rotating your hands outward at the same place.

Email me your experience of the exercise at darren@gibsoncoaching.com

To a Whole Brain Thinker,

Darren