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Published December 2000

Have You Heard of Brain Gym?

Brain Gym is a system that uses simple movements to stimulate brain function. That is, it uses quick, easy-to-do developmental movements to wake up the brain without stress or injury. Children naturally explore these movements as they grow and mature. However, under tension, children learn to rely too much on one cerebral hemisphere of the brain alone, instead of two sides together placing unnecessary and stressful demands upon the whole physiology. Educator Paul E. Dennison Ph.D., a pioneer in the field of learning through movement and the creator of the Brain Gym program calls this the “switched off” state.