Smooth Pursuit Eye Movement

Another functional neurology eye movement exercise: this one plays with hemispheric coordination. Alternating activation of right brain and left brain to help with inter-hemispheric communication. We live in a left brain dominant world - thinking, analyzing, problem solving, rationalizing the world into safety. Which tends to leave our right brain in need of some loving activation to bring back online our kind, loving, feeling, and relational capacities (relating to ourselves, our bodies and others). Having both hemispheres smoothly coordinated helps us widen our window of tolerance and stay in connection with ourselves and others. 
Exercise: tracking a finger or object in horizontal lines. Keep your head as stationary as comfortable and use your eye muscles to do the work of tracking. Do 5-10 reps and then alternate directions. Brain hemispheres light up ipsilateral (same side) as movement pursuits. 
This is also a good partner exercise to do with kids or students/clients over zoom. When doing this exercise with a partner we have the added benefit of mirror neurons and coregulation to help support our nervous systems.