Service to Others (video)

Reaching Out!  

Helping People!

Wellness is moving beyond one’s needs helping others in the community.  What a pleasure speaking to Rotary 100 in Phoenix Arizona about ways to optimize the body-brain through movement and exercise.  Around 150 members and guests actively participated in a lively series of activities showing how to enhance body-brain function.  A group of volunteers led the moving Body-Brain Boogie overview (above) and the spirited Rotary Cheer.  Without any rehearsal, they did a rousing job.  Rotary 100 is an exemplary organization generously reaching out to help others locally and around the world.

Walk to Better Memory (video)

Keep Your Brain Sharp!

Watch Arthur Kramer, University of Illinois at Urbana reporting his research showing a 15% improvement in memory and attention in 6 months.  Older brains have Neuroplasticity to revise, building new neuro-networks with exercise and mental activities.

  

Exercise Brain Growth

Move Your Feet -- Grow New Neurons in Your Hippocampus

Brenda Patoine’s article on the DANA.org website cites research suggesting neurogenesis (new brain cell growth) resulting from exercise (e.g. hour a day, four times a week). MRI scans show growth takes place in the dentate gyrus within the hippocampus, an essential part of our memory system. The research suggests that exercise helps protect your brain throughout your lifetime. BDNF, is a major nerve growth factor involved in new brain cell growth and connectivity according to Carl Cotman, neurobiologist at the University of California, Irvine.

Exercise Improves the Brain

How your inner athlete makes you smarter


Robert Nixon writing for Live Science has a fine article showing how aerobic exercise improves the brain creating new brain cells and improving the cellular connections. Carl Cotman explains how nerve growth factors come into play.

Accelerated Learning is Music to Our Ears

Sound Learning Involves Music

Chris Brewer founder of LifeSounds provides a Brief History of Music related to Learning http://www.musicandlearning.com/articles_ltssl.cfm. Focusing first on Accelerated Learning, based on Georgi Lozanov's work, Chris cites many benefits for using music to enhance learning. It creates positive learning states, builds anticipation, increases attention, enhances imagination, develops rapport, build motivation, releases tension, improves memory, and is fun. Chris provides an Annotated Music Bibliography in her article. Long considered a leader in the field of Music and Learning, Chris Brewer is one of the most qualified experts to sing its praises.

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

About Memory is Worth Remembering

About Memory is the ultimate Blog, with bountiful links, articles, podcasts, research reports, newsletters, and everything else you need to understand and optimize your brain. Major categories include... Improving Your Memory... Memory Problems... How the Mind Works... Information Center... Seniors... and Students. Captivating! Hats off to Fiona McPherson for her remarkable Blog

Jeff

Jeff Haebig teams with Body/brain Boogieman

Boost Brain Power with Exercise

Jeff Haebig and the Body/brain Boogieman team up, enlightening people about current neuroscientific research – then making this science come alive with simple and enjoyable movement sequences designed to boost attention, sharpen focus, strengthen memory, heighten motivation, and capture the joy of vibrant living and learning. Whether you sit back and watch or participate in the novel movements, you will get a leg-up on instant ways to calm and energize yourself naturally, plus handy ways to grow new brain cells and systems to maximize your living and learning potential. Humor and fun prevail in this insightful and delightful program!


Outcomes: All participants will…

Freely choose whether to watch or comfortably participate in the intriguing movement sequences.

Use fun gestures showing neurons, dendrites, genetic expression, axons, myelin, synapses, and neurochemicals – then showing how each is strengthened through specific movements and exercise.

Demonstrate how muscles produce and pump more good-feeling dopamine, the pleasure-reward super-learning chemical that boosts attention and heightens motivation ‘naturally’.

Relate Attention Deficit Disorder and Parkinson Disease to low-levels of dopamine.

Demonstrate how muscles produce and pump norepinephrine for brain arousal and heightened concentration... and more adrenaline the memory fixative.

Know how schools, worksites, and homes can become body/brain friendly, encouraging frequent movement and exercise needed to maximize people’s life-long living and learning potential.


The Presenters:

Jeff Haebig, Ph.D. is founder and president of Wellness Quest, a company specializing in health promotion since 1984. He has co-authored and published 8 wellness books in the Health Care-toons and Toon Ups! series, as well as booklets, audiotapes, videos and DVDs in the areas of self-esteem, tobacco prevention, and body/brain-enhanced teaching and learning. His interactive http://www.wellnessquest.com/ website offers free Health Care-toons, wellness challenges, jokes and inspirational quotes each day. His wellness Quest for Your Best! motivational program inspires individuals, families and groups to pursue higher levels of well-being.

After 31 years as a physical education and health teacher in Rochester Minnesota, Dr. Haebig travels extensively stimulating interest in whole body/brain-enhancing practices spurred by neuroresearch. A champion in public speaking, his specialty is audience involvement, blending humor, excitement, and skill building, while maintaining audience comfort.

Body/brain Boogieman, is recognized internationally for his intriguing ways of adding ‘hip’ to ‘lip’ service, rock n’ role-modeling practical ways of inspiriting learning through sensory-motor stimulation. Standing along side Jeff Haebig, the ‘Boogieman’ invites people to enjoy the magical wonder-workings of their body/brain.