G LOBAL“moving with intention”

O BSERVERMay 2011 • Volume 2, No. 2

Brain Gym:a teen’s secret

study tool

remarkaBletransformationfor an adultlearner

maGical imaGesdwell withinthe lazy 8s

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departments

4 Notes from the Editor

8 On the Go!

9 Board’s Bulletin

15 Cindy’s Sense

18 Outreach

19 Play

23 Reference List

24 Instructor Listing

contents FEATURES

6 Magical iMages dwell within the lazy 8s Creativity is unlocked with Lazy 8s. shellie Fielden

10 brain gyM: a teen’s secret study tool A young woman shares how the Brain Gym program helps her find relief and stability. augusta wicht

12 seniors give back Read about one woman’s passion to assist elders in experiencing health and vitality. karen Peterson

16 reMarkable transForMation For an adult learner A courageous computer scientist changes careers to assist those with learning challenges. rich Petke

20 brain gyM with little ones Infants and preschoolers enjoy the benefits of intentional movement and gain self-awareness skills along the way. lisa Marcovici

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PROFESSIONAL ADVISORY BOARD

Moses Albalas, O.D., Ph.D.Don Campbell

Dee Coulter, Ed.DPaul Curlee, M.D.

Fred Donaldson, Ph.D.Carla Hannaford, Ph.D.

Al Milliren, Ed.DJoseph Chilton Pearce, Ph.D.

Carol Sanford

credits

BRAIN GYM® INTERNATIONAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS

CHAIRPERSONPhyllis Book, D.C.

Moira Anne Dempsey Bonnie Hershey, M.Ed. Paul E. Dennison, Ph.D. Lydia Knutson, D.C. Shelley Dicus, M.Ed. Matthew Thie

contents CONTRIBUTORS

Shellie Fielden, Licensed Brain Gym® Instructor, began exploringEducational Kinesiology as a mom and now has a successful consulting business in Hawaii.

Lisa Marcovici, Licensed Brain Gym® Instructor from Canada, is fluent in multiple languages, and has a passion for spreading the Brain Gym program.

Karen Peterson is founder of the non-profit organization, Giving Back Mentoring, which focuses on uniting generations while strengtheningcommunities. She has received several awards.

Rich Petke is a Naturopath and Licensed Brain Gym® Instructor whospecializes in assisting those with a variety of learning challenges.

August Wicht is a talented young artist from South Africa attendingPomona College in California, USA. Her enthusiasm for the Brain Gymprogram is powerfully evident.

PUBLISHERBrain Gym® International

EDITOR-IN-CHIEFKari Coady, M.A.T.executive director

MANAGING EDITORCindy Goldade, M.Ed.director of operations

COVER PAINTINGAugusta Wicht

DESIGNPure Design Group

PRINTINGClark’s Printing

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We are excited to feel the shift from “getting it” to “got it” as we enter our second year publishing the Brain Gym® Global Observer. Timelines are being established

and the editing process is becoming routine. Structure has been created and it feels good! One of the best parts of our job is watching each publication transition from plain white paper into pages filled with graphics and words that inspire the reader. As the first article is reviewed we wonder how it will fit into the bigger picture. Will the issue have a specific focus or will it be more eclectic? Working on this particular issue was a joy. As the content arrived, an intergenerational theme emerged spanning infants to elders. Each author focused on a particular age range from early childhood to older adults. We think you’ll be inspired as you read - enjoying the combination of storytelling and tips for practical application. Every edition of the Brain Gym® Global Observer is unique, and depends solely on volunteer submissions. We aim to strike a balance between specialization and generalization in each issue. Articles are accepted in any area: business, education, volunteerism, research, consulting, parenting, or teaching. Whether a Brain Gym expert or novice, the opportunities are endless. We also accept photos, graphics, and quotes. Submissions are accepted year round. However, the deadline for the next issue is July 1, 2011, and can be sent to info@braingym.org with BGGO in the subject line.Thanks for celebrating our first year with us.

A Note from the Editors Kari Coady and Cindy Goldade

Brain Gym® International Ventura, California

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Brain Gym® is a registered trademark of the Educational Kinesiology Foundation doing business as Brain Gym® International: 1575 Spinnaker Drive, Suite 204B, Ventura, CA 93001, (800) 356-2109 (US/Canada) or (805) 658-7942. The Brain Gym® Global Observer is published three times per year by Brain Gym® International, and costs $25 per subscription. Brain Gym® International is approved by the IRS as a 501(c)3 non-profit public benefit corporation in the state of California. For more information, visit www.braingym.org. We welcome the financial support of donors for strengthening our current programs and developing new ones. For information about the courses on which this material is based, visit Brain Gym® Interna-tional at www.braingym.org or info@braingym.org. Copyright © 2011 Educational Kinesiology Foundation/Brain Gym® International. All right reserved. Portions of this publication may be reproduced for educational purposes only. Opinions expressed herein are those of the writers, and do not necessarily reflect the official policy of Brain Gym® International.

Deborah Scott Studebaker helped us birth the brain gym® global observer. Her expertise was invaluable to us and we continue to draw from it. Deb contin-ues to volunteer for the Edu-K Update writing a column called “The Q” which focuses on quotes and questions.

She is moving on to other things, and submitted a little note to share with you:

THANK YOU Deb! We are deeply appreciative of your many contributionsand insightful writing.

Thanks

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BGGO! As I look back on the first year of the brain

gym® global observer, I am so proud of this young magazine! It was

an honor to participate in its inception and launch, and to work with so

many inspiring members of the Edu-K community in the process. Now,

as I refocus my energies on teaching and consulting, I will still look to

the BGGO for new ways to use the extraordinary power of movement.

Congratulations on a terrific first year! Fondly,Deb Studebaker Former Executive Editor

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would say, “It’s not play, it’s real!” when she invited me to join in herimaginary activities and I agreed by saying that I would “play”. I quietly thanked her for reminding me of our heavenly connections and for inviting me to glimpse, for a moment, the wonderful world I remember and once lived in too. In the divine timetable, the mysteri-ous gifts of fantasy and imagination awaken long before the abstract forces of reason and logic. This develop-mental timetable has not been revised despite today’s technology that would make it seem prudent to begin aca-demics and computer learning as early as possible. Young children look up to us and want to please us. What happens when we ask these round balls of light to fit too early into the square pegs of formal learning? What happens to the powers of logic and reasoning when they are awakened too soon? Can the logic brain attain integrity and nobility when it is bereft of a strong foundation of awe and wonder? Parents today need courage to do what preceding generations did natu-rally: trust in the process of childhood. The Yakota family mentioned above exemplifies this trust! They live on a small farm in Waimanalo, Hawaii where they are surrounded by the

Magical Images Dwell Withinthe Lazy 8s Shellie Fielden

Many of my students (includ-ing my own children) have seen butterflies and eyes

emerge from their Alphabet 8s. Aurora Yakota, age 11, saw a sublime world of creatures whose eyes reveal wisdom, mischief, and play. Her menagerie of forest dwellers, birds and Lazy 8s cats took our breath away. The owl was the first creature to take flight. She simply said, “I thought the two circles looked like owl eyes, so I just filled in the rest.” If the root word in imagination is image, Aurora’s images come to life. If the root word in imagination is magic as R.K. Elliott, author of Imagination: A Kind of Magical Faculty asserts,Aurora transformed the Lazy 8s into the fantastic. Fantasy and imagination are glori-ous gifts that magically awaken in four and five year old children. These fragile gifts grow best when we nourish

them with a bit of wonder, simple toys, and time to play and dream. These transcendent powers distinguish us from all other living beings and lay the foundation for critical thinking that will awaken later. In exasperation, my daughter Rachel

Parents today need

courage to do what

preceding generations

did naturally: trust in the

process of childhood.

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the faces of the children and their parents when the post-activity* draws out a transformation. The child who hesitated or couldn’t even get started on her drawing or composition in the

pre-activity* spontaneously begins to create something beyond expectation in the post-activity. I came into this work in December of 1986 as a parent of a left-handed second grader who was still writing in mirror image. His teacher had done ev-erything he could, but nothing seemed to help. Math was easy for Kevin and he had natural athletic ability, but profoundly couldn’t write or read. In our October parent conference the teacher suggested that Kevin needed special education. A few weeks later I heard about the Brain Gym program and decided to attend Brain Gym® 101 and the In Depth*. I facilitated bal-ances* with Kevin and together we did ten minutes of Brain Gym exercises in the morning and again in the evening. Two weeks later Kevin began writ-ing correctly and in two months he suddenly began reading. He was happy to be able to stay with his class. It hap-pened so naturally. I was astonished that these simple exercises had such a profound affect and I wasn’t even sure that I was doing them correctly. This child has now grown; after attend-ing the Honolulu Waldorf School,

majestic Ko’olau mountain range and their pets: horses, sheep, and chick-ens. Mother Anita home schools and shares, “We use a Waldorf inspired curriculum. I love the integrated rich-ness of the philosophy where move-ment, art, and music are part of each lesson.” The children join in the daily farm activities and are given lots of time to play and just be. Little sister Indigo was born with the absence of the corpus callosum and began coming for Brain Gym balances* at nine months old. Siblings Aurora and Koa often joined her ses-

sions and practiced Alphabet 8s and The Double Doodle while she worked with me. The artistic Lazy 8s uplifted Aurora and Koa’s well-developed imaginations. For example, inspired by his sister, Koa, age seven, created a curious and colorful parrot. Most of my student clients tell me that they don’t do art or sing in school and are overly stressed by academics. The Lazy 8s, Alphabet 8s, and The Double Doodle done with crayons of many colors awaken a constellation of expressive abilities. I am always delighted to see the expression on

Activities, such as the

Lazy 8s, draw out a

constellation of abilities

that just keep expanding–

like the universe.

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Kevin graduated from the University of Hawaii with a degree in English in 2002. He maintained a 3.5 GPA and in his third year he was asked to be a Peer Tutor for writing. He now does artwork for a silkscreen company. The Brain Gym process honors each individual and the wisdom in each developmental stage from the picture consciousness of the young to the birth of the intellect. For myself, my children and my students of all ages, the Brain Gym movements create the balance that is needed to bring a little more imagination, greater focus, and/or even a more positive attitude. Activi-ties, such as the Lazy 8s, draw out a constellation of abilities that just keeps expanding—like the universe.

shellie Fielden took her first brain gym classes in 1986 to help her sons. her younger son struggled with reading and writing and her older son was hyperactive, angry and frustrated. about an hour into the first day of class she realized that she was going to benefit from brain gym as well. the brain gym process was so successful for them that she began facilitating bal-ances for others and opened her brain gym studio in honolulu, hi in 1991. shellie teaches brain gym® 101, optimal brain organization and has created in-service classes and presentations for parents, teachers and people of all ages.

“All things change, nothing is extin-guished. There is nothing in the whole world which ispermanent. Every-thing flows onward; all things are brought into being with a changing nature; the ages themselves glide by in constantmovement”

- Ovid BC 43-18 ADRoman Poet

On the Go!

In youth we learn;in age we understand.- Marie Ebner-Eschenbach

In my deepest troubles,I frequently would wrenchmyself from the persons around me and retire tosome secluded part of our noble forests.

- John James Audubon

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With great gratitude and joy I greet each of you as the new board chair of Brain Gym® International. For 25 years, I’ve loved Brain Gym from afar. Now sud-

denly, I have an “up close and personal” relationship with the very foundation of the organization. Color me lucky! Big thanks and appreciation to the board members who are stepping down from board duty. Those who have contributed generously and are passing the baton are: •PamWhitman •ThadTrahan •SharonPlaskett •CarolynNyland

The welcome mat is out for Shelley Dicus and me, as the two new board members. It is very obvious to me, from my many years experience in various capacities with non-profit organizations, that this foundation has earned merit badges and warrants an A+ in my book for its clear vision. Executive Director Kari Coady’s strong leadership skills produce a workable structure for the organiza-tion. She creates and maintains harmonious working relation-ships with various key people in the organization and within the larger Brain Gym community, and is gifted at ensuring all tasks are aligned with the mission statement. Brain Gym® International board members are duly ex-cited about the future, based on work over the past few years especially. The strategic plan was the main focus of our time together at the week-long annual board meeting in late January of 2011. Objectives, tactics, responsibilities and evaluation measurements were discussed in the areas of resource development, communication, board leadership and programming. These working committees will be reporting at our bi-monthly meetings. Gathering together from around the world we ate, slept and drank Brain Gym business at hand, considered future dreams for the organization – always with gratitude for those who helped us get to this maturation point. To all of you, in all places worldwide where Brain Gym is used, may 2011 be a banner year. Thank you for your support and big hearts to bring this work forward.

Board’s Bulletin Phyllis Books, Chairperson

. . . this foundation

has earned merit

badges and

warrants an A+

in my book for its

clear vision.

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In junior school, I was a teacher’s worst nightmare — always in detention, a model for “how not to wear your uniform” and renowned for being particularly scruffy and impossible to control. Teachers constantly reprimanded me for food-stained, doodled-on assignments, daydreaming, losing items and never meeting deadlines. I wasn’t, however, perceived as deliberately lazy or rebellious, just utterly disorganized. I attended remedial classes and was exempt from writing in cursive script. Nevertheless, I was an enthusiastic learner and did relatively well. In high school, however, things fell apart. I swung from bottom set to top set and back again. (Subjects are divided into sets, depending on the student’s grades, although all sets cover the same syllabus.) More than anything, I wanted to achieve. But, both aural and written information either drifted through and out my mind, or evaporated as I desperately tried to retain it. Then in January, Grade 10, I began taking Ritalin. For two years, every day, I took 60 mg long- acting. It revolutionized my life: after constantly running in watery limbo, desperately tiring out, I stepped on solid ground and shot up beyond my peers. Working in overdrive, I taught myself the missed work while learning to be attentive and responsive in class. The Ritalin had side effects, though. I had hand tremors, neck-twitches,

Brain Gym®: A Teen’sSecret Study Tool Augusta Wicht

slept five hours a night and was constantly on edge. Grade eleven just amplified this: work was life or death. I took notes to parties in case there was a spare moment I could learn. No moment was wasted; information blasted my brain from morning till evening. If I stopped I was hysterical, drawing into my primal instincts. Five weeks into the 11th grade, Brain Gym® began with Isabel Cohen. Together, we identified, developed

and integrated un-integrated infant reflexes, using goals and various Brain Gym re-patterning balances*. These balances, along with pace* and Brain Gym movements like The Energy Yawn, The Foot flex, Arm Activation, The Calf Pump, Earth Buttons, The Thinking Cap and others organized and focused my thoughts. It felt as if dormant neurological areas were suddenly brought to life and my vision was clear and sharp. The world felt less like it was spinning around. A variety

It felt as if dormant

neurological areas

were suddenly brought

to life and my vision

was clear and sharp.

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of Brain Gym and Vision Gym® balances and movements helped sooth anxiety; and integrating my infant reflexes facilitated long-term shifts. The evening after a Brain Gym session was the only time I could relax. Both my mother and Isabel noticed my face changed radically between arrival and departure. Brain Gym prepared and relaxed me for large assignments, especially when bombarded with work. In term two, Grade 11, I spent 20 minutes doing Alphabet 8s, The Cross Crawl, The Double Doodle, The Thinking Cap, The Energy Yawn, Arm Activation and The Footflex before a test. Usually time constraints are severely limiting; I panic—reducing my marks by up to 20%. Yet, this time words flowed; I came second in the grade and, still today, I have written only one other story at that same level. In June, I had two exams directly after each other: Afrikaans (a language in South Africa), then English “Creative and Transactional Writing”. After five hours and five multiple page essays my brain was so tight, headaches ran across my skull from my forehead to my cranium. I picked up a pen and did Alphabet 8s: with my right hand, then my left and then both hands. With each circle the tension eased, information began flowing again. I continued, beginning my last story. Without Brain Gym in that moment, my mind and body would have collapsed-the last story, an incoherent mess. Not only writing, but all my subjects improved with Brain Gym. I came first or second in every class, often by over eight percent.

At the time I did ballet, modern dancing, tap, musical theatre, Pilates and headed a school charity club. I was terrible for canceling when inundated by work; however, in two years Brain Gym is the only extra mural I’ve never cancelled, even when unprepared for an examination. I know the benefits of an hour of Brain Gym outweigh the benefits of an hour studying.

From September 2009 to June 2010, the Ritalin dosage reduced to 10 mg short acting and I relied a lot on Brain Gym techniques to focus. My priorities are different now; I’m less work orientated and my aggregate has dropped to about 89%. This June, the Ritalin dosage reduced to only 5 mg short acting and some days I’m able to work without the drug. Brain Gym and refining my own studying techniques has slowly reduced my study-time from every spare second to 2-3 hours a day, while still keeping me at the top of the grade.

augusta wicht was raised and edu-cated in south africa; she gradu-ated first in her class as well as 7th for visual art and 8th for biology in the state (western cape). augusta was accepted into Pomona college of california, usa for the class of 2015.

The author’s drawing of a cathedral

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Ihave been working with senior citizens for 17 years. I love teach-ing senior citizens, whom I believe

have many gifts, are an important resource, and need to be integrated into the fabric of our society. Seniors are motivated, joyful, appreciative, committed, and humble—the perfect students. As I was becoming an active elder myself, I was not going to be “put out to pasture.” I was just coming into my own highest creativity, and I wanted others approaching elder-hood to feel their surge of creativity and con-nection to community. I wanted others to experience their elder years with health and vitality. So, in 2000 I created Giving Back, a 501C3 non-profit agency, whose inter-generational programs provide a struc-tured way for senior citizens to “give back” to their communities. Giving Back operated as an intergenerational men-toring program, training senior citizen mentors in the use of Brain Gym® movements to facilitate cognitive func-

tions and coordination. The mentors were then paired with children in need of tutoring and/or mentoring in

Seniors Give Back Karen Peterson

order to practice the skills together, at vari-ous sites in the commu-nity. In 2005 I expanded the program to include another intergenerational angle: active elders mentoring frail elders. We prac-tice the skills and movements together, learning from each other: Brain Gym®, vision improvement activities, integra-tive movements and games. We create heartfelt relationships and have lots of fun together. The newest offshoot is Move with Balance, a fall prevention program. Based on my experience, elders are really concerned about falls and it is helpful for them to reframe the way they think about falls. It is almost as if they expect to fall. I believe elders can do something about falls: they can learn about movement and posture. The Brain Gym program, along with other activities I’ve developed, allows seniors to gain confidence in their ability to take responsibility for their health. Here is a quote from an elder high-lighting this newfound confidence and self-responsibility:

“I used to suffer from excruciat-ing and debilitating leg cramps which would wake me from a

The author teachinggiving back concepts

I love teaching senior

citizens, whom I believe

have many gifts, are

an important resource,

and need to be

integrated into the

fabric of our society.

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sound sleep nearly every night. I had to massage my legs until I was able to get up and walk the cramp out before I could get back to sleep. I’ve been involved in the Giving Back program since January of this year, and am extremely grateful to be able to say I can’t remember the last time I was so rudely awakened! Thank you Brain Gym! I enjoy all the activities we have learned and I have noticed many subtle benefits from them. However, the Calf Pump has made a dramatic difference in my ability to sleep soundly through the night with-out pain.” Gerri, 2008

I feel I am part coach and part Brain Gym instructor, constantly motivating the seniors I have trained. Additional-ly, I am lucky to have excellent trained mentors who tune into the seniors and individualize the activities as needed. For example, if a senior uses a cane or a walker, the mentor adapts the move-ments so the senior can participate and feel successful. This is a powerful program. Al-though the results speak for them-selves, two independent evaluations have been completed that support the Giving Back program. In 2008 Carol White, RN, Nurs-ing Faculty, University of Hawaii, Maui College, utilized evidence based research methodology in evaluating

the program. She reports that the Giving Back program has demonstrated improvement in the balance activities required for safer sitting, standing and walking activities of the elders. The findings also noted that elders reported a reduction in stress and tension along with an overall improvement in their mental, physical and emotional wellbe-ing at the conclusion of each session. The most notable findings were:

• Significantincreasesinthe ability of participants to move

from sitting to standing with- out, or with less, support. • Significantincreasesinthe ability of participants to walk using proper posture and needing to look down less. • Improvementsinattention span/cognition of participants. • Satisfactioninthemutual engagement and socialization in the project experience expressed by participants and mentors.

In 2009 Dr. Pang, MD, Director

This work has

become my passion

and purpose . . .

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Maui District Health Office, conducted the second independent evaluation. While there is currently no efficacy data (health cost aversion) for Brain Gym, another exercise program for elderly, Enhanced Fitness (EF), shows a 20% reduction in medical costs for participants who meet a minimum criteria of attendance. Using standard-ized fitness tests as a surrogate marker, we showed that Brain Gym is at a least as efficacious as EF. Using the observed 76% attendance rate for this program (which is higher than EF attendance rate), we assumed that comparability of fitness markers imply similar averted health costs.

The most notable findings wereincreases or improvements in theability of participants to:

• Movefromsittingtostanding.• Marchinplaceraisingthe knees to a required height.• Stretchandreachthetoes, reach and touch fingertips behind the back, get up from a seated position, walk, turn and return to start.

This work has become my passion and purpose as I’ve seen its benefits in action. The shining faces of the frail elders and the active elder mentors

together are amazing to behold. They all display joy, love, patience, sensitivity, and acceptance toward each other. To learn more about our program, visit www.GivingBackMentoring.org.

karen has 39 years teachingexperience: in many adult educa-tion programs, at several colleges, at many senior centers, and train-ings in the Giving Back mentoring programs. she is an entrepreneur who has started 3 businesses, all of them still ongoing. in 1999 she co-founded the learning hui, a learning center on Maui where she worked with students to obtain optimal learning. For three years she worked individually with highly at-risk teens in a residential setting. she is a licensed brain gyminstructor, a certified natural vision improvement instructor, and acertified touch for health instructor.

The shining faces

of the frail elders

and the active

elder mentors

together are

amazing to behold.

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As I previewed a lesson plan that integrated Brain Gym into an astronomy lesson, I was reminded that we often schedule informal Brain Gym®

breaks when first learning the movements and techniques. It is an intentional process for the purpose of regularly experiencing the work until it shifts to an automatic way of life. I am fortunate to be a Brain Gym consultant at a school serving two-year olds through teens. During this school year, I’ve been able to spend thirty minutes in each classroom working with individuals and/or facilitating a collective Brain Gym session. Because of some extenuat-ing circumstances, classroom consulting was temporarily halted last month. It intrigues me how different class-rooms are handling the change in the schedule. For some it means the “Brain Gym expert” isn’t arriving and they are carrying on their own movement-based group times. This excites me as it illustrates a willingness to shift from a top-down, specialist-oriented concept to a more organic bottom-up approach. It empowers the classroom educators and the students to notice individual and collective learning opportunities and choose movement accordingly. This past month I’ve seen individual students and teachers, small groups, entire classes, and even whole school assemblies experiencing the Brain Gym movements on their own! In other classrooms, losing the thirty minutes of Brain Gym consulting is a much bigger change in routine and in-tentional movement appears to have fallen by the wayside. Based on the positive feedback I’ve received, I know the program is appreciated and I ponder, “What prevents some adults and students from experiencing the work during my absence?” My best guess is that they don’t own it yet. They haven’t transitioned from the low gear learning state of “Getting It” to the high gear state of “Got It”. The goal will continue to be held for those in the field of education and beyond to be empowered to use these simple and effective movements and balances*. In the beginning it may need a place on the schedule; however, in the end noticing when something could be different and using movement to make change can become a way of life!

Cindy’s Sense Cindy Goldade, Faculty Member

However, in the

end noticing when

something could

be different and

using movement

to make change

can become a

way of life!

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Remarkable Transformationfor an Adult Learner Rich Petke

In 1968 my 8th grade science teacher once told me that I was like Swiss cheese: What was there

was really good but I had lots of holes. School didn’t come easily for me – it was always a struggle. If there were any way to pass a class without reading a text I’d find it. My natural tendency was to scan text from right to left, and I had a narrow visual span. My spelling was atrocious and unrecognizable. Arithmetic was also a struggle; yet, strangely enough, complex math came easily to me. After high school I enrolled in a small engineering school that liked my skills in complex math and didn’t care about my lack of English proficiency. There I discovered that working with computers was a natural gift of mine. My reading disabilities caused me to occasionally stumble while majoring in electrical engineering. However, the faculty was committed to its students, and there always seemed to be a helping hand when I needed it. I was

able to graduate and find employment in the emerging computer industry; although I still avoided reading, had someone proofread my writing, and correct my spelling. Years later my wife and I attended

several Brain Gym® courses in hopes of helping our daughter, who was bright but struggling in school. Our whole family began to notice positive changes from these simple movements. Before we knew it, my wife and I were both instructors and teaching Brain Gym® 101 courses ourselves. Then came the evening when I discovered how much Brain Gym had done for me. I don’t remember who set the table for dinner but my glass was placed on my left side as opposed to its usual home on my right. Sometime during the meal I realized that I had been drinking with my left hand– eas-ily, automatically, and without awk-wardness. I felt as if I had never used my left hand before and didn’t even know that I could use it to drink from a glass. In the following months I realized that another magical transformation had occurred in my life—I could spell. I had long been so poor at spelling that I couldn’t even find the words in the dictionary to get their correct spelling. Now I didn’t even have to look words up. I was blown away. But the real power and influence of Brain Gym on my life was yet to come. I still had my day job as a computer scientist with a small side business teaching Brain Gym® 101 courses and consulting with children and adults.

But could I achieve

this goal – even with

Brain Gym as my

secret support tool?

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I loved this work and after the 18th client asked me why I wasn’t a physi-cian I started to wonder. I had always been fascinated with the healing arts and even briefly considered becoming a physician when I was a teen. My less than spectacular academic record had, however, shut that door long ago. Had using Brain Gym made a career in medicine a possibility? In August of 2004, after many discussions with my family, I made the decision to change my career, and become a licensed naturopathic physician. My goal was to specialize in learning challenges. But could I achieve this goal – even with Brain Gym as my secret support tool? I decided to stick a toe in the water before diving in so I kept my day job and enrolled in an anatomy and physiology course at a local college. A 50-year-old sitting in a classroom full of 19 year olds was quite an unusual sight. It went well and I continued to take one course each quarter for the remainder of that academic year. In the summer of 2005 I decided to take the plunge: I resigned from “corporate America” and became a full-time student. I tackled biology, organic chemistry, and a few subjects not even dreamed of 30 years earlier, like molecular genetics. I even spent a few weeks sequencing a segment of my own DNA. The next summer, at the age of 52, I enrolled at Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine in Tempe, Arizona. Had I known how challeng-ing the program would be I might have done something stupid like never have started. But I was on the journey now and committed to finishing it.

Four years, 16 quarters, and thou-sands of pages of text later I graduated, passed national board exams, and re-ceived a license to practice medicine in the State of Arizona. Movements and techniques from Educational Kinesiol-ogy* supported me along the way. As originally planned my clinical training had focused on pediatrics, includ-ing adolescents. I was also fortunate enough to have a private internship with a developmental and behavioral pediatrician and saw hundreds of kids

with special needs such as autism, dyslexia, ADD/ADHD, develop-mental delay, low IQs, high IQs, etc. I accomplished the goal I set for myself back in 2004; and the real hero in this story is the Brain Gym program. Without it I couldn’t have made it into medical school, let alone survived four years of rigorous curriculum. Today, even though I have many tools at my disposal, the Brain Gym work holds a special place of honor among them.

Dr. Rich Petke, NMD, is a licensed naturopathic physician in Flag-staff, Arizona. His pediatrics and family medicine practice, All Ways Health, PLLC, offers special services in the areas of learning challenges including gifted and talented, adolescent medicine, insulin management, trauma resolution, and hypnotherapy. He is also a licensed Brain Gym® instructor and consultant.

. . . the real power

and influence of

Brain Gym on my life

was yet to come.

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Outreach Kari Coady, Executive Director

T roubled Teens” – it’s a popular phrase for an age group that is often misunderstood. The teenage years can be challenging to say the least, and we all get to experience

them. An insightful friend of mine summarizes:

Their will develops before their judgment, and their self-awareness develops before their self-worth. [To further complicate things,] teens are ready to be on their own sev-eral years after they think they are, yet several years before their parents think they are.

Most of my previous clients were teenagers, and although it can be a challenge working with this age group I’ve always enjoyed doing so. Therefore, when I was asked to present at an alternative high school as Executive Director of Brain Gym® International, I readily accepted the outreach opportunity. The students were described to me as being “alternative learners who are not real into school”; having issues with follow-through, commitment, and focus. I was told that for the most part they are “nice kids who hear a different drummer”, and that the regular high school didn’t work for them. It’s been my experience that teens are most likely to open up to an adult when they are in one-to-one situations, and only if they feel safe and respected by that adult. Their demeanor can instantly change as soon as peers or parents are present. For this reason, when I know I’ll be working with a group of teens, I prefer to first meet them one at a time, especially when some are identified as “troubled”. It makes establishing trust and re-spect easier which usually transfers to whole group activities. However, that option did not exist for me in this case. In-stead, I had 45 minutes with each group of 20 students, and only minutes to establish rapport with them. The beauty of the Brain Gym activities is that they can do a lot of the work for me in a situation like this. They act as a vehicle that gives permission to move when otherwise expected to “sit still”. Like-wise, they offer the opportunity for fun and laughter. While modeling an over-focused person walking, I asked if they knew anyone who walked similarly. Amusement filled the room…one of their teachers. In environments like this alternative high school, it’s impor-tant to have realistic expectations. Mine was to have a positive effect on just one of these 50 students, which I was fairly cer-tain I had accomplished.

The Brain Gym

activities…act

as a vehicle

that gives

permission to

move when

otherwise

expected to

“sit still”.

“

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PLAY: Get Your Giggle Onelieving laughter is the best medicine, I took a five-

day training and became a teacher in Laughter Yoga (laughteryoga.com) with the founder Dr. Madan

Kataria, M.D. This technique is based on the principle of “laughing for no reason”. His scientific research has shown that the physiological and psychological benefits of pretend and real laughter are the sam e. He now has established over 6000 Laughter Clubs in over 60 countries. It is free! Dr. Kataria has a book called Laugh for No Reason. In this book he shares over one hundred ways to create the boundless gift of laughter by yourself or especially with others. Below are a couple of examples:

Everyone in the group pretends to hold a tea cup in their hand. Then pour some pretend tea into the cup. Now, as you tilt your head back to drink the tea, laugh (for no reason). When you bring your head back to its normal position, stop laughing and look around the room with a very serious face. Repeat, laughing longer each time.

Imagine your cell phone has rung. Answer it and begin talking. Suddenly begin laughing for no reason as you “listen” to the phone. Pass the phone around the room!

Editor Note: This was submitted by Pamela Curlee, International Faculty.

B

I’ll let the students speak for themselves (per evaluation comments):“Brain Gym gives you more energy.”•“BG can help me with schoolwork.”•“Simple Exercises can improve your ability to focus.”•“When you don’t move your body you don’t learn as much.”•“I felt relaxed after doing BG.”•“Doing stretches can make you less stressed.”•“Movement helps you take in information.”•“Rubbing your ears helps you focus better.”•

I’d be remiss to imply that all students positively responded. However, enough liked it that the school has invited me back to continue the service project. Some of these “troubled teens” have requested to have a Brain Gym class as one of their fourth quarter electives. I am delighted to spend the rest of their school year with them, and look for-ward to the possibilities.

20 l The Brain Gym Global Observer l May 2011

Brain Gym®

with Little Ones Lisa Marcovici

We are often asked the ques-tion: When is a good age to start doing Brain Gym®

activities with children? My business partner, Michèle Hébert, and I started exploring this idea over two years ago. She is an early childhood educator who speaks very little English. We met during an In Depth* class. Shortly after, we teamed up and I became the translator of her ideas as well as our work together. In this article I’m going to share some of the ways my French-speaking colleague has been bringing Brain Gym to the very young.

In the fall of 2009, Michèle began doing pace* with a group of five to fifteen month olds. By day three, when it came time to do pace, they were physically piling up on top of each other in order to receive the exercises first. Brain Buttons, The Cross Crawl, and Hook-ups were done in a passive manner; the babies allowed Michèle to move their limbs and help them hold the positions. pace was incorporated into the daily routine at the diaper-changing table. The difference in the babies was immediate: a great calm-

ness spread throughout the group, and the other edu-cators could easily identify the babies do-ing pace every day from the ones that were not. Whenever pace was skipped the little ones would clamor for it. It became a vital part of their daily routine. In our experience, we found that the Brain Gym techniques elicited powerful results with infants, especially in terms of calming babies and helping them to feel safe and happy. The adults benefited right along with the babies of course. We remind-ed them to make sure to be in pace before attempting to do it with little

ones, because children are particularly adept at pick-ing up adult distress. A great example of this was the 15 month old who insisted on “unrolling” his Mom’s ears (The Thinking Cap). The

only explainable pattern to this behav-ior was that it mostly occurred when

Once these children

entered the school

system they had the

tools to become

autonomous learners

with self-regulating skills.

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his Mom was stressed. In the fall of 2010, Michèle “gradu-ated” from teaching infants to pre-schoolers. Starting out exactly as she had done with the younger ones, she first introduced pace and then slowly, using games and various make-believe themes presented the other Brain Gym movements. Michèle noticed how much the children enjoyed playing those games and how they integrated the movements, making them their own and knowing how to use them well. Cross crawling was a huge chal-

lenge for one young man and he was so proud of himself when he got it! His self-esteem just soared. Now, when a new member joins their group, it is this same young man who (with enormous pride) shows the newcomer how to do The Cross Crawl. One of the favorite activities in early childhood is drawing. Some children are challenged just holding the crayon properly. For nearly two months a three year old would grip a crayon with all of his might, especially when they were playing with the Lazy 8s. As his grip became refined, it was obvious that he was physically learning the give and take of relaxing and contracting his arm. This self-awareness allowed

him to eventually correct his grip independently. The daycare setting allows daily reinforcement of the Brain Gym activi-ties and vocabulary. By three years old,

children gain vocabulary to express their feelings and increase their self-awareness through noticing*. The chil-dren learn to put into words what they are sensing. They become familiar with the Penguin, the Swimmer, and the

Robot from the Three Dimensions* and have great fun role playing those characters and moving like them. As the three characters are presented we often play the “Spaghetti Game” which is a wonderful noticing game that Carol Ann Erickson teaches. It enables

We found that the Brain

Gym techniques elicited

powerful results with

infants, especially in terms

of calming babies and

helping them to feel safe

and happy.

. . . [the children]

integrated the move-

ments; making them

their own and knowing

how to use them well.

Michèle facilitating The Owl

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children of all ages to become aware of what their bodies are telling them and to take appropriate action. Within two to three months of starting Brain Gym activities, the 3 ½ year olds are able to describe their ‘spaghetti’ (i.e. muscle tone) and identify which of the three characters could best help them to

improve the situation. A few weeks ago, during the lunch period, Michèle noticed Maëve sitting heavily in her chair. She was nearly falling over in a deeply reclined posi-tion. Michèle asked how her spaghetti was doing and Maëve quickly replied that it was definitely overcooked (i.e. too soft). When Michèle asked what could be done about that, Maëve immediately jumped up and went to get some water. The following day, Michèle was sitting in a chair, kind of tired, taking a little break, when a little voice pointed out: “You better go drink some water, your spaghetti looks way too soft!” Once these children enter the school system they have the tools to become autonomous learners with self-regu-lating skills. Alexane Garon is six years old, and currently in first grade. She began doing pace last year and is able to decide what will benefit her and choose from the menu*. When asked why she does this she insists that her grades are better when she does

When asked why she

does this she insists

that her grades are

better when she does

Brain Gym.

Brain Gym. Alexane is an independent learner, fully self-aware and in charge of her well-being. She can identify how she is feeling and has the tools to help herself. Isn’t that what we hope for as parents and educators?

Lisa Marcovici has been actively involved in her sons’ schools bringing Brain Gym to the stu-dents, teachers and parents of her community for the last ten years. Since 2006 she has been bringing her workshops to a wide range of associations including literacy groups, daycare edu-cators, university students and the Multiple Sclerosis and Laval aphasic societies. Working both in English and in French, her goal is to make Brain Gym acces-sible to everyone in a fun and practical way. She is currently a Licensed Brain Gym Instructor in Montreal, Quebec.

Michèle Hébert has been practicing daycare educa-tional techniques for over twenty years now, as well as integrat-ing educational programs for the 0-5 year old clientele. As a Licensed Brain Gym Instructor in Drummondville Quebec, she has been working on the creation of a Brain Gym program for her favorite clientele that she loves so much.

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*a reference list of edu-k termsbalance, balancing, balance process - a process utilizing Edu-K’s Five Steps to Easy Learning that regulates conflicts between structureand function.

Brain Gym® - a series of specifically conceived movements that addresses the physical skills of learning (for example: visual, auditory). Brain Gym activities contain three categories of movements: The Energy Exercises to develop awareness of the body as the central reference for all directional movements; The Lengthening Activities to facilitate skills of focus and attention; and The Midline Movements for physical coordination as well as accessing of both analytical and spatial information.

dimensions (Three DImensions) - communication pathways between vari-ous areas of the brain and postural system, along with their functions (Laterality Dimension, left/right; Centering Dimension, top/bottom; Focus Dimension, front/back); known collectively as the Three Dimensions of Whole-Brain Learning

Educational Kinesiology (Edu-K) - the study of movement and its relation-ship to whole-brain learning; a process for drawing out innate learning abilities through the understanding of movement and its relationship to whole-brain learning patterns; the application of kinesthetics (movement) to the study of whole-brain integration for purposes of alleviating stress and maximizing the full learning potential.

In Depth (also called Educational Kinesiology In Depth: Seven Dimensions of Intelligence) - an advanced Edu-K course exploring the relationship of physical structure to function and offering a priority system for integrat-ing movement patterns to support personal goals- a series of Brain Gym activities designed to facilitate the ability to cross the back-front-midline of the brain and postural system, thus integrating meaningful intention with habituated movement responses

menu, learning menu - a specific list of activities to stimulate the brain for a particular session or goal

noticing - giving attention to one’s state of being; self-observation

pace - an acronym (Positive, Active, Clear, Energetic) for a four-step learning-readiness technique that an individual may use to settle in to his or her own best rhythm and timing for learning

pre-activity/post-activity - performance of an activity both before and after a balance, to measure changes in behavior

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ARGENTINA

Susana Buscaglia --------su@susanabuscaglia.com

Gabriela Lombardo ------centrojoyful@fibertel.com.ar

Rio Negro

Sandra Lopez --------------celebracion@hotmail.com

AUSTRALIA

NSW

Denise McGann ----------denise@denisemcgann.com.au

Anita Robertson-----------learning@brainjoggers.com.au

Lenette M. Francis -------learning@brainjoggers.com.au

Jayne Bernstam ----------jayne305@ozemail.com.au

Marina Berney -------------marina@move2balance.com.au

Christine Youngman

------------------------ kinesiology_solutions@hotmail.com

Greta Francis ---------------gretafrancis6@yahoo.com.au

QLD

Kris McIntyre ---------------krismci@live.com.au

Paula Wilson, M.Ed. -----paula@movingtogether.com.au

Gillian Johnson ------------gillianj@powerup.com.au

Sareylom Poole -----------sareylom@bigpond.com

Enza Lyons ------------------enza@dlhc.com.au

Gay Landeta ----------------create@gaylandeta.com.au

SA

Tania Mc Gregor ----------braingym1@adam.com.au

Heather Gibbons ---------gibbons@seol.net.au

VIC

Mary Nicholls --------------maryn@melbpc.org.au

Christine Bozkewycz ----chris@brainconnections.com.au

Julie Gunstone -------------thinkingbody@optusnet.com.au

Robyn Hampton

------------------------------robynhampton@movingahead.net.au

Moira Dempsey -----------moira@integratedbeing.com

Renska Bunte --------------renska@happylearning.com.au

Claire Hocking -------------clairehg@tpg.com.au

Eleanor J. M. Graves ----kgraves@bigpond.net.au

Tina Impey ------------------tanji@skymesh.com.au

WA

Patricia Leahy-Shrewsbury

------------------------ pleahy-shrewsbury@bigpond.com

AUSTRIA

Maria Obermair -----------office@kinmo.at

Christian Dillinger --------info@movinginstitut.at

Ferdinand Gstrein --------kinesiologie.gstrein@aon.at

BAHRAIN

Sapiencia Alvares --------allanalvares@hotmail.com

Noraini Mahmood --------wadi@batelco.com.bh

Amani Mohamed Omer -amaniomar2003@hotmail.com

BELGIUM

Paul Landon ----------------cfpa@mouvements.org

Dominique Monette -----ibk@skynet.be

BRAzIL

Rosana Deconte ----------rosanadeconte@hotmail.com

instructor listingCANADA

AB

Jean Gurnett ---------------gurnettj@gmail.com

Susan Terris ----------------reflexsus@hotmail.com

Shari Robertson ----------shari8856@hotmail.com

Esther Kupsch -------------ekupsch66@gmail.com

Rosemary Benson --------rebenson46@hotmail.com

Laura Wilson ---------------laurawilson@eidnet.org

E. Roselyn Elford BA, M.Ed

-----------------------------------eroselyn@telus.net

Patricia Elford BSC, M.Ed

-----------------------------------bg4all@telus.net

Susan MacCulloch, M.Ed

-----------------------------------shmacculloch@shaw.ca

Steven Ockey ---------------purepotential@shaw.ca

Jenafor Andel --------------be.well@shaw.ca

Shelley Petch ---------------seashell@netkaster.ca

Mildred Thill ----------------braingym@telus.net

Heather Bjornstad -------hbj@netkaster.ca

Geri Bronson ---------------geri.bronson@gmail.com

Annette Tompkins --------403-553-8848

Tracy M. Cukulin ----------tracyc@shaw.ca

Shelly Hobson -------------miller00@telusplanet.net

Dana Luebke ---------------dana.luebke@sunergos.com

David Chris Loree --------geeyouareyou@shaw.ca

Maurine Maslen , M.Ed -momaslen@telusplanet.net

Jeannie Lundgard --------jlundgard@yahoo.ca

Susan Copithorne, BSC -braingym@xplornet.com

Heather Bjornstad -------hbj@netkaster.ca

BC

Jean Gurnett ---------------gurnettj@gmail.com

Beverly Hunter

-------------- beverlyhunter@turningonthelight.com

Wendy Humphreys Tebbutt

-----------------------------------starsong@dccnet.com

Pat Everatt ------------------peveratt@nethop.net

R. Allen Stanton ----------borntoteach@shaw.ca

Lori Wall ----------------------braingymnastics@shaw.ca

Lorraine Peters ------------lgpeters@shaw.ca

Sharon Promislow -------sharon@enhancedlearning.com

Wendy Humphreys Tebbutt

-----------------------------------wendyht@dccnet.com

Judy L. Thompson -------judy.thompson@shaw.ca

Susan Nelson --------------susan_nelson@telus.net

Jeanine Nahas -------------jeaninenahas@shaw.ca

Gayle Buchner -------------gayelee@uniserve.com

Lynedah B. Vartell -------l_vartell@hotmail.com

Nina Falls --------------------falls@telus.net

Katie Philippov ------------katie@katiephilippov.com

Valerie Ku --------------------cku1@telus.net

MB

Gail Holden -----------------holdensg@westman.wave.ca

Davada Carlson -----------davadac@mymts.net

Noreen Kolesar ------------nkolesar@shaw.ca

Paul Ruta , M.Ed ----------braingym@mts.net

Caroline Margaret Heath -mcarolineheath@gmail.com

NB

Celine Bellemare ---------cwellnessb@rogers.com

NL

Jennifer Drover BSC DC -info@coreinsight.cathe instructor list is as current as april 5, 2011,and may not reflect changes made after that date.

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Alida Bouwman -----------alidabouwman@yahoo.com

ON

Patricia Hawke ------------jasonpathawke@aol.com

Carmen Poirier ------------613-729-9284

Sher Smith RN ------------info@realizingyourpotential.ca

Margaret Harris RN MA -marlou@cogeco.ca

Heather Wagner-----------wagnrhse@rogers.com

Marianne Knox

------------------------ marianne@awakeningpotential.ca

Sharon Todd ----------------sharon@brainworksglobal.com

Linda S. Clark --------------lindaclark@acncanada.net

Deborah Kalinich ---------deborah.kalinich@gmail.com

Maureen Priest ------------maurdon26@hotmail.com

Jill Hewlett ------------------success@jillhewlett.com

Shirley Prouty -------------shirley.prouty@sympatico.ca

Daphne Duckworth ------daphneduckworth@rogers.com

Carrol Hutchinson, M.Ed -carrol.hutchinson@peelsb.com

Audrey F. Harkness ------david_7@sympatico.ca

Faye Murray OT -----------murrays5@tcc.on.ca

Margaret Nightingale ---905-637-9765

Donna Logan Van Vliet -donna@rural.ca

Michele Najbor BA -------mnajbor@sympatico.ca

Jan Yordy

-------------- yordy@energyconnectiontherapies.com

Peggy Barrett --------------peggy.barrett@sympatico.ca

Sharon Loucks ------------s.loucks@tvdsb.on.ca

Tami Moase -----------------tcmoase@yahoo.ca

Joan Ann White -----------jwhite@ntl.sympatico.ca

Irish Sullivan ---------------eirlynda@rogers.com

Michele Najbor BA -------mnajbor@sympatico.ca

Trish Ward -------------------alanward2377@rogers.com

Sheena Smith --------------healthyu@hotmail.com

Marie-Claire Bourgeois mcbharmony@aol.com

Eleanor J. McDougall Russ

-----------------------------------519-797-5127

Paul Hyman -----------------phyman@sympatico.ca

Natalie Pequeux ----------lapaside@yahoo.com

Sharol Cordner ------------s.cordner@hotmail.com

Sarojni Ramdhan-Ganpat

-----------------------------------sarojnirg@hotmail.com

Fran Burke ------------------fran.burke@tdsb.on.ca

Joan Agosta , M.Ed ------joan@joanagosta.ca

Darlene Montgomery ---darlene@lifedreams.org

Nancy E. Clarke -----------nclarke@kingston.net

Catherine Flatt RN BNSC ---cflatt@cogeco.ca

Mary Ann Swan -----------swansense@sympatico.ca

Thomas Tegtmeyer ------balance@thomasmtegtmeyer.com

Anjana Thom ---------------------- anjthom@gmail.com

Liz Jones-Twomey -------------- jonestwomey@rogers.com

Lorna Cassels --------------------- lcassels@rogers.com

Mirja McAdam -------------------mt.mcadam@sympatico.net

Heather Birchall ----------------- hbirchall@teksavvy.com

QC

Christine Poulin -----------poulin.christine@videotron.ca

Lisa Marcovici -------------lisa.marcovici@braingymqc.org

Dorothy Notkin OTR -----notkin6@aol.com

Danielle Fay -----------------daniellefay@sogetel.net

Michel Dugas --------------mich.dugas@gmail.com

Alana Russell ---------------mar93@sympatico.ca

Janet Clancy ----------------clancyjanet01@yahoo.ca

Eric Guay --------------------ericguay65@hotmail.com

Michele Hebert ------------michelehebert888@live.ca

Victoria Anders MA ------anders.v@bell.net

SK

Susan Halferdahl ---------creatingconnections@shaw.ca

JoAnne Lapierre ----------lapig@sasktel.net

Sandra M. Clark ----------sandra.loveyourlife@gmail.com

Glenda Lourens BED, M.Ed

-----------------------------------glenda.lourens@rbe.sk.ca

YT

Jeanine Nahas -------------jeaninenahas@shaw.ca

CHINA

Beijing

Hua Zheng ------------------zhenghuaxt@gmail.com

Yan Peng ---------------------pengyan01@sina.com

Wen Sheng Lu -------------lws-hao@sohu.com

Tian Fei Feng ---------------117773657@qq.com

Tian Peng Feng ------------fengtianpeng@gmail.com

Fujian

Mao XiangJia ---------------yiqiao-100@163.com

Guangdong

Jin Kun Huang -------------huangjinkun@yahoo.com.cn

Hoi Ming Andrew Leung -mrandrewleung@yahoo.com.hk

Yan Bing Chen -------------------yxz-945@163.com

Hong Kong

Salmon Fung ---------------salmonfung@hotmail.com

Elizabeth Leontieff-Johnson

-----------------------------------elizabethleontieff@hotmail.com

Yuk Ling Lee ----------------windalee@sinatown.com

Ah Man Chik ----------------amanda_chik@hotmail.com

Annly Yuet Har Li ---------lyha2003@hotmail.com

Florence Kwong -----------florencekwong911@gmail.com

Fung Yee Tse ---------------tfyee0@netvigator.com

Hoi Sze Grace Chan -----h.s.g.chan@gold.ac.uk

Hon Wai Patrick Ng -----patrick.ng@pcti-hk.com

Iok Min Leong--------------leungsmile@yahoo.com.hk

Ka Lun Karen Chan ------karenklchan@netvigator.com

Kenrick Lau -----------------lausir@brainaheadtrg.com

Kin Ping Katrina Ng -----katrina.kp.ng@gmail.com

Kwai Hing Judy Keung -----judykg@netvigator.com

Yee Tak (Kristin) Leung -kristinleung0911@yahoo.com.hk

Yee Wa Eva Cheng -------chengyeewa2000@yahoo.com.hk

Yu Chiu Cheung -----------chiuchiujet@yahoo.com.hk

Yuk Shan Cheung---------dor_dc@yahoo.com.hk

Yuk Yin Donna Kam -----donnayykam@yahoo.com.hk

Yuk Ying Man ---------------mancat2805@yahoo.com.hk

Yat Chi Wong ---------------otvictor@yahoo.com.hk

Yan Wai Chan --------------yanwai1788@yahoo.com.hk

Miu Man Gloria Wong ---chaichai605@yahoo.com.hk

Kwai Hung Kate Pak ----kate.pak@gmail.com

Shut Yuen Susan Wong -susanwongc003@yahoo.co.uk

Suk Yu Linda Tsang -----suksukyu@hotmail.com

Kwok Yin Wong ------------yinnywong3200@yahoo.com.hk

Kwan Oi Ophelia Leung healthyophelia@yahoo.com.hk

Wai Ping Wong ------------pingpingwong529@yahoo.com.hk

Wai Ming Amy Choi ------info@brainbodycentre.com

Suk Chun Betty Wong --bettwongsc@gmail.com

Siu Chan Conrad Ho ----info@brainbodycentre.com

Lai Shan Miracle Li ------purewise@gmail.com

Siu Ying Mak ---------------mcapple9@yahoo.com.hk

Shuk Kin Doris Chiu ----doris_0510@yahoo.com.hk

Lai Har (Yu Wei) Li Ph.D. -liyuwei2006@yahoo.com.hk

Lai Ming Keung -----------gingerkeung@hotmail.com

Mei Sum Cheng -----------macycheng2007@yahoo.com.hk

Mo Ching Candy Chow - candygg288@yahoo.com.hk

26 l The Brain Gym Global Observer l May 2011

Ming Fuk Tsoi --------------bmftmf@gmail.com

Yu Yi Lui ----------------------drluiyuyi@yahoo.com.hk

Tsz Yan Yau -----------------sammi.dol@gmail.com

Wai Cheung Dennis Ho -brainbutton@hotmail.com.hk

Yau Lin Lau -----------------lauyaulin@gmail.com

Sau Ha Elsa Lee ----------elsalee7@yahoo.com.hk

Yee Mei Donna Lee ------donnnabigtop@gmail.com

Mei Yuk Ng ------------------ngmelly@yahoo.com.hk

Jiangsu

Yi Xin Chen ------------------chenyxone@gmail.com

Xiang Liang -----------------boainj@126.com

Lu Wang ----------------------wanluxl@126.com

Min Zhang -------------------0960min@sina.com

Hui Xin Huang -------------happymagan@126.com

Pan Deng --------------------zoedeng@vip.sina.com

Jing Ping Yang -------------yip623@126.com

Yue Lu -------------------------xzfb@sina.com

Jiangxi

Xiao Chun Xiong ----------yi.luxiao.pao@163.com

Shanghai

Feng Chen -------------------zethen@126.com

Jian Ping Danny Shi-----dannyshi@yahoo.cn

Ying Wang -------------------lilyxinzhi@gmail.com

Meng Wang -----------------wmjojo@yahoo.com

COLOMBIA

Juanita Quintana Medina

----------------------------------------quintanamedinajuanita@

gmail.com

CROATIA

Tatjana Novosel-Herceg

------------------------ tatjana.novoselherceg@gmail.com

DENMARK

Edel Hovgaard

------------------------ Kinesiologiskolen@vindinggaard.dk

ECUADOR

Norma Munoz -------------funedec@uio.satnet.net

Maria Augusta Franco ---ma_francomx@yahoo.com

FRANCE

Paul Landon ----------------cfpa@mouvements.org

GERMANY

Beate Walter----------------vakgmbh@aol.com

Susanne Degendorfer --Degendorfer@iak-freiburg.de

Alfred Schatz ---------------info@iak-freiburg.de

Renate Wennekes---------info@ikl-damme.de

Monika Drinda -------------mondri99@aol.com

Nicola Kidman-Suessbier

--------------------------------------n.kidman-suessbier@t-online.de

GREECE

Maria Karakostanoglou - yaltra@yahoo.com

HUNGARY

Fuzes utca 1

Zsuzsanna Koves ---------kovzsu@freemail.hu

INDIA

Tamilnadu

Shihan Pushpanathan.P

-----------------------------------pushpanathan@lycos.com

INDONESIA

Ruslan Morris --------------rrmorris@clubbali.com

SP Henry Remanlay -----henry_remanlay@yahoo.co.id

Maxi Toliu --------------------62-0431-353-862

Susanti Kho -----------------alexktaslim@indosat.net.id

Rahaju M Morris ----------rahaju@clubbali.com

Dra Jeanne Tinneke Mangundap

-----------------------------------62-431-353-826

Pdt Yosua Wangka -------yos_wangka@yahoo.co.id

Bali

Debora Intan Trisna -----debora@slcbali.com

Banten

Elisabeth Demuth --------elisdemuth@yahoo.com

DI Yogyakarta

Nonny Swediati PhD ----nonny@ldola.net.id

DKI Jakarta

Erna Marina Kusama ---ernamarina@gmail.com

Rahayu Yoesmintarti ----ryoesmintarti@yahoo.com

Lely Tobing, Mont. Dipl. ----lely@demarko-group.com

Mia Setiawati Sangadi - miasangadi@gmail.com

Ike R Sugianto -------------untukike@infoterapi.com

DKI Jaya

Jakarta

Su Sie Han ------------------susiehan@centrin.net.id

Heppy Sulistiani ----------heppy.sulistiani@yahoo.com

Jawa Tengah

Syarif Baraja ---------------sarif88@yahoo.com

Kelapa Gading

North Sulawesi

Elisabeth Demuth --------elisdemuth@yahoo.com

Dr. A. A. A. Lengkong ---plpkmd@yahoo.com

Sulawesi Utara

Henny E R Tambajong --0852-56781909

Pdt Lientje H K Mamahit, STh

-----------------------------------0812-4443700

Sulut

Wicarni Oktavia Mangold

-----------------------------------0852-40275796

ISRAEL

Amnon Reiss ---------------amnomr@netvision.net.il

Jeanette Primost ---------jntt@kfar-hanassi.org.il

Ze’ev (Leslie) Bolgar ----zeevbol@netvision.net.il

Carmela Bolgar -----------972-3-673-2106

ITALY

Maria Paola Casali -------mariapaola.casali@infinitiform.it

Alessandra Scarselli ----dada.centroricerche@yahoo.it

Raffaele Rambaldi -------raffaelerambaldi@yahoo.it

Daniela Agazzi -------------danielaagazzi@gmail.com

Sigrid Loos ------------------info@sigridloos.com

JAPAN

Yoshi Saga ------------------saga@imsi.co.jp

Kenichi Ishimaru ---------zenkinesiology@gmail.com

KENYA

Nairobi

Li-Chuang Tan -------------lichuangtan@yahoo.com

Lisa Wee Eng Cheng ----lemongrass_turmeric@yahoo.com

MALAYSIA

Ang Nei Lim ----------------angneilim@yahoo.com

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Marie Helene Hueber ---mhlh_54@hotmail.com

Phoebe Long Mei Wah -phoebemw2002@yahoo.com

Sally Kulasegram ---------sallyk@kula5.com

Hasanah Hassan----------hasanah_hsn@yahoo.com

Siew Siew Goh -------------malaysiabg@gmail.com

Hilda Pillay ------------------pillaycajon@hotmail.com

Erlinda Choy Lian Yap --masriayu@hotmail.com

Johor

Claire Ang Menglin ------ang.claire@ymail.com

MExICO

Lourdes Ramirez de Luna

-----------------------------------mogimcer@yahoo.com.mx

Ligia Guadalupe Canto Sanchez

------------------------ ligiaguadalupecs@yahoo.com.mx

Virginia Sosa Martinez -virginiasosa@mexis.com

Margarita Ehrensperger

-----------------------------------margarita@cika.com.mx

Maria Augusta Franco ---ma_francomx@yahoo.com

Maria del Pilar Almenara Roldan

-----------------------------------almenarap@gmail.com

Enriqueta de la Torre ---enridelato@gmail.com

Maria Guadalupe Rodriguez Aguilera

-----------------------------------lupita_rdza@hotmail.com

Ma. Del Carmen Magdalena Bazan Flores

-----------------------------------mcarmenbazan@yahoo.com.mx

Maria Isabel Vazquez Arias

-----------------------------------maribelvazquezarias@

hotmail.com

Patricia Cocom ------------pcocan@yahoo.com

Rebeca Hernandez Marin

-----------------------------------rhernandezmarin@hotmail.com

Christa Babette Ostertag -christa_ostertag@hotmail.com

Iztacalco

Patricia Cocom ------------pcocan@yahoo.com

NEW zEALAND

Glenys Leadbeater -------roglen.ldbt@xtra.co.nz

Barbara Wards ------------edukbarb@orcon.net.nz

Margaret Underwood ---margaretu1@mac.com

PHILIPPINES

Glecita R. Repia -----------glessrepia@yahoo.com

Rosario Ferrari -------------jeamidi1@zpdee.net

Rizalina Ochoa ------------rizal_leni@yahoo.com.ph

POLAND

Svetlana Masgutova , Ph.D.

-----------------------------------masgutova@yahoo.com

Zofi Graczyk MS PHD --zofigraczyk@yahoo.com

PUERTO RICO

Carmen Montoto MI ----academiamc2@gmail.com

SAUDI ARABIA

Hanan Ali --------------------hbagabas@hotmail.com

Mona K. Al-Fajem --------braingym.alfajem@gmail.com

SINGAPORE

Toong-Jye Low -------------65-9684-3746

Angie Koh --------------------lifedynamics@gmail.com

Sumi Said -------------------sumi_hadi@hotmail.com

Benwinner Kam -----------benwinner@gmail.com

Mary Goh Beng Neo ----marygoh1@gmail.com

Cynthia Teo Teng Hong

-----------------------------------cynthiateo@yahoo.com

Norliah Binte Daroos ---norliahd@yahoo.com.sg

Suzana Othman -----------suzyoth@yahoo.com.sg

Brother Dominic Chong -domc888@yahoo.co.uk

SLOVENIA

Barbara Globocnik -------barbara.globocnik@gmail.com

Majda Koncar --------------majda.koncar@guest.arnes.si

Meta Bizjak Erzen--------avevitaslo@gmail.com

Tadeja Rupar ---------------tadeja.rupar@guest.arnes.si

SOUTH AFRICA

Rita Edwards ---------------edukafrica@iafrica.com

Marlize Basson , Ph.D. -marlize@penuka.co.za

Isabel Cohen ---------------isabelcohen@mweb.co.za

Hanna Kok-------------------hanna@makealife.co.za

Marcelle Shaman ---------sshaman@mweb.co.za

SPAIN

Carlota Lopez-Peredo Martinez

-----------------------------------carlota.lopezperedo@hotmail.es

Isabel Compan Fernandez

-----------------------------------een@kinemocions.com

SWEDEN

Katarina Ostlund ---------info@braingym.se

SWITzERLAND

Rosemarie Sonderegger -info@ikamed.ch

Bernhard Studer ----------best@gesundheit-lernen.ch

Elsa Freedman -------------elsamfreedman@hotmail.com

USA

AE

Darla Carlisle --------------dcarlisle537@gmail.com

AK

Jan Elkinton-Cummins ----cummins@alaska.net

AL

Susan L. Purves , M.Ed spurves4@comcast.net

AR

Brenda S. Wood -----------dogwood@artelco.com

Martha Rhea Watts , Ph.D.

-----------------------------------marthawatts1@yahoo.com

Bernita Szitar -------------szitarb@windstream.net

Carol Albee------------------501-262-3274

Debbie Smith --------------butterflydreams53@hotmail.com

Rhydonia Anderson MSE

-----------------------------------rhydonia@aristotle.net

Virgil Anderson MSE ----rhydonia@aristotle.net

Az

Joyce Elaine Holgate ----joyceholgate@hotmail.com

Lois J. Burgener ----------loisjbm@aol.com

Cristina Whitehawk ------cristina@poweredbygenius.com

Kay Fulkerson --------------kayfulkerson@getnet.com

Carol Bennington---------carol@awakening-hearts.com

Frank Cardamone --------frankiecardamone@gmail.com

Libby Brandt PT ----------lbrandtpt@gmail.com

Barbara Paderewski Kern

-----------------------------------barbseabhs@yahoo.com

Kay Wallach EDD ---------kwallach@cox.net

Kathy Brown , M.Ed -----kb@centeredge.com

Mary Wade ------------------jilmaryw@yahoo.com

28 l The Brain Gym Global Observer l May 2011

Steven Kane OTR LMT ----- sakotr51@yahoo.com

Patricia Rendon , M.Ed --prendon3@comcast.net

Jan Curran OTR -----------janot3945@msn.com

Teryn Mowry ----------------tjm1457@aol.com

Richard Petke NMD -----braingym@all-ways-health.com

CA

Leslie Goff MS------------info@discoveringbraingym.com

Carla E. Roehl MA --------roehl@aol.com

Denise C. Hornbeak MS ---superchild@att.net

Karen Feinman ------------karenfeinman@esteemedkids.com

Cynthia McClure ----------cmcclure13@gmail.com

Gayle Weinand MA -------gayleweinand@sbcglobal.net

Carrie Rubalcava ---------carrie@rubypost.com

Suzanne Wickman MS PT

-----------------------------------wicksuz@yahoo.com

Stephanie Badasci MA ----info@spiritualgrownup.com

Theresa M. Routon-------tmrouton@gmail.com

Sharon K. Westre ---------cattailgypsy@yahoo.com

Rachael Grant Dixon MA

-----------------------------------dangrant@rocketmail.com

Leilani Wrbanek -----------leisi7@yahoo.com

Jocelyn Pare ----------------jocesow@pacbell.net

Sharron Patton OTR -----magicdancer_99@yahoo.com

Wendy Retzer MPT ------wretzermpt@pacbell.net

Teena K. Woeber ----------twoeber@earthlink.net

Barbara Schwartz MA --barbara@equilibriumhealing.com

Robyn Betts -----------------rblivingtree@cox.net

Ani Stokoe , Ph.D. --------anibob@wildblue.net

Marilyn Lugaro , Ph.D. ---lugaro2000@aol.com

Dulcie Hahn ----------------dulcedolphin@hotmail.com

Gloria Kuhs -----------------glokuhs@cox.net

Joanne Gatlin --------------Itsajoanne@aol.com

Deborah Studebaker ----deb@inner-genius.com

Elissa Pacifici --------------elissapac@charter.net

Larhken B. Carroll -------larknc@pacbell.net

Pam Whitman MA --------pamtransitionpoint@comcast.net

Suzy (Suzanne) Cambell OTRL

-----------------------------------mscamp56@sbcglobal.net

Madeline Falcone ---------madeline@falconeinstitute.com

Julie Newendorp ----------mesajewel@cox.net

Marijane Lescroart ------mplescroart@prodigy.net

Judy Watson ----------------skytop@mlode.com

Linda Faste , M.Ed -------lindafaste@yahoo.com

Joyce Sherwood MA -----joycebsherwood@sbcglobal.net

MaryLynn Thomson -----brainworks2@verizon.net

Jerri Miner ------------------jmminer@att.net

Susan Shimoff -----------srshimoff@gmail.com

Wendy Rupali Robinson, M.Ed

-----------------------------------braingym1@yahoo.com

Valerie Hoppe-Chamberlin

-----------------------------------vchamberlin@dslextreme.com

Veronica Getskow --------drgetskow@yahoo.com

Emily J. Hodos -----------dlconsultant@mac.com

Debra Austin-Brecher ----austinbrecher@netscape.net

Natasha Gogin-Moses, MEd

-----------------------------------ngogin@yahoo.com

Christine Olson MED -------olson_sc@comcast.net

Catherine M. Hogan -----chogan2@aol.com

Annette Pasternak PHD -dramp3@yahoo.com

Marie Bareilles ------------mariebees@hotmail.com

SydneyShepperd----------thewholeworks@comcast.net

Mary Mollway -------------mary@mollway.com

Sharron Patton, OTR ----magicdancer_99@yahoo.com

Robin A. Smith ------------rasmitty@pacbell.net

Stephanie Trogden ------stephanietrogden@yahoo.com

Chelle Sorenson ----------sorensonfamily@hotmail.com

CO

Pamela Curlee -------------iamedukpcurlee@aol.com

Nancy Hill -------------------303-722-5504

Colleen Gardner ----------ccgardner@rocketmail.com

Cathie Graeser ------------braingymcoach@msn.com

Janice Hunt Dawson , Ph.D.

-----------------------------------jan@happyhippie.com

Gloria J. Gradisar---------gjgradisar@aol.com

Diane Malik MA -----------dianemalik@mac.com

Patricia Stone --------------patricia.stone@msn.com

Kathryn B. Jensen -------303-838-7523

Jeanne Belli RN -----------jeannebelli@brainbalancing.com

Bennett Way ----------------benway@comcast.net

Jane E. Land , M.Ed -----middleparkmeat@hotmail.com

Patti Templin ---------------pattitemplin@hotmail.com

Anne Hornstein------------lifedancer@gmail.com

Glenn Driscoll --------------gdriscoll5@comcast.net

Jeannette Abshire --------glenwoodtutorial@mtntek.com

Dana Lowry -----------------mddlowry@yahoo.com

Henry Leilani ---------------lrh@beingandliving.com

Jolana Vanek ---------------jolanavanek@yahoo.com

CT

Janet McDonald , M.Ed ---janetomcdonald@gmail.com

Carrie Burns PT MBA --c4burns@comcast.net

Ann Majure , Ph.D. -------lamajure@att.net

Marie Ossi -------------------mossi@earthlink.net

Peggy Myers ----------------kinesiologyat118@sbcglobal.net

Carolyn Finch-Hulme MS SLP

-----------------------------------carolyn@carolynfinch.com

DC

Mary Rentschler , M.Ed --wrenxx@verizon.net

FL

Jami Guercia MA , M.Ed -integratedlc@msn.com

Debi Brocklehurst --------braingymlapc@aol.com

Judie Rice -------------------judierice@gmail.com

Mary Virginia Couch ----couchg@mail.leon.k12.fl.us

Mira Stulberg-Halpert , M.Ed

-----------------------------------mira@3dlearner.com

Valerie B. Hill---------------evhilljr@yahoo.com

Patricia L. Cox MS -------pattlcox@comcast.net

Ellen Smith -----------------govepe101@aol.com

Bonnie Brandes , M.Ed brandesbl@yahoo.com

Anne Hornstein------------lifedancer@gmail.com

Barbara Scott --------------bnscott01@gmail.com

Cindy Campbell LMHC -campbecs@bellsouth.net

Juniper Di Giovanni------jdawg1020@gator.net

Lisa Hopkins ---------------lhopk2455@aol.com

Kimberly Johnson NBCT - kjohncol@bellsouth.net

Roger Seekman -----------rseekman@comcast.net

Yvette Robitaille , M.Ed sonnyvette7@msn.com

Patty Shackleford , Ph.D. - drpatty@pkconceptsinc.com

Deborah L. Coe------------deborahcoe@hotmail.com

Carol Ann Erickson BS -lifehanc@aol.com

Wanda McGee MA--------wanmcgee@yahoo.com

Jo Ellen Firestone --------purpose1@earthlink.net

Dee Steverson -------------850-580-3055

Susan Ham -----------------susanha@leeschools.net

Emily Millett ----------------emilymillett@embarqmail.com

Janet McDonald MED -----janetomcdonald@gmail.com

John Harland -------------------johnharland@comcast.net

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Teresa Bock ---------------------rbock2@verizon.net

Krista Diamond MED ------kadi.diamond@gmail.com

Charlotte Palmer ---------charpalm2@yahoo.com

GA

Paula K. Dukes ------------pd3838@hotmail.com

Pam Webster MA --------websterw@mindspring.com

Elizabeth Hughes---------beth_novian_hughes@yahoo.com

Nita Matthews-Morgan , Ph.D.

-----------------------------------nitamm@uga.edu

Caroline Lusky -------------footzzz@aol.com

Delores Bumgardner EDD

-----------------------------------deloresbumgardner@earth

link.net

HI

Carla Hannaford , Ph.D.

-----------------------------------heartconnect44@aol.com

Shellie Fielden -------------edukhawaiibraingym@yahoo.com

Naomi Kanna --------------nkanna8@hotmail.com

Frances Shimotsu --------808-533-6649

Karen (Freesia) Peterson

-----------------------------------kp@givingbackmentoring.org

Flo Johnasen ---------------22flojo@gmail.com

Cindy Ogata ---------------cindyogata@aol.com

Geraldine Louise Tremblay

-----------------------------------gtremblay@hawaii.rr.com

Noreen Dougherty -------montessorihale@gmail.com

IA

Mary Webb ------------------mcwebb@qwest.net

Susan Chipman -----------susanchipman2001@yahoo.com

Claudia Fischer -----------641-472-7284

IL

Kate Wagner MA ----------katewagner@sbcglobal.net

Jeanne Lohfink ------------jlohfink@bpd3.org

Barbara Bednarz ---------barbarabednarz@earthlink.net

Helen Cox RN BSN ------options@mtco.com

John Starman MS --------chi2me2@yahoo.com

Aimee Edwards------------mee.edwards@gmail.com

IN

Laura Lea Sweney PT --bodyinsync@earthlink.net

Georgena Bayless --------gena1016@hotmail.com

Nicci George ----------------niccigeorge@comcast.net

KS

Donna Kimmell------------620-964-2259

Dorothy L. Gray -----------dorothylgray@yahoo.com

Kimmerly Schulte --------foster991@sbcglobal.net

Judy Metcalf ---------------kinlearn3jm@yahoo.com

KY

Susan Blanchett ----------sblanchett109@aol.com

Joyce E. Beasley

heartbrain_connection@yahoo.com

Susan F. Wedding --------cfm52@insightbb.com

LA

Tanya Simmons ----------braingymnola@yahoo.com

Wendy Piret -----------------braingym4all@hotmail.com

MA

June Smith ------------------jsmith@coletta.org

Bonnie Hershey, M.Ed --kinesconn@aol.com

Cecilia Koester, M.Ed

-------------- cecilia@movementbasedlearning.com

Susan Wilbur ---------------susanwilbur@charter.net

Karen McCarthy MS-----balancepoint@karenmccarthy.com

Candi Cosgrove -----------info@candicosgrove.com

Pamela Formosa OTRL pamformosa@aol.com

Kathleen Monahan -------joeandkathy@charter.net

Stephanie Beynon--------drsbeynon@comcast.net

Frances M. Bruen , OTR/L

-----------------------------------fbruen@yahoo.com

David Rota , M.Ed CSCS -rota.dave@yahoo.com

Kim Nanigian --------------knanigian@yahoo.com

Joanne Lavallee MS OTR/L

-----------------------------------celebrate2learn@comcast.net

Emily J. Hodos ------------dlconsultant@mac.com

Carol Hetrick ---------------carolhetrick@crocker.com

Mary H Burke MA --------burkee2@verizon.net

Joanne Lavallee MS OTR/L

-----------------------------------celebrate2learn@comcast.net

MD

Denise Figueiredo OTRL

-----------------------------------handsof_light@yahoo.com

Shoshana Shamberg OTRL

-----------------------------------shoshamberg@yahoo.com

Hillel Zeitlin -----------------mehyp@aol.com

Bonnie Kunkel -------------mehyp@aol.com

Sharon D. Montes MD --thedancingdoc@gmail.com

Zofi Graczyk, Ph.D. ------zofigraczyk@yahoo.com

Cynthia B. Alper ----------calp410@aol.com

Marian Briscuso ----------mbriscuso@comcast.net

Sharon D. Montes, MD -thedancingdoc@gmail.com

ME

Rita B. Theriault ----------rbtetoile@hotmail.com

Elizabeth Phillips ---------elizabeth@purplelog.com

Margaret B. Marshall ---infinitelearning@midmaine.com

Beth Stoddard MBA -----bethstoddard@trainthebrain.biz

Jean Rice --------------------jbrice@suscom-maine.net

Jennifer Cammack OTR/L

-----------------------------------jennifercammack@yahoo.com

Betsy Beardsley MAT EDD

-----------------------------------elizabebeardsl@aol.com

MI

Susan Owens MS OTR -mibraingym@aol.com

Monica Panagos , Ph.D. mibraingym@ymail.com

Katy L. Held ----------------ktheld@comcast.net

Christopher Loughrin ---loughrin@charter.net

Antoinette J. DeLuca MA

-----------------------------------sammy1003@sbcglobal.net

Nancy L. Ramsdell -------nancyangel@me.com

Jacqueline Groenendyck4

-----------------------------------jacque.g@att.net

MaryAnn N. Short--------maryann1066@sbcglobal.net

Pamela J. Van Zwoll -----pvanzwoll51@chartermi.net

Lucy N. French -----------patnlucy@comcast.net

Opal Wong -------------------owong80@gmail.com

Amy Cherry -----------------amychry@sbcglobal.net

Richard E. Bole------------rbole@techaide.org

Nancy Kelly -----------------nkellyot@hotmail.com

Rebecca Kirk ---------------rkirk@tds.net

Lucy Humphrey -----------lucyhumphrey7@gmail.com

MN

Catherine Athorp ---------misskittyonherown@hotmail.com

Cindy Goldade , M.Ed --cingold35@mac.com

Amy Unger ------------------minnesotabraingym@gmail.com

Elizabeth Grambsch MA

-----------------------------------crescendocenter@yahoo.com

Kari Murlowski ------------kari@theintegrationstation.com

Judith Besch ---------------judeandgary@msn.com

Lisa Anderson MS--------andersonlisa@charter.net

30 l The Brain Gym Global Observer l May 2011

Nancy Riley -----------------tnriley3@q.com

Joni Polehna ----------------polehna@usfamily.net

Margaret Freischel -------mfreischel@aol.com

Benilee Luce----------------benileeluce@yahoo.com

Anna Nameny --------------anameny775@hotmail.com

Monique Ferre -------------madame.ferre@gmail.com

Jean Grech ------------------grechj@invergrove.k12.mn.us

Judy Sue Christenson RN

-----------------------------------judysue@design4hlth.com

Sandra Gust ----------------leaveneer@aol.com

MO

Gail Velten -------------------gail.velten@kirkwoodschools.org

Nancy Peterson -----------brainconnections@yahoo.com

Kathy French ---------------kafrench@sbcglobal.net

Robin Ehrlich

------------------------ robin.ehrlich@kirkwoodschools.org

MT

Bonnie Zehentner, BSN RN

-----------------------------------brighthorizons@imt.net

Lisa Buford------------------lbuford@wispwest.net

Leila Zemke OTR/L ------zemlei@aol.com

NC

Sylvia Sue Greene MA --balance@boonenc.org

Martha Rhea Watts ------marthawatts1@yahoo.com

E. Kitt Paige ----------------kitt.integrative@verizon.net

Amy Arrendell , M.Ed ---waterfall@mindspring.com

Geri Lubash -----------------doyourbest2@bellsouth.net

Virginia J. Sutton BS MA ED

-----------------------------------virginiasutton@nc.rr.com

Cyndi Rapenske -----------828-297-5453

Mary Gray -------------------penysgwarn@yahoo.com

Amy E. Devereaux --------adevereaux@nc.rr.com

Brenda Bowman Irvin --brendabirvin@bellsouth.net

Lainie Shimpock Cribb BS

-----------------------------------lainiecribb@yahoo.com

Lydia Coyner Harrelson -singingmama@gmail.com

Mary Gray -------------------penysgwarn@yahoo.com

Elizabeth Percival

---------------------- weareourdreamscometrue@gmail.com

Jan Tremon-Jenkins, MLAS

-----------------------------------jtremonjenkins@yahoo.com

ND

Debra Conklin--------------dconklin@oakes.k12.nd.us

Cynthia Ross MS ---------crossingbridges@msn.com

NE

Ruth Murray ----------------movementsolutions@cox.net

NH

Shelley Earley --------------earleyschmidt@earthlink.net

Pamela F. Seed MA ------603-524-6733

Susan Stepick , M.Ed ---sstepick@yahoo.com

Kim Rheinlander , M.Ed --kim.rheinlander@dartmouth.edu

Candi Cosgrove -----------info@candicosgrove.com

Deidre (Dee Dee) Thurber

-----------------------------------learntomove@comcast.net

Carol L. Stone -------------brat222@msn.com

Krista Diamond MED ---kadi.diamond@gmail.com

NJ

Connie Green---------------congreen@aol.com

Karen Reuther -------------kreuther3@verizon.net

Aili Pogust , Ph.D. --------pogust@verizon.net

Marcia Cook ----------------marciacook@bigplanet.com

Teresa Burik, EDD -------tburik@optonline.net

NM

Kazuko (Kay) Takagi ----harmony8612@yahoo.co.jp

Mary Ann Moser ----------mosersantafe@hotmail.com

Debi Peterson --------------yoga4brains@aol.com

Denise Raven LISW ------knitraven@gmail.com

Sarah Day -------------------sarahday@swcp.com

NY

Paula Oleska ---------------p.oleska@verizon.net

Chet Wolfsont , Ph.D. ---chetsgym@gmail.com

Rochelleah Robin Davis robinsrare@aol.com

Leonora Foster ------------leonorafoster@yahoo.com

Elaine Magidson MA SAS

-----------------------------------elmagid@aol.com

Rebecca Holt MA ---------brightmoves@gmail.com

Masha Rochel Mitchell MS SP ED

-----------------------------------merylmasha@yahoo.com

Kate Baer-Gagola MS ---jimkatemdrew@hotmail.com

Surel Goldfinger ----------thebridgeschild@aol.com

Linda Case ------------------llcviolin@yahoo.com

Malkeh Ehrenfeld ---------malkehehrenfeld@yahoo.com

Mariola Strahlberg -------shiningmtn@aol.com

Marjie Citron ---------------marjie5454@earthlink.net

Emily Eisen -----------------balance@brainworksplus.com

Rebecca Holt MA ---------brightmoves@gmail.com

Janice Fiore -----------------jfiore@stny.rr.com

Mari Miyoshi ---------------mari.miyoshi@gmail.com

Terry Quigley MS ---------tquigley1@nycap.rr.com

Patricia Urban -------------sabharp@att.net

Patricia Allen ---------------tallen23@att.net

Candace Morano ---------cmorano@me.com

Susan Grace ----------------sgrace3@gmail.com

OH

Cindy Hill alltherightmoves@swohio.twcbc.com

Elizabeth Ames RN ------shoe@cinci.rr.com

Shanon Paglieri MSPT -shanon@learning-in-motion.com

Ann Lo ------------------------ann_lo@hboe.org

Linda K. Mizer -------------lkmizer@att.net

Carolyn Nyland ------------cbnyland@yahoo.com

Caren Truske ---------------ctsynergy@aol.com

Barbara Samson MED -knesthetic@aol.com

Joanna Pallos --------------jootbuck@aol.com

David Saunders -----------saunders@main-net.com

Pamela Fox Denzler OTRL -pdenzler@att.net

Laura Marvin ---------------lcmarvin@windstream.net

OK

Carol Rowell ----------------balancebydesign4u@gmail.com

Rosalyn R. Kalmar -------rrkalmar@aol.com

OR

Mariya Masters ------------mariyairenemasters@gmail.com

Jeanine DuBois------------jdubois1776@gmail.com

Diane Malik MA -----------303-834-8506

Carla Judge MAT----------cjeducate@comcast.net

Robert M. Ficker ----------robertficker@gmail.com

Diane Lovejoy --------------diane@musicianbyheart.com

Ric Levendosky ------------rclevendosky@hotmail.com

Elizabeth Markell ---------541-482-2159

PA

Adele C. Juzi----------------ajuzi@aol.com

Katie Dayton MA ----------daytonsdk@yahoo.com

Betty Lerer ------------------bettylerer@gmail.com

Debra Parliman -----------debraparliman@yahoo.com

RI

Nancy Whyte Sherman MED

-----------------------------------nwsherman@verizon.net

Jeanne M Donato EDD -jeannedonato@aol.com

Joseph Schechtman-----fquad@cox.net

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SC

Sandra Benfield -----------gsbenfield@bellsouth.net

Gaile Sickel -----------------coastal7@comcast.net

Barbara Weisner MA ----bwise123@hargray.com

TN

Steve Best -------------------scbest@tds.net

Sarah K. Davis -------------edu.enrichment@yahoo.com

Tx

Tracy Sellers----------------trsell91@hotmail.com

Elizabeth Cowden --------krtbabe44@aol.com

Sylvia Saenz MED --------sylviaads88@gmail.com

Patricia Kyte Rach MED -patrach@pnx.com

Angie Cox --------------------acox79088@gmail.com

Thad Trahan Jr MS ------t_trahan@yahoo.com

Sherri Kain ------------------saktiger@hotmail.com

Sharon Heller MS --------braingymlady@sbcglobal.net

Leslie Martin-Bassinger -slp3d@hotmail.com

Terry Wade ------------------713-952-9717

Amanda Letsos OTR ----aletsos@galenaparkisd.com

Susan H. Chandler MED LPC

-----------------------------------sdchandler@sbcglobal.net

Jeanne Tamez -------------ftamez@satx.rr.com

Mary Hohl -------------------mrhohl@hotmail.com

MaryAnn Girard BSW MED

-----------------------------------magirard@sbcglobal.net

Camille Brown -------------ccb@suddenlink.net

Marth Vincent MED -----marthvincent@gmail.com

Lynn Negrin-----------------lnegrin@thejoyschool.org

Shayla Hill -------------------shaylakhill@gmail.com

Ruthie Roberts ------------switchonlearning@gmail.com

Jamie Flanagan -----------mrsjdflanagan@gmail.com

UT

Barbara Jenkins BS ED --b.jenkins@q.com

Sara Banister MA ED ---sarabanister@hotmail.com

Sharon Plaskett -----------info@learningmoves.com

Pat Shumway --------------prhshum@juno.com

Ilse Jakobovits -------------gudrun75@earthlink.net

Tawni K. Lawrence -------tawni.lawrence@att.net

Donna S., MS --------------donnasewell@comcast.net

VA

Don Wetsel MA LAC -----dewetsel@gmail.com

Elizabeth (Lisa) Cary ---caryed@verizon.net

Jackie Grondin ------------jackiegrondin@hotmail.com

Colleen T. Small MED SP ED

-----------------------------------colleen.small@fcps.edu

Andrea Fry MED ----------ajfry@hotmail.com

Brenda Root PHD -------breroot@aol.com

Alice W. Krum --------------alice_krum@yahoo.com

Susan Gaeta ----------------susangaeta@hotmail.com

Ruthann Pisaretz ---------braingym@teacher.com

Lynn D. Cox BS MA MS

-----------------------------------monarchLC@aol.com

Michael Cerreto -----------cerreto@atalentedmind.com

Denise Neveux -------------dneveux@cox.net

Terry Sanchez MA --------tfsanchez@cox.net

Joan Kruzicki MA ---------joange2@embarqmail.com

Jerry Teplitz ----------------jerry@teplitz.com

Stanley Gula ----------------stanleygula@safe-mail.net

VT

Zohara Zarfati MED -----B1withbraingym@gmail.com

WA

Rose Harrow ----------------rainroser@comcast.net

Mariya Masters ------------mariyairenemasters@gmail.com

Linda Perales---------------perales.linda@comcast.net

Sandra Kipper -------------sandrakipper13@gmail.com

Nancy Joy Callihan ------nhjcallihan@frontier.com

Emilie Bonney MED -----educationstation@msn.com

Olemara Peters ------------claricom@verizon.net

Mary Gilbert ----------------206-723-5936

Ingrid Agnew ---------------ingridagnew@hotmail.com

Lisa Buford------------------lbuford@wispwest.net

Dorothy Trimble ----------trimble@webband.com

Katie Leon -------------------nwleons@yahoo.com

Sonia Story BS ------------sonia@moveplaythrive.com

Julie Pearson ---------------juliepearson@live.com

Sandra Stanbury ---------faithsojourner@hotmail.com

Jeanne Franke -------------jeannefranke@hotmail.com

Mary Gilbert ----------------marylsgilbert@msn.com

Amy Honeycutt ------------amyh-bodyworx@comcast.net

WI

Donna Tveten OTR -------tvetenway@yahoo.com

Pamela Luedtke -----------pamelaluedtke@gmail.com

Peg Johnson ----------------peterpan@palacenet.net

Jaime Allison Rambo ---jr.ican@yahoo.com

WV

Charlotte Jean Pritt -----betterbalance@gmail.com

Charlotte McIntyre MA -cmcintyre@wvadventures.net

WY

Pamela Moore MED -----dnpmoore@bresnan.net

Barbara E. Smith MSOM LAC

-----------------------------------edukservices@earthlink.net

Rebecca Luhm -------------erluhm@bresnan.net

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Edith Laidlaw --------------edith@mailme.ae

Brigitte Muhr-Berthold -chmuhr@aol.com

Anna Mitchell --------------annamitchell@me.com

UNITED KINGDOM

England

David Hubbard MMCA --david-hubbard@talktalk.net

Kay McCarroll DC AMC MMCA

-----------------------------------kay@hendonnaturalhealth.co.uk

Alan Heath ------------------info@learning-solutions.co.uk

Jennifer Hand --------------jennifer.hand@movetolearn.co.uk

Grace Hoi Sze Chan -----h.s.g.chan@gold.ac.uk

Wales

Sue Peace -------------------sue.peace@braingym.org.uk

VENEzUELA

Miranda

Luis Aguilera ---------------sanjuanero@gmail.com

Ninoska Giannavola Macaluso

-----------------------------------ninagiannavola@gmail.com

Tibisay Giannavola Macaluso

-----------------------------------tibisayg2003@gmail.com

Luz Marina Zerpa de Grune

-----------------------------------luzmar0805@hotmail.com

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