# Brain Yoga -- seems like an Onion story, but isn't

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**Created:** [March 11, 2010, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brain-yoga-seems-like-an-onion-story-but-isnt/532136 "2010-03-11T18:41:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brain-yoga-seems-like-an-onion-story-but-isnt/532136/1 "2010-03-11T18:41:19Z")

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I just came across what seems to be an actual news report about “Brain Yoga” [here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSwhpF9iJSs).

They show people holding their earlobes while doing deep knee bends, and then claim it will cure a host of problem, including autism. It seems like a complete hoax – the performers seem to intentionally be looking as ridiculous as possible, and one of the “doctors” is actually named “You Genius”. During some time living in Vietnam, I saw this same “exercise” given as punishment for school children. In any case, I got a good laugh out of the video. I’m curious though, who’s whooshing whom?