Drink Water to Bust Stress

Three Quick Tips to Bust Stress from Sharon Promislow

http://www.enhancedlearning.com/el.htm offers three Quick Tips from Sharon Promislow. Drink Water: The #1 Stress Buster and Brain Integrator. Srep 2. Cross Patterning: A jump Start to Brain/Body Integration. Step 3. Not to Worry! Hold Your Positive Points. Sharon has the ability to teach easy and highly effective ways to stop stress from blocking our systems. Her books and workshops are as playful as she is!

Jeff Haebig

Move and Learn with Exercise

Raise test scores and academic achievement with exercise!

Watch this video http://www.learningreadinesspe.com/ and see why students in Naperville, Illinois are benefiting from daily exercise. Harvard University's brain researcher Dr. John Ratey explains the neurobiology behind the body brain changes that are taking place. Be sure to read his sensational book, Spark -- the New Revolutionaly Science of Exercise and the Brain. It also explains why exercise is so effective preventing and treating anxiety and stress disorders, depression, ADD and ADHD, obesity, dementia, and cardiovascular disease. A must read!

Jeff Haebig

Upcoming BOOGIE Posts

Here is what you can look forward to during the upcoming week!

12/19 Move and Learn with Exercise -- video with Dr. John Ratey's SPARK!
12/20 Drink Water -- Top Stress Buster -- Sharon Promislow
12/21 Read Naturally -- Shows Its Stuff with Early Readers
12/22 Autism Issues and Effective Sensory Therapies -- Temple Grandin
12/23 Overcoming Dyslexia -- reading expert Dr. Sally Shaywitz
12/24 Accelerated Learning is Music to Our Ears -- Chris Brewer
12/25 Obesity video -- Learn to Cut Your Calories -- Dr. Hans Diehl

Visit Wellness Quest for free DAILY Health Care-toons, wellness challenges, health benefits, inspirational quotes and health jokes -- ENJOY!

Seek Wellness through Physical Fitness

Seek Total Physical Fitness described on Seek Wellness!

Seek Wellness http://www.seekwellness.com/fitness/index.htm offers a complete understanding of what it means to be physically fit. This amazing website suggests the most effective ways to achieve it. Before you start a fitness program… make sure you are on the right pathway, visit Seek Wellness. It is free and full of useful ideas designed to elevate your social, emotional, mental and physical wellness.

By all means, check out Don Ardell's archive on Seek Wellness as well. Don launched the Wellness Movement with his best selling book High Level Wellness years ago -- he continues to be a dominant force in the wellness movement. Don's keen humor reminds us that wellness is too important to be taken grimly -- lighten up!

http://www.seekwellness.com/wellness/daily_reports/search_reports_results.htm?text=physical+fitness&type=or hosts Don Ardell's extensive Wellness Archive. Enjoy!

Jeff Haebig

Fitness is needed to be a Mom!

Watch the Mom Song and see why Mothers need to be fit!

The Mom" song, sung to the William Tell Overture, by Anita Renfroe portrays what a mom says in 24 hours, condensed into 2 minutes and 55 seconds! Watch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMhuAtyFCrw on YouTube -- it is a brilliant work! Wow! No wonder moms have to be in stupendous shape! Thank you Anita!

Jeff Haebig

PE for Life Improves Reading and Math!

Improved Academics Comes with Increased Fitness Levels

PE4life website http://www.pe4life.org/sub/Results/index.cfm makes the case for daily Physical Education. Read how students from Naperville Central High School in Naperville, Illinois have made substantial improvemens in math and reading scores when increasing fitness levels. At the same time discipinary incidents have decreased.

Ask youself, "Do my children and grandchildren have daily Physical Education? Is the program fitness-based?" If not, spend time on the PE4life website -- then take action! Let's move on this!

Jeff Haebig

Dance and the Brain -- Doing and Viewing

Viewing dance sequences and doing them are both significant!

Advanced brain imaging teaches us how the body brain functions best. Scott Grafton, M.D. and Emily Cross, M.S. University of California --Santa Barbara http://www.dana.org/news/publications/detail.aspx?id=10744 reported their research on the DANA Foundation website. It shows how performing actions, and watching others perform the same actions -- produce similar results.

Visit DANA Foundation http://www.dana.org/default.aspx free of charge. It is your source of current body brain research -- a phenomenal website!

Jeff Haebig

Grow New Brain Cells with Exercise

Stuff Your Brain Likes... suggests you exercise often

Compelling research shows how regular exercise releases Nerve Growth Factors, like BDNF (Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor) the brain's Miracle Gro. http://braingamessoftware.wordpress.com/2008/12/09/are-you-smarter-because-you-exercise-regularly/

Visit http://braingamessoftware.wordpress.com/ Stuff Your Brain Likes blog regularly to explore current brain research. This blog site is excellent! Be sure to add it to your favorites. Above all, move on this -- get hip! Grow your hippocampus brain cells connected to memory with exercise.

Jeff