‘Midbrain activation’ for sport

A one-day workshop for kids on ‘Midbrain Activation’, a whole new concept to Sri Lanka, though quite popular in both East and South-East Asia was conducted at the Olympic House last Thursday by a well-known Malaysian expert, David Ting. Parents, educators, sports coaches and trainers had a rare opportunity to take advantage of a training session in this new field, during this one-day workshop.
‘Midbrain Activation’ is a novel method of training a child to gather information on both academic and sports fields. It is said to be a new-found technique of optimising the function of the middle brain or the ‘bridge’ between the left and right brain.
It is believed that by activating this bridge, one can retrieve information from both the left and the right brain leading to a more efficient absorption of information and stabilising of important individual characteristics like creativity, self-confidence and the ability to concentrate.
‘Midbrain Activation’ allows the brain to function as a whole, rather than utilising only one part of the brain, either left or right. The individuals who are middle-brain-oriented are expected to have strong influence from both the hemispheres of the brain to be logical - by being influenced by the left, while being intuitive - with the influence of the right. This is regarded as the basic principle behind ‘Midbrain Activation.’ The ideal candidates for this method are considered to be children between the ages of 5 to 15.
It brings out and strengthens characteristics such as creativity, memory, application skills, self-confidence and ability to concentrate. Research has shown that humans normally use less, than one per cent of their mind’s vast abilities. However, through the use of various mental training techniques, one can tap into this enormous ‘sleeping giant’ residing inside all of us. Experts say that transformation must always occur at the inner level before any results will ever appear at the outer level; and this is essential to ensure that the benefits remain permanent. This is where the revolutionary technique of ‘Midbrain Activation’ comes in.
By Samiddha Rathnayake