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Thursday, February 4, 2010

Explore Movement through Feldenkrais (video)


Awareness through Movement for
Vitality, Creativity, and Comfort

Are you experiencing tension, anxiety, pain, tiredness, lack of focus, or diminished creativity? Explore your own movements through Feldenkrais, a method that combines anatomy, physiology with physics, mechanics and martial arts to understand and optimize movements for increased vitality and youthfulness.

Watch the video or read Marissa Harshman's article 'Exploring Movement with the Feldenkrais Method'. You will learn how to move more seamlessly and effortlessly. Experience the effect of your body on your brain as movement soothes and refreshes your mindbody.

Richard Goldsand's article makes 'Awareness Though Movement', a key Feldenkrais approach, easy to understand.

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Brain Research Helps Educators


Brains change based on experience…
Even students embedded in poverty!

Eric Jenson
, author of 26 brain-based books connects teaching and learning to brain research. Eric has inspired people around the globe to use music, arts, physical activities, positive emotions, environment, engaging states, and other essential ways to help students of all ages and learning styles achieve their learning potential. He is a master teacher offering highly engaging books, articles, workshops and conferences involving people in the highly effective brain-based learning process. Sign up for a free monthly newsletter at JensenLearning.com.

Enjoy the movie, The Blind Side for a compelling story of a young man moving from poverty and illiteracy to living and learning success, emphasizing the adaptability of the brain when given a chance. This is a movie the whole family will enjoy.

Special thanks to Eric Jensen for inspiring me to put key learning ideas to movement as the Body-Brain Boogieman.

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Your Everyday Guide


Free Physical Activity e-book from
TheNational Institute on Aging

Reading my Total Wellness monthly newsletter from Rutherford Publishing, I was directed to the
National Institute on Aging offering Your Everyday Guide… a free e-book instructing older adults how to ‘Get Ready…Get Set… Go!’ forward and exercise. Here’s a terrific collection of exercises for endurance, strength, balance and flexibility. You can even track your progress using their daily, weekly and monthly progress charts – this is a superb resource.

Thanks to the insightful and delightful Total Wellness newsletter for leading me to this amazing guide!

Sunday, January 31, 2010

Wellness Wheel (graphic)


The goal of wellness is balancing all seven areas

Don Alsbro, originator of
Dump Your Plump motivational wellness program, perfectly represents the meaning of wellness using a graphic taken from his book, Take the Wellness Road. Spend time reflecting on this Wellness Wheel. Estimate what you have done in the last 24 hours to foster each of the seven wellness areas – Physical, Intellectual, Social, Environmental, Spiritual, Emotional, Nutritional, and Vocational. Determine your strengths and areas needing attention; joyously seek total well-being today.