Reasons to Write with Your Non-Dominant Hand

Isabel Young
Writers’ Blokke
Published in
3 min readSep 24, 2021

Access your Subconscious Mind and get into a Flow State

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What is the Point of Writing with Your Non-Dominant Hand?

The benefits of writing with your non-dominant hand are endless. It is a great way to train your brain to use both hands equally. It also stimulates new neural pathways in the brain that can lead to creativity and problem solving.

It may sound easy, but it is actually rather difficult, especially for people who are used to writing with their dominant hand. The most important thing is not to give up!

How to Start Writing with Your Non-Dominant Hand?

The use of both hands, writing with each hand and hand-over-hand can make it easier to write more words and avoid writer’s block.

There are many things we do every day with our dominant hand without thinking. It is good for your brain to change that habit.

As you keep repeating this with different tasks, you will notice it will get easier. This means that the connections in your brain and muscles in your non dominant hand are now more coordinated.

Motivate Yourself to Write with Your Non-Dominant Hand

Some people struggle with writing, but for different reasons. For some, it’s because they have been out of school for a while and they are not confident in their ability to write. Others just can’t find the time to do their work.

Wake Up Your Brain with Non Dominant Hand

When you do not use your dominant hand with tasks like eating, brushing teeth, you will activate the other side of your brain.

It has been found that the other side of the brain which is now activated will in turn will make you feel more creative.

When we switch hands it causes a chemical reaction in the brain. This increases the production of neurons when we do certain tasks. You are opening new pathways which can increase your creativity.

How You Can Access Your Subconscious Mind

The key to accessing the subconscious mind is to remove distractions and to start writing without thinking too much. Your subconscious mind is automatic and does the work for you, if you let it.

When an article or blog post needs to be written, many people can find themselves stuck without any ideas. This is because writer’s block causes you to continually search for inspiration rather than writing.

It’s important for writers to know that they are not alone in this battle. There are many people who struggle with creating better content, but there are also many tools available which can help them overcome this challenge.

The Benefits of Holding your Pen in Your Non Dominant Hand

The benefits of writing with the other hand, your non-dominant hand is that you are creating new neural connections in your brain. This is an exercise that wakes up your creativity. It may also slightly frustrate you, when you see how difficult certain tasks are.

It is important to use both hands equally because it can help with cognitive and physical development. It may also improve your memory and playing skills, since you’re constantly using both sides of your brain and muscle tissue.

Final Thoughts:

There are many ways to wake up your creativity, connect with your inner self, remove writers block. Writing and doing things with your non dominant hand seems like it is a waste of time.

Yet, anyone who has injured their dominant hand will tell you about how hard it was, to do everyday things.

When we focus on doing something new, or with our “other hand” we create new brain connections — known as whole brain learning. This opens up your creativity.

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Isabel Young
Writers’ Blokke

Motivational, Mindset, Health & Getting Better with Age - Helping people improve what they think and how they feel about themselves. https://linktr.ee/beyoung2