"I really enjoyed the Brain Gym® 101 course, the fact that you learn so much but don’t' feel overwhelmed.  The Instructor, Jill Hewlett, is warm, open, inviting, knowledgeable, humorous, inspiring, encouraging, amazing, incredible, fantastic, ....... Jillicious!  I really like the amount of peer to peer interaction during the training.

Professionally, I am doing my Masters in Health Care Professionals Teachers Education and I have a lot of presentations to give. I always do PACE (a series of Brain Gym® movements) as well as other Brain Gym® movements with my audience and explain the “why”. My classmates are all experienced health care professionals; many are internationally trained physicians from all over the world.  At first I think they thought I was a bit nuts, but now that they have experienced the benefits of Brain Gym® for themselves, they seem to "get it".

In my Master's program, I see in people's faces and bodies how different they are after we do Brain Gym® as a group. If we are doing a full day of class presentations, I am finding myself (uncharacteristically of me) asking to present first so that I can incorporate some Brain Gym® in my own presentation. This helps reduce everyone's stress, including my own and gets people prepared for listening and for doing their own presentations. I have been told when I engage the group with Brain Gym® movements, it sets the tone for the day. It helps to reduce my own anxiety as well as it get’s everyone laughing a bit and breathing more calmly and deeply.

The feedback that I get on my master's presentations from my Professors and from classmates has been overwhelmingly supportive. Everyone LOVES Brain Gym® movements. I have heard over and over again that it breaks up the monotony in presentations; it helps people listen and refreshes them. With the support of Brain Gym®, so far I have finished three Graduate studies classes and have received all A's.

Personally, I do PACE before I shower daily, it definitely calms my engine. I also do Brain Gym® if I have a class or meeting and I need to pay attention and listen or be attentive and talk. I use different Brain Gym® movements for different daily activities before I begin them.  I have very limited time doing a part-time masters degree, as well as holding down a full time demanding job working with kids who have special needs and building a private Occupational Therapy practice. With Brain Gym®, I am managing my stress very effectively!"

Ashleigh Eccles, Occupational Therapist, Part Time Graduate Studies Student