The following exercise is from Chapter 3, "The Nervous System" in the book, Health Is Simple.
The Cross Crawl Exercise - Crawling is not merely a step toward walking. Infants learn to crawl because crawling actually helps strengthen the communication between the two hemispheres of the brain. Many of us either did not have sufficient experience in the crawling mode, were made to walk too early, or have developed a brain imbalance by over performing one-sided activities, such as golfing, hammering or shoveling, checking groceries, or vacuuming. Rebalancing offers tremendous benefits.
The following Cross Crawl Exercise is the easiest and best exercise I know for improving that cross patterning in the brain. It is extremely helpful in improving problems with coordination, erratic body movements, an overall sense of confusion, attention deficit disorders, disorientation, problems involving sense of direction and an inability to perform tasks well on both sides of the body. The exercise can also be helpful with vision problems, including reading difficulties, when both eyes do not work well together, or in instances when eye-hand coordination is impaired.
