Brain Gym

Otak adalah asset yang sangat berharga.
Tak satupun benda buatan manusia yang mampu menandingi kemampuan otak.
Sayangnya, manusia hanya memanfaatkan paling banyak 10 persen dari kemampuan otaknya.
Mengapa tidak mengasahnya???


10 Kebiasaan yang Merusak Otak:

1. Tidak Sarapan Pagi
2. Makan Terlalu Banyak
3. Merokok
4. Mengkonsumsi gula terlalu banyak
5. Tidak Memakai Masker Polusi Udara
6. Kurang tidur
7. Menutup Kepala Saat Tidur
8. Kurang Menstimulasi Pikiran
9. Jarang Berkomunikasi
10. Berpikir Keras Saat Sakit


Brain Gym adalah rangkaian latihan berbasis gerakan tubuh sederhana. Dapat dilakukan di mana saja, kapan saja, dan oleh siapa saja. Sebelum melakukan rangkaian gerakan senam otak dianjurkan terlebih dahulu meminum air, karena air adalah unsur pembawa energi listrik.
Air mengandung mineral. Air putih bahkan membantu memperlancar peredaran darah dan oksigen ke seluruh tubuh. Kekurangan air akan membuat otot menegang sehingga tubuh tidak merasa nyaman.
Brain Gym merupakan sejumlah gerakan sederhana yang dapat menyeimbangkan setiap bagian-bagian otak. Diharapkan melalui rangkaian gerakan tubuh, dapat menarik keluar tingkat konsentrasi anak. Apalagi, Brain Gym dikenal juga sebagai jalan keluar bagi bagian-bagian otak yang “terhambat” agar dapat berfungsi maksimal.
Berikut beberapa gerakan dasar senam otak untuk Anda latih menurut dr. Jumraini Tammase, SpS:
1. Gerakan Silang
Cara: Kaki dan Tangan digerakkan secara berlawanan. Bias ke depan, samping, atau belakang.
Manfaat: Merangsang bagian otak yang menerima informasi (receptive) dan bagian yang menggunaka informasi (expressive)sehingga memudahkan proses mempelajari hal-hal baru dan meningkatkan daya ingat.
2. Olengan Pinggul
Cara: Duduk di lantai. Posisi tangan ke belakang, menumpu ke lantai dengan siku ditekuk. Angkat kaki sedikit lalu oleng-olengkan pinggul ke kiri dan ke kanan dengan rileks.
Manfaat: Mengaktifkan otak untuk kemampuan belajar, melihat ke kiri dank e kanan, kemampuan memperhatikan dan memahami.
3. Pengisi Energi
Cara: Duduk nyaman di kursi, kedua lengan bawah dan dahi diletakkan di atas meja. Tangan ditempatkan di depan bahu dengan jari-jari menghadap sedikit kedalam. Ketika menarik nafas, rasakan nafas mengalir ke garis tengah seperti pancuran energi, mengangkat dahi, kemudian tengkuk dan terakhir punggung atas. Diafragma dan dada tetap terbuka dan bahu tetap rileks.
Manfaat: Mengembalikan vitalitas otak setelah serangkain aktifitas yang melelahkan, mengusir stress, meningkatkan konsentrasi dan perhatian serta meningkatkan kemampuan memahami dan berpikir rasional.
4. Menguap Energi
Cara: Bukalah mulut seperti hendak menguap lalu pijatlah otot-otot di sekitar persendian rahang. Lalu menguaplah dengan bersuara untukm melemaskan otot-otot tersebut.
Manfaat: Mengaktifkan otak untuk peningkatan oksigen agar otak berfungsi secara efisien dan rileks, meningkatkan perhatian dan daya penglihatan, memperbaiki komunikasi lisan dan ekspresif serta meningkatkan kemampuan untuk memilah informasi.
5. Luncuran Gravitasi
Cara: Duduk di kursi dan silangkan kaki. Tundukkan badan dengan lengan ke depan bawah. Buang napas ketika turun dan ambil napas ketika naik. Lakukan dengan posisi kaki berganti-ganti.
Manfaat: Mengaktifkan rasa keseimbangan dan koordinasi, meningkatkan kemampuan mengorganisasi dan meningkatkan energi.
6. Tombol Imbang
Cara: Sentuhkan dua jari ke belakang telinga, pada lekukan di belakang telinga sementara tangan yang satunya lagi menyentuh pusat selama kurang lebih 30 menit.
Manfaat: Meningkatkan koordinasi dan konsentrasi (melihat secara vertical dan horizontal sekaligus tanpa keliru, seperti saat membaca kolom dalam table).
7. Tombol Bumi
Cara: Ujung salah satu tangan menyentuh bawah bibir, ujung jari lainnya di pinggir atas tulang kemaluan. Disentuh selama 30 detik atau 4-6 kali tarikan napas penuh.
Manfaat: Mengurangi kelelahan mental (stress), mengoptimalkan jenis pekerjaan seperti organisasi, perancangan seni, pembukuan.
8. Kait Relaks
Cara: Timpangkan kaki kiri di atas kaki kanan, dan tangan kiri di atas tangan kanan dengan posisi jempol ke bawah.jemari kedua tangan saling menggenggam, kemudian tarik tangan kea rah pusat dan terus ke depan dada. Pejamkan mata dan saat menarik napas, lidah ditempelkan ke langit-langit mulut dan lepaskan saat mengembangkan napas.
Berikutnya, buka silangan kaki dan ujung-ujung jari tangan saling bersentuhan secara halus di dadaatau di pangkuan, sambil mengambil napas dalam 1 menit lagi.
Manfaat: Meningkatkan koordinasi motorik halus dan pemikiran logis, dan pemusatan emosional. Mendengar aktif, berbicara lugas, menghadapi tes dan bekerja dengan papan ketik, pengendalian diri dan keseimbangan.

Albert Einstein misalnya, banyak orang memberi predikat kepadanya sebagai manusia genius. Padahal dia hanya menggunakan 4-5 persen dari kemampuan otaknya.
Otak manusia terdiri dari 100 milyar syaraf yang masing-masing terkait dengan 10 ribu syaraf lain. Otak terdiri dari dua belahan, kiri dan kanan. Namun, 85 persen orang di dunia ini ternyata hidup dengan mengandalkan otak kiri saja. Sebagian dari sisanya menggunakan kombinasi keduanya, dan sebagian lagi memakai otak kanan.
Otak kiri berfungsi untuk mengatur badan bagian kanan, berfikir logis, rasional, menganalisis, berbicara, berorientasi pada waktu hal-hal yang rinci, pusat matematika, kemampuan menulis dan membaca.
Otak kanan berfungsi untuk mengontrol badan bagian kiri, bermusik, kreatif, menari, kreatif, melihat keseluruhan, bersosialisasi, komunikasi, interaksi dengan orang lain, pengendalian emosi.

to be continued...

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The influence of Media as a Campaign Services

Generally media have a so close relationship with the political world. Media that have the ability to provide information to the audience, exactly it is needed by the actor to convey a political message to influence the audience. This can be seen from political actor or the part of world politics that appear in political advertisement. In this case media which fully supports the advertisement politic this surely will be very influence for the formation of image of the political actor. According to Brian Mc Nair, described that the political advertisement are displayed by the media will develop the image of political actor.
We can see the examples of political advertisement which made by Prabowo is carried by Gerindra party as a prospective president of Indonesia during the election later in 2009. In the advertisement, Prabowo with Gerindra parties are designed into a loop and support the low economic society. This advertisement is running constantly by the media so that the audience will not be directly affected by what is displayed by the media. Other example is the advertisement of SBY with democrat party in the Kompas was estimated by spending money until 500 million (Gatra, outstanding number 42 Thursday, August 28, 2008). These examples are only a small part of the reality.

Generally media has become a choice to make communication or political campaigns. In political communication, media and political actor is a relationship that mutualism. In this case both of parties receive the same benefits. During this election, the media with the benefit of political advertising that would have a tariff that is not small. What's more with the emergence of political ads that has time duration of the long hours and running on prime time that would have a very special rate. Besides the television, the political actor also advertises in media such as newspapers. In the mass media is no fewer funds spent by the political actor.



The importance of the role of media as a means of effective political communication is now more visible. We as the audience must be understood by itself that the world is surely needed the media to support the political. Because of the media, it does can make easy for the actor to convey the political message on a audience and the easy way to direct to region areas. Besides, the campaign through the media is important because our society at this time is often more active or to consume media, so that the opinion in the community can easily be formed and to be affected. This is in accordance with Hypodermic Needle Theory which means, the message delivered by the media will directly on the target audience that is so that we can not avoid the doctrine of act which done by the media. This theory assumes that we as the audience can be easily influenced and formed in accordance with what is desired by the media. (Nurudin, 2007:165).

The role of the media in political communication is important. And in this paper are examined four important roles in the communication media politics. Like, Media as a means of political communication, the media became a means to perform persuasion, provide information on the political audience, providing opportunities for communities to assess what can be delivered from the media.
First is the media as a political communication. Where are the political actor and the place of purchase or on the spot at a particular time to convey the message to the broad audience (McNair, 2003:94). Media used are various such as cinemas, billboards, newspapers, radio, television, internet and act. The purpose of the advertisement itself is a political as a means to convey political messages from the actor to the audience and of course to get the sympathy.

The Second is the media, in this case to persuasion the communication with the aim that what is presented can affect the audience. Media have an important role in actor's political success to the campaign.
The goal of persuasion it is written by Nuruddin (2007) is:

 Reinforce or strengthen attitudes, beliefs, values, or someone.
 Changing the attitudes, beliefs, values, or someone.
 Ask someone to do something.
 Introducing ethics, or offer a particular value system.

The Third is the media can provide information on the audience. Function of the information is the most important for mass communication. Most important component for the function of this information is the news presented. However, the advertisement is also in some cases have the function to provide information in addition to functions of the other (Nurudin, 2007:66). It means that the media is a lot of information to the audience about what is delivered by the actor in the political advertisements in the media. So that people know about the information they need to know the political actor.


The fourth function of the media is provides the opportunity for the community to assess what the actor say in the political media. So the people can give an assessment directly to the message delivered by political advertisements in the media. This is consistent with the theory and critical theory of satisfaction and usefulness. Because the two theories are describe audience activity in choose, use and scrutinize the media. Of course included in scrutinize what is presented by the media(Nurudin, 2007:191,199)
So the phenomenon in using of media as a means of political communication at this time, basically influenced by the benefits of the role of media as an effective place to deliver information to the society. So the message from the political actor can be delivered more effectively.

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