Learning from the Todd Sampson’s Redesign Your Brain television series, we added juggling to our Genius Club. Turns out juggling is not just for clowns or people with a lot of time on their hands. Juggling is a brilliant brain gym exercise and it’s great fun. It was considered a party trick once upon a time, now we hope all our Geniuses learn this incredibly beneficial exercise to enable their brains to focus & flourish. We did our own research, here’s what Melbourne University tells us …

The whole idea is based around the fact that our brains are ultimately alterable, this is, they exhibit neuroplasticity. It’s because of neuroplasticity that we are able to form new memories and new skills, via the brain’s amazing ability to form new synapses, strengthen existing neuronal connections, and even give birth to new neurons altogether. Studies have shown that physical exercise combined with intellectual stimulation can enhance neuronal formation and survival. Evidence suggests that brain exercises can even slow the onset of Huntington’s disease– a genetically inherited neurological disorder.

The central nervous system can be divided into two types of matter; grey and white. Within the brain, grey matter – responsible for muscle control and sensory function – extends mainly throughout the surface regions of the brain while white matter – which passes the messages through the nervous system – is mainly located in the deep regions of the brain. A study published in 2004 compared jugglers to non-jugglers over a period of 6 months and found that those who learned and became proficient in the skill of juggling significantly increased the amount of grey matter within their brains (in a motion-specific area of the brain) compared to non-jugglers. What’s more, is that the brain imaging process was repeated after the jugglers ceased practicing for 3 months, and the authors found that the grey matter had decreased again to their pre-juggling levels. The authors deduced that the brain was exhibiting the ability to change structurally; this was contrary to the long-held view that the brain was unable to do this after adolescence.

Change your brain by juggling  – WOW !!! There is hope for all conditions one might have been labeled with. So get juggling and ensure it is apart of your daily routine.

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