Nurturing Neurons

Day 1:

Clear the Mind (10 min)

• Tune out surrounding sounds by writing down whatever can come to mind (10 min)

Touch Base (10 min)

• Sensory Meditation to “turn on” senses (5 min)
• exercise brain and senses through: (5 min)
  • memory game (1 min)

https://www.improvememory.org/wp-content/games/trickycups_e_fullscreen.htm

• read a passage from the happiness book (1 min)
• do 5 mental math problems (as fast as possible) (1 min)

https://www.mathtrainer.org

Creativity Practice (20 min)

draw a map of a virtual tour (20 min-ish)

• https://artsandculture.google.com/streetview/van-gogh-museum-second-floor/ qQH6anGqAuOSnw?hl=en&sv_lng=4.881069854518258&sv_lat =52.35827462703783&sv_h=53 .16455088977624&sv_p =-10.99339704260673&sv_pid =Hge6ZV5hkBD9JuDXdTsa- A&sv_z=1.0000000000000002
  • Ask them to think of 8 things they’ve never done before (activity, food, drink, etc.) that they could do wherever they have the meeting over zoom or in their house (if in house, should I ask them to send me a picture so that I know that they did it?)

Problem-Solving Practice (20 min)

• read a short article (10 min)
• interactive brainstorming session (encouraging their thought process) to use multiple topics/disciplines to think of a possible solution to the problem (10 mIn)

Daily Differences (5 min)

• Brainstorm and implement a way that one can reorganize their day for the better to meet their needs and responsibilities

Try Something New