Brain Gym and Me
Paul E. Dennison
Edu-Kinesthetics, Inc
ISBN: 0-942143-11-6
Non-Fiction, Education
Reviewed by Dr. Tami Brady

Like many parents, I have often wondered if the educational system actually suited my children’s unique learning needs. Despite huge strides in technology and general global knowledge our children still learn primarily by rout. As was true in our day, today only a small percentage of the children in school today actually find this method natural. The majority of children find themselves trying to learn, getting stressed out, and inevitably hating school. In this day and age that just isn’t acceptable.

Dr. Paul E. Dennison experienced firsthand the difficulties of our current school systems. Despite that he was obviously intelligent and went on to experience the pleasure of learning, his first few years of school really ate away at his self esteem. The inherent problems behind these experiences became his focus. Thus, began Brain Gym.

Brain Gym is an easy to use program that relaxes and refocuses the student so that he or she can allow their natural intelligence to flow. The exercises are extremely simple. I did some of them as I read the book and really noticed a difference in my attention to the reading and my overall stress level. Perhaps more importantly I now notice how I feel when I read, write, or work. I see the connection between my tensed up muscles of my neck and my difficulty in concentrating.  I feel the stress in my hand and arm as I try to write neatly. I think the good doctor is definitely on to something here.