25 Ways to Develop Your Bodily-Kinesthetic Intelligence : Ask the eConsultant

25 Ways to Develop Your Bodily-Kinesthetic Intelligence

Notes from Seven Kinds of Smart by Thomas Armstrong

01. Join a word-related or community sports team (softball, basketball, soccer or other group sport).
02. Take lessons in a solo sport such as swimming, skiing, golf, tennis, or gymnastics.
03. Learn a martial art like aikido, judo, or karate.
04. Exercise regularly and keep track of the ideas that occur to you during exercise sessions.
05. Learn a craft such as woodworking, weaving, carving, or crocheting.
06. Take a call at the community center in working with caly or stone.
07. Learn Yoga or another system of physical relaxation and awareness.
08. Play video games that require the use of quick reflexes.
09. Take formal lessons in dance (modern, ballroom, ballet, or other dance forms) or spend time engaged in free-form creative movement on your own.
10. Take up “hands-on” hobby around the home like gardening, cooking, or model building.
11. Learn sign language or braille.
12. Put on a blindfold and have a friend lead you around to explore the environment with your hands.
13. Assemble a collection of objects having different textures (silk, smooth stones, sandpaper, etc)
14. Coach a little-league baseball team or some other group
15. Walk the curbs of sidewalks or balance beams to improve your sense of balance.
16. Set up a weight training and/or aerobics program for yourself under the supervision of a doctor or health club.
17. Play charades with friends or family.
18. Engage in sensory-awareness activities that put you in touch with physical sensations and perceptions.
19. Work with a a therapist in a psychophysical discipline such as Rolfing, Alexander techniques, bioenergetics, or Feldenkrais work.
20. Learn how to give a massage to another person and/or how to message yourself using accupressure, do-in, or another massage system
21. Develop your eye-hand coordination by bowling, throwing horeshoes, tossing basketballs, or taking up juggling
22. Learn a skill that requires a good sense of touch and manual dexterity, such as typing or playing of a musical instruments
23. Keep track of kinesthetic images that occur iduring your dreams and daytime reveries
24. Take a class in acting or pantomime or join a local repertory company
25. Learn a practical routine requiring physical grace such as the Japanese tea ceremony