What is a Balance?

Brain Gym® is about exercising ,sharpening and making the most of  your brain power . It is an educational system created by Dr Paul Dennison that allows you to reeducate the mind – body system towards a desired goal. When you start using Brain Gym  you stimulate the flow of information and processing within the brain and between the brain and body. And why is this so important? Because as you do so ,  your natural ability to learn and function at optimun efficiency is restored.  The body is the structure for learning . We need to make sure that our body is prepared for learning , that our eyes are teaming together , our ears open to listen and our coordination at its best.
Brain Gym® can be experienced in different ways.! It can be used while you are learning or practicing something in order to remember the information, become unstuck, concentrate,  accelerate the process of learning, in fact, to optimize teaching and learning. The other context in which brain gym is experienced is through balances-

Then, what is a balance? It is a process whereby the person is balanced towards that desired goal. Learning blocks in relation to the goals are identified and dealt with... In this one on one session you can overcome learning difficulties, improve in any area you might feel weak, stuck or not functioning at top efficiency.
Let me give you three examples of sessions I had , two of which were with children: a primary student , a high school student  and one with an adult.

Pablo, who was 11 years old, first  came for a session with his mum because of quite a lot of suffering at school. He could never finish copying from the board , he found it hard to read , had problems in math , among other things. It looks like an endless list and it really was! Let´s say school was equivalent to prison. Not only because things didn´t go well there but also because as soon as he was done with school , he had to do extra things to catch up after school.
I noticed in our first session that  he could neither draw a lazy eight nor follow it with his eyes. This is the figure of a sleeping eight or the infinity symbol, whatever you want to call it. Among other things, at that point I could understand why he found it so hard to read. When we read our eyes should harmoniously team together and cross the midline but this is not always the case. He was hardly able to cross the midline!!! This is just one little and at the same time significant thing I noticed which after having worked for some time, it really  paid off.

The other boy, who was 13,  had communication problems. He was very shy and had big difficulties to relate to people.
A very important reflex which had not been integrated at the right time hugely affected him and so we worked on it . After some time , his relationships changed completely, even the relationship with himself who was then able to listen to his needs . Thus, he also started building his self confidence. Needless to say , he also raised his marks at school.

And last but not least, the case of an adult who wanted to obtain her  driver´s license  but didn´t dare to go through the testing process. After talking for a while , I asked her if she had had trouble at school or university every time she had to sit for an exam and she said she did.. So I balanced her for taking the driver´s license test easily and after two weeks she visited me again with tears in her eyes and the driver´s license in her hand!!

It is very rewarding to see the wonderful transformations people experience when they go through balances!!
There are no requirements to practice brain gym. Anybody can practice brain gym, from little children to adults,  within their own possibilities. Even people who cannot move. You can do the exercises for themselves  while they are looking at you and in this way  they ´ll activate their mirror neurons. Certainly, it is always a good idea to ask the physician if you are allowed to do all the exercises if you have some physical discomfort or disease.

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Gabriela Lombardo  holds a degree as a Sworn Translator from Universidad del Salvador, Buenos Aires, Argentina. She has been working as an English teacher  for 18 years now . She also gives in company training. In her classes she applies  humanistic as well as brain-friendly approaches in the teaching of the language so that students acquire it easily and with joy.  She also facilitates one to one sessions to help children and  adults in private sessions to defuse learning difficulties and stress related issues, thus enhancing performance, increasing self-esteem and reducing stress, returning the person to an awareness of CHOICE. She is a yoga practitioner and a certified Brain Gym â Consultant / Instructor , member of Brain Gym â International. She has also nade presentations in different congresses .She is at present studying psiconeuroeducation, teaching English in companies, Brain Gymâ and counseling parents, teachers, schools and any person interested in learning  and applying these wonderful techniques. She can be reached at: centrojoyful@fibertel.com.ar .
Buenos Aires, Argentina. (011)-4523-5261.