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BRAIN GYM® 101

This 24-hour course is certified by the Educational Kinesiology Foundation. It is a fun, safe and amazingly effective system for activating and sustaining your learning capabilities. This is accomplished through simple, quick and enjoyable movements that directly enhance brain function. This course teaches the individual how to integrate their brain/body for maximum performance for reading, writing, spelling and memory. Empowering for any individual.

BRAIN GYM® is Edu-K’s readiness program. It prepares students of all ages to practice and master the skills required for the mechanics of learning. The program includes a simple teaching format, a language for stress-free learning, and a series of movements for integrating learning into the physiology. BRAIN GYM® offers the learner a self-directed system with which to pace individual learning needs, building self-esteem through the successful mastery of skills.

This program is distinctive because it addresses the physical (rather than mental) components of learning. It builds on what the learner already knows and does well; it meets the learner just as he or she is, without any judgment of capabilities; and it teaches the student key elements of learning theory that he or she will be able to apply. BRAIN GYM® requires little additional training for the classroom teacher, no testing, no technology, and it enhances (rather than replaces) current curriculum. The program is used as effectively in business, sports, and the arts, as in the classroom.Specific strategies for improving reading writing, spelling, math, communication and organization skills are included. Patterns of stress and addiction are explained in terms of the brain and physiology. Tools for alleviating these stresses are included.

BRAIN GYM® outcomes for the student or worker include:

  • increased self-esteemthe ability to harness motivationskills to identify and avoid stress increased awareness of and respect for one’s own intelligence, body and personal space
  • unique tools for team building, and for developing cooperation and co-creativity


OPTIMAL BRAIN ORGANIZATION (OBO)

This 16 hr. Brain Gym® elective introduces the concept of hemispheric specialization, identification and balancing to facilitate whole brain learning. The Dominance Profiles described by the Dennisons identify the lateral dominance of eyes, ears and hands in relation to the dominant brain hemisphere. These patterns of lateral dominance greatly influence the way that an individual internally processes information and consequently the kinds of learning activities he or she prefers. Participants learn to identify their dominance pattern and integration potential.
Pre-requisite-Brain Gym®


VISION CIRCLES®

This 24 hr. course provides a roadmap to completion of development skills through movement, play and art. It offers vision enhancement through activities, which nourish perceptual flexibility. Students experience movements for expanded visual, auditory, tactile, kinesthetic and abstract thinking skills. Participants will learn 32 Vision Gym movements for integrating sensory awareness, memory, and information processing.
Pre-requisite-Brain Gym®


LEARNING AND GRAVITY
A Balance Playshop

This 16-hour workshop will wake up and expand your ability to think more clearly, coordinate your brain and body together, improve your memory, improve your ability to focus and concentrate; and most of all release physical, mental and emotional stress in your life. In this workshop we will explore how our senses are related to our vestibular system and how this effects learning. Discover how to achieve your potential with simple and effective tools that are fun and rewarding.
Equipment available for sale if desired.


TOUCH FOR HEALTH

Touch for Health (Levels I – IV) is a proven process of health management and improvement, based on balancing the structural, chemical, and emotional elements in our bodies.  Every family or individual could benefit from knowing the basic level 1 course to manage their family’s health.  This is something that can be used daily for stresses that rob us of feeling on top of our game and keep us from feeling full of vitality. Level I is also one of the basic fundamental courses for all Kinesiology courses. In Level I we will learn the first 14 pairs of muscles and corresponding neurolymphatic points, neurovascular points, spinal vertebrae technique, meridians, origin and insertion, and how to put it all together to be able to balance the major postural muscles.  We will also learn simple pain relieving and emotional stress release techniques.

Each additional level of Touch For Health adds 14 new muscles until we know the 42 major muscles, correction techniques, theory of the Chinese Law of the Five Elements, etc.
Touch for health courses are world wide Certificate programs recognized and sanctioned by the Touch for Health Kinesiology Association. It is also members of the Canadian Association of Specialized Kinesiology. www.thfhka.org and www.canask.com


TIBETAN ENERGY

Looking and feeling better is one reason why we seek to improve our energy level. Low energy, fatigue, pain and loss of motivation are all signs that our body is functioning at less than its best. In this workshop, we are considering two other energy systems, which the Tibetans describe as Figure 8' energy flow and Spinning Vortices. The Figure 8's have been shown to be extremely powerful energy corrections that can be used to balance the energy of other systems in the body. The Spinning Vortices are seven magnetic centers that revolve at great speed in a healthy body but when slowed down are the cause of old age, ill health and disease.


COLLAGE

Collages created in this four to five hour workshop become visual representations, of thoughts, dreams and wishes. It helps to give the focus and direction that allows each participant the opportunity to take the responsibility for the change in their life. This collage workshop is unique in the way it will bring in aspects of your five senses and your past, present and future. You can focus on any aspect of your life in which you desire change, happiness, success or healing. Working with imagery helps one broaden possibilities and create growth. The process is FUN, POSITIVE and PERSONAL. Come experience this powerful medium and start creating your future today.


SWITCHED-ON GOLF

This eight hour course combines the skills and inner discipline of golf with Educational kinesiology balances and movements. Learn the buddy system and self-referral processes, Brain Gym® activities, and the soft skills of golf. The integrated golfer moves from “try” to “natural” for a whole new golf experience. It enriches the golfing experience by “switching on the whole brain” for each step of the golfing process.


SEVEN DIMENSIONS OF INTELLIGENCE – IN-DEPTH

The Edu-Kinesthetics In-Depth course contains the theoretical knowledge and matches it with the unique needs of the student’s own learning process. Using a multi-dimensional approach tha enhances integrated brain/body learning.
In this course, you learn and practice the Advanced Edu-K principles of one-to-one consultation.

  • You receive hands-on experience with the seven dimensions of body movement, focusing on how each can support or block the learning process.
  • Learn goal setting, correlation of body movement to life skills, before and after experience that affirms new growth, application of learning theory and growth-orientated communication.
  • Many new techniques that allow changes to occur are presented within the “Realms” of Structure, Emotions, Acupuncture and Personal Ecology.
  • This course provides a foundation for potential Brain gym instructors to firmly integrate the principles of whole brain learning into their own academic and movement processes.
  • The student is guided toward self-directed learning through personal transformation.


BRAIN GYM® TEACHER PRACTICUM

The Brain Gym® Teacher Practicum is a professional, experiential training which provides skills that support the emergence of the authentic, creative teacher in each participant. This course gives students a deeper understanding of Educational Kinesiology and an expanded sense of the value of this dynamic learning facilitation process for both personal and professional growth. It is the ‘practicum’ phase of our training program, building upon the knowledge, theory, and experience of the Level I and II courses. Graduates of this course are certified by the Foundation to teach the Brain Gym® course, and to present themselves as Brain Gym® instructors. The Teacher Practicum empowers the graduate to® communicate and network easily and confidently with other professionals in the community.

Educational Kinesiology is assisting thousands of people world-wide, and is growing rapidly in Canada. Successful Edu-K consultants are working with a wide variety of issues, such as learning problems, personal growth, athletic ability and improvement in health and wellness.


RESET  – Rafferty Energy System of Easing the Temporomandibular joint (TMJ)

A simple non invasive system of relaxing jaw muscles enabling the Temporomandibular joint to reset.  By relaxing the jaw muschles the TNJ is correctly reset.  The TMJ, due to its central role in cranial and spinal dynamics, affects the uality of the brain/muscular feedback system.  The slightest tension in the jaw muscles can alter the normal ‘balanced’ position of the TMJ, causing confused electrical messages to be relayed throughout the body. When you balance the jaw - you balance the body.  This technique can be done on others lying down or sitting as well as be done on yourself.

MY INNER CHILD:  Integration of Life Long Reflexes into Movement Development

Taught by Dr. Svetlana Masgutova
Founder of the International Developmental NeuroKinesiology Institute

Learn about lifelong reflexes such as gravitation, grounding, balancing, centering, head righting, tendon guard, and others. These reflexes function throughout life so it is important to have them integrated in the whole movement system. They enhance physical skills and sports performance as well as enrich mental clarity for all ages.

Learn how during physical or emotional stress our survival reactions are being activated to help us cope and overcome challenges. On the very basic level the reactions or reflexes of grounding, balancing, etc. are being activated. The reflex activation can narrow our conscience activity and block learning and development.

 

Integration of Dynamic and Postural Reflexes into the Whole Body Movement System

As created by Dr. Svetlana Masgutova of the International Developmental NeuroKinesiology Institute

  • Learn about the concepts of Dynamic and Postural Infant Reflexes and explore the mechanics of their integration with the whole "Body-Mind" system.             
  • Explore the value and experience the benefits of "integrating" the reflexes into the whole body movement instead of 'extinguishing' the reflexes
  • Learn how these reflexes influence motor development and take part in building movement patterns and influence developmental movements – for ALL AGES
  • Explore the development of movement and it’s crucial influence on the development of the brain, as well as, the mental and intellectual processes of a person throughout life.
  • Gain deeper understanding of  reflexes which are the neurological basis for the development of controlled movements, giving the possibility to make choices on a reasoning level. Enrich physical movement, mental-emotional skills, and sports performance.
  • Learn how these reflexes are important for our protection and for helping us to survive in stress situations. We learn that we need them and must take care of them and thank them, instead of blaming them for narrowing our behaviour and thinking. In stress situations, we constantly revisit our first movement patterns.


Please call if you are interested in attending any of these courses.


Turning on the Light Learning Centre
Kelowna, BC

email: beverlyhunter@turningonthelight.com
Tel: (250) 864-6203