Toppukkaranam – aka superbrain Yoga! Bah!

Come on! Give me a break. (Watch this video)

See how this simple Indian exercise has suddenly been “discovered” and re-christened ’superbrain yoga’.

I have been doing this simple toppukkaraNam since my childhood.

It is a tamil word. I dont know what toppu means. But karaNam is a pose. Everyone does it in India. I have heard that the traditional mild knocks that you give on your temples with your fist as a part of prayers to Ganesha, is a stimulant, much like acupressure (according to my perippa i.e. my father’s older brother). My parents and grandparents have also told us that the gesture of pulling one’s ears and performing the toppukkaranam has a similar effect.

Now, all of a sudden it is superbrain yoga. They even have detailed explanations for this, a website, patient instruction, case-studies and illustrations where a C grader became a ‘different person’ thanks to superbrain yoga.

See this video for yourself.

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