BRAIN

GYM

PRESENTED BY
JACKIE GRONDIN
 BRAIN GYM
1. Learn what Brain Gym is
2. Try some exercises
3. What is a balance?
What is BRAIN GYM?
GYM
 Have you ever wished you could
read better?
 Do you have test anxiety?
 Would you like to be comfortable
talking in public?
BRAIN GYM IS …
 a series of simple and enjoyable
movements that are used to enhance the
whole-brain learning experience

 when people try too hard, they

‘switch off’ the brain-integration
mechanisms
BRAIN GYM IS...
 activities enabling students to access
those parts of the brain previously
inaccessible to them.

 changes in learning and behavior that

are often immediate and profound.
 INTEGRATION
When one is flexible and relaxed
in his/her surroundings and
knows instinctively how to
learn, taking in and using
information is easy.
 Not
usingintegrated - Low
only one side of Gear
the
brain
 These activities put the brain in
low gear.

two dimensional activities - flat
surfaces
• T.V., Computers, Reading
LOW GEAR

Excessive sitting
• unnatural use of legs and back

Environment
• trauma, lack of water, improper
food, pollutants
Brain Gym is based upon three
simple premises:
1. Learning is a natural, joyous activity
that continues throughout life.
2. Learning blocks are the inability to
move through the stress and uncertainty
of a new task.
3. We are all ‘learning-blocked’ to the
extent that we have learned not to move.
ENERGY EXERCISES

 WATER
is needed for the body’s
electrical energy.

 BRAIN BUTTONS
Increases oxygen to the brain.
MIDLINE MOVEMENTS
Laterality
(Left/right brain
hemispheres)

Cross crawl

Think of an X
FOCUS ACTIVITIES
Lengthening movements
(Top and bottom
of the brain)

ARM
ACTIVATOR
CENTERING
Deepening attitudes
(Front and back of
the brain)
Hook-ups

Positive points
 B a l a n c e s
 These are special activities that
help open learning blocks in the
body.
They include
 conversation
 exercises
 BRAIN GYM
Movement is
the door to learning!
To live is to move..
Life is ever changing, ever
shifting, and ever demanding!