4/6/2007 - Mind Games

Chess featured often in Celtic liteature. A similar interest in intellectual gamesmanship was displayed in the complicated rhymee schemes of Welsh Poetry

It's beneficial for our brains to concentrate for an hour or so on some intellectual puzzle, as in chess, scrabble, or crosswords. Think of such games as a mental gymnasium where your mind can get enjoyable exercise as well as take a holiday from everyday pressures. Paradoxically, the more you concentrate on such games the more relaxing the experince.