Wake Your Brain uses movement to energize and empower students, decrease stress levels, and improve coordination of the nervous system for optimal learning, focus, and integration. All the neuro-exercises can be performed in a chair or wheelchair with limited mobility. This course was designed for bigger kiddos who need a quick brain break, but can't find something suitable on YouTube. This course used no music and no dancing, but used science-based, seated exercises to Wake Your Brain during on-line learning!

We will get our blood flowing to wake up our bodies and brains with basic stretches.
We will use cross-body movements to activate both sides of our brain.
We will practice eye exercises to improve coordination and creative thinking.
We will attempt fine motor coordination exercises to improve coordination in handwriting.
We will learn breathing techniques to deepen our body awareness and connect to our mindfulness.
We will close with words of positive affirmation and visualization.

This class can be used to prepare for learning, take a break between learning, or get your wiggles out and refocus.
As a physical therapist and dance educator, Ms Annika will lead the movements in the chair pushed back from a desk. These movements use neuroscience to coordinate the hemispheres of the brain, increase blood flow, and improve concentration especially during on-line learning. This will be a fun, high-energy class!

This is an on-going class. While you may come and go as you please, our themes will keep rotating to practice the techniques in new and exciting ways every month! The more you practice, the better you Wake Your Brain!
Week 1--Focus
Week 2--Flexibility of Thought
Week 3--Emotional Regulation
Week 4--Organization and Patterning
Week 5 (if there are 5 weeks in the month)--Practicing and Pause