Workshops

Dive deep into the 26 Brain Gym® activities. Experience them in your body. Gain a better understanding of each movement, the philosophy behind the Brain Gym program, and how this knowledge can support your daily life routine. Open to all females

A chance to come together and balance as a group for a goal of your choosing.

Experience a sequence of safe and simple activities especially for relieving stress. This includes several relaxing Brain Gym movements and a gentle acupressure-tapping technique frequently used to defuse the pain of extreme stress. The 90-minute session is designed to be immediately helpful and can be repeated on your own independently as often as needed afterwards, using the free follow-up materials. Saturdays 10:00 AM Central. Dates and times are negotiable.

In this workshop, we delve into the ancient wisdom of the Five Elements (water, wood, fire, earth, and metal). Rooted in Chinese philosophy, to unlock a deeper understanding of yourself, your relationships, your health and your personal growth.

This workshop was designed for Brain Gym® instructors, consultants, and students who have completed Brain Gym® 101 to extend any knowledge you may already have as it relates to the Five Elements.

Workshop Includes:
1. Introduction to the Five Elements: Explore each element’s characteristics and their significance in ancient Chinese philosophy, setting the foundation for greater awareness of yourself and others.

2. Understanding Your Dominant Element: Learn to identify your dominant element and its influence on your behavior, your communication style, and health. We will draw from the teachings of Donna Eden, a pioneer in Energy Medicine, and The Eden Method courses, paving the way for holistic healing and enhanced balance outcomes.

3. Compassion and Connection: Understand how embracing the Five Elements can cultivate compassion for yourself and others, strengthening your relationships and aiding in stress management.

4. Balancing Techniques: Discover practical energy techniques provided by Eden Energy Medicine to rebalance each element and foster inner harmony. These techniques will be wonderful additions to your stress management toolkit and Brain Gym techniques, helping you and those you serve manage emotions more effectively.

5. Interactive Exploration: Gain insights on how the Five Elements supports Brain Gym balances. Learn to incorporate these principles into daily life and interactions to better understand others and support their emotional and physical well-being.

Engage in interactive learning and conversation with a community of like-minded individuals. Explore the practical applications of the Five Elements in modern life and practice, enriching your wellness journey and professional expertise.

Experience whole-brain integration through whole-body movement. Learn the 26 Brain Gym activities, Edu-K’s Five Steps to Easy Learning, and Dennison Laterality Repatterning as you discover an exciting tool for reaching personal goals. What this course conveys can be applied by students, teachers, parents, artists, athletes, healthcare workers, business professionals . . . you name it!
24 Hours, prerequisite: Brain Gym 104
Please note that this course is for females only

Calling all who have taken Brain Gym® and/or Touch for Health!

Do you have questions about techniques and procedures from the Brain Gym and/or Touch for Health class(es) you have taken? Are you looking for a way to practice what you have learned? Are you in need of a balance? Do you need some coaching when balancing a family member or friend? Are you itchy to receive a balance?

If so, Practice Evening would be a perfect way to hone your balancing techniques and have the opportunity to give and receive a balance. Meeting via zoom allows us to attend solo (and be partnered up with another attendee) or have a friend or family member as your partner. Bonnie will be close by for any needed support!

This is a terrific way to give and receive balances as well as connect with those using Brain Gym and Touch for Health.

Questions? Or to register email Bonnie or call 339-223-0749. Please register at least 3 days in advance to receive an invoice and zoom link. Thanks!

Let us explore, identify and perceive where it is easy or challenging in our oral and written speech patterns. What do I need to be able to speak, read and write? And how do I support when the same “mistakes” are repeated over and over again ? We often try to solve learning difficulties at the same level – we read when we have reading difficulties, we write when we have difficulties with spelling, etc. This is not always helpful. There are certain requirements that must be met in order to be able to speak or write successfully. Learn how easy it can be to speak, read and write with joy and ease. This workshop is especially valuable for people who are looking for the key to their creativity.

Learning is a whole-body event! It can be fun, exciting … and sometimes frustrating and stress-producing. Everyone has strengths associated with learning and performance. However, when faced with challenging learning situations we may lose focus, interest and enthusiasm. It doesn’t need to be that way! Change those moments of frustration back to the joy of learning using simple Brain Gym® activities.

Come explore the principles and concepts of Brain Gym® in a 2-hour introduction. This is a great way to energize school staff and parents, reduce stress, and ultimately pass along what is learned to children and/or students. The Brain Gym material is discussed and experienced on a whole-body level to promote self-care and self-direction for optimal learning and performance.

You will leave with:
• tools to immediately put into use for yourself, your family and your students.
• an easy, yet empowering self-evaluation technique that gives instant feedback about learning readiness.
• 4 simple activities that restore focus, organization and motivation.
• a taste of the 26 Brain Gym Activities that make learning a joy.

Interested in rapidly improving your ability to organize, focus, and communicate? Want some tools to share with your family or your students? In this active introductory workshop (which is the first day of "Brain Gym 104") learn how to use specially designed physical movements for relaxed alertness and sharp concentration. Brain Gym is a powerful, effective, and safe program leading to Peak Performance for all of our important moments!

This workshop opens the way for you to check your own ideas and bring them into balance. It makes it possible to question your still unfulfilled desires for children and gently address related emotional issues such as more responsibility, performance or the courage to live more dynamically and stress-free. The clarification of perceptual questions can be e.g. to strengthen your decision-making, your ability to actively shape your life and your “feeling welcome” again.

Is burnout really solely due to excessive work behaviour ? Nature provides that it is the child who regulates the closeness and distance to the person in the relationship and to the environment. When the baby is ready, it initiates childbirth, and also continues to move away in motor development at his own pace. It is the curiosity, the desire to grow and experience something as well as the basic need for freedom that inspires these steps. If this self-control is interfered with too much, there is not enough room to conquer the environment. The consequence may be a deep sense of longing and un-fulfillment. What does this fact have to do with the modern phenomenon of burnout ? The longing reflex is the invisible umbilical cord, it is almost the long leash that offers me security from the dangers that I cannot yet assess myself. At the heart of this first of four courses of relationship reflexes is the longing reflex. We long for freedom, adventure, the special, for recognition and love. We can invite the environment to give us this through our joy, openness, curiosity and good charisma. But why are we doing this ? Why don’t we just give it to ourselves and let ourselves overflow with it. This is a workshop that brings surprising insights. It offers integrative balances for courage and energy in everyday life.

Is it possible to live and learn with full sensory participation? We believe so. A day full of ideas, games and information that will enhance your sensory perception: Perception, feeling, smell, taste, sight, hearing and balance. Our senses lead us into the world and at the same time bring it to us. They enrich our lives, secure and shape our learning and serve our health and well-being. They give a meaning to our life and make it alive. Let’s playfully face our everyday stress, time pressure and maybe even burnout in this workshop.

• levels of perception • development of vestibular system, self-perception, feeling, hearing, sight, smell and taste • balances

Workshop founder: Renate Wennekes

Dive into the world of your own pregnancy and experience the curiosity, the wonder and the joy. Recognise patterns that have existed at this crucial moment and continue to appear again and again in your life to this day. In this workshop you will work on two levels: On the one hand, you come into contact with your curiosity and fascination of your own incarnation. On the other level, you will receive information on how to accompany and support pregnant women. In addition, you will receive relevant information on dealing with adopted children, foster children, as well as their families of origin.

• awareness from the beginning • mother/fatherhood • support during pregnancy • stages of pregnancy and the period after it • early bonding • balances

Workshop founder: Renate Wennekes

Looking back on our early childhood, we rediscover some of our unconscious belief systems and programs. What have I copied, what have I accepted or created myself and what inhibits my happiness, my success and my ability to experience and perform ? Attitudes, values, behaviours of the family of origin, society and own experiences determine the framework in which I live. A journey to openness, truth, development and compassion. What am I holding on to ? With what rigid expectations do I try to impose my will on myself or others ?

The early childhood reflexes form the basis for physical, emotional and cognitive development. The reflexes provide us with the first movement experiences, control our birth and ensure our survival in the first months after birth. Experience this on your own body and discover what influence a lack of integration or inhibition of natural development can have on your posture, movement or reactions in everyday life, on learning and on relationships. Use this workshop to work on your posture and movement patterns and to support the development of the children.

• reflexes and reactions as the foundation of our development • protective, grasp and postural reflexes • balances

Workshop founder: Renate Wennekes

Take a loving look at your own birth and experience once again how this fundamental change felt coming to this world. Explore how you deal with changes in your everyday life today. How does your birth experience affect your life in our modern, fast-paced world ? How can we prepare to “give birth” to something new ? In this workshop you will learn about childbirth and how you can support yourself and others in preparing for the birth process.

• preparation for childbirth • phases of birth • bonding • to be welcome and customise • balances

Workshop Founder: Renate Wennekes

Our ability to adapt to constantly changing circumstances depends heavily on the fact that someone is there for us who understands us and fulfils all our dreams. Who was able to receive all this ? The disappointment, the feeling of being left alone and the feeling of being separated casts a shadow on our adult love life, our partnership and our relationships. The early childhood bond during pregnancy, childbirth and in the months immediately after birth allows us to experience security, trust and closeness to the mother’s body. The bonding reflex is an essential support in rediscovering closeness to oneself and to others. Restore your natural ability to love and engage in relationships. The bonding reflex is a great help to rediscover the closeness within self and others. How connected am I within myself and others in relationship ? How do I feel about relationships ? Where do I lose energy ? How do I feel with closeness and distance ?

Workshop founder: Renate Wennekes