Make a Hobby Out of Improving Your Brain Health!

Jun 18, 2022 | Cognitive Health, Healthy Living

Keeping your brain stimulated with intellectual activities can help improve cognitive health! Studies have shown that people who engage in meaningful activities – like trying a new hobby – can be rewarded with many health benefits, such as:

Increased memory
Increased focus
Reduced stress
Increased self-esteem and overall happiness
Possible lowered risk of Alzheimer’s or dementia

Is there a skill or hobby YOU have always wanted to learn or incorporate into your life? How about…

Learn to sew, knit, crochet or embroider
Grab a map and explore hiking trails in your community
Take a class and learn to paint with acrylics, watercolor, etc.
Join a local YMCA or fitness center & take a yoga or tai chi class
Check out a cookbook from the library and experiment with cooking new dishes
Get out in nature and go birdwatching with a local club
Sign up for a dance class & learn a new style – foxtrot, tango, waltz, cha cha & more
Audition for a play or musical at a community theater
Learn (or relearn) a musical instrument and play in a local band or orchestra
Sing in a community choral group
Add excitement to your yard by learning how to garden or grow vegetables
Start a card game / board game night with your friends or grandkids & learn new games

There are so many ways you can learn a new skill, either from your own home or with others in your community. Check out these places for instruction opportunities: