Brain Health
Challenge!
Build healthy brain habits over 14 days
Yoga
Try out these two beginner-friendly yoga poses or click here for an easier chair option.
Pose 1: Child’s pose
1. Kneel on your yoga mat, resting your buttocks against your heels.
2. Bow forward and extend your arms out in front of you with your palms face down on the mat.
3. Rest your forehead on your yoga mat and relax your neck.
Pose 2: Downward-Facing Dog
1. Start in Table Pose. Move your hands about one palm length forward, so they are forward of your shoulders.
2. Press down through the hands and lift up your hips to come into the pose.
3. Straighten the legs, bringing the upper part of the thighs towards the back of the room and gradually straighten the legs.
Yoga
Try out these two beginner-friendly yoga poses or click here for an easier chair option.
Pose 1: Child’s pose
1. Kneel on your yoga mat, resting your buttocks against your heels.
2. Bow forward and extend your arms out in front of you with your palms face down on the mat.
3. Rest your forehead on your yoga mat and relax your neck.
Pose 2: Downward-Facing Dog
1. Start in Table Pose. Move your hands about one palm length forward, so they are forward of your shoulders.
2. Press down through the hands and lift up your hips to come into the pose.
3. Straighten the legs, bringing the upper part of the thighs towards the back of the room and gradually straighten the legs.
Yoga: Chair Option
Crossword Puzzle
Test your skills with this health crossword puzzle
Want to develop lifelong habits for a healthier brain?
Over two weeks get a small daily challenge directly in your inbox that will help improve your health and reduce your chances of developing a range of health issues, including dementia
Physical exercises that help…
- Improve your focus and concentration, and stress management
- Increase oxygen flow to your brain
- Increase stamina, strength, and immune function of the brain
- Stimulate the growth of new nerve cells and connections in your brain
Foods and recipes that help…
- Fight dementia and prevent cognitive decline
- Support both short- and long-term brain function
- Keep your brain young, healthy, and sharp
Puzzles and challenges that help…
- Maximise your mood, motivation and mental wellness
- Sharpen your short- and long-term memory
- Stimulate your brain
- Delay young onset of dementia
Want to develop lifelong habits for a healthier brain?
Take the 14-Day Brain Health Challenge!
Over two weeks get a small daily challenge directly in your inbox that will help improve your health and reduce your chances of developing a range of health issues, including dementia
Physical exercises that help…
- Improve your focus and concentration, and stress management
- Increase oxygen flow to your brain
- Increase stamina, strength, and immune function of the brain
- Stimulate the growth of new nerve cells and connections in your brain
Foods and recipes that help…
- Fight dementia and prevent cognitive decline
- Support both short- and long-term brain function
- Keep your brain young, healthy, and sharp
Puzzles and challenges that help…
- Maximise your mood, motivation and mental wellness
- Sharpen your short- and long-term memory
- Stimulate your brain
- Delay young onset of dementia
Complete the Challenge and get a
14-Day Brain Health Challenge
Facebook Profile Frame
Complete the Challenge and get a
14-Day Brain Health Challenge
Facebook Profile Frame
Around 70,000 Kiwis are living with dementia mate wareware today and that’s expected to reach a staggering 170,000 by 2050. Your donation can make a big difference nationally and locally, to people with dementia mate wareware and their whānau.
Donate today.
Encourage your friends and whānau to join you on your brain health journey
share today!
Alzheimers NZ. 2026 - All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy