| MAKING THE BRAIN/BODY
CONNECTION |
A playful guide to
releasing mental, emotional and physical blocks to
success.
Media Comments:
Maclean’s Magazine, Feb 8,
1999. "Stressed out after a bad
day at the office? Vancouver kinesiologist Sharon
Promislow offers effective strategies for relieving
stress, boosting attention and optimizing performance in
Making the Brain/Body Connection"
The Vancouver Province, Oct. 5,
1998. "..a fun and informative
collection of philosophy, attitude tips and stressbusting
info....The book approaches the impact of modern life on
our functioning, and gives ways to better cope."
K.Ann
Kerr, Synchronicity Magazine: Nov 1998.
"As
advertised by the subtitle, this book provides "a
playful guide to releasing mental, physical and emotional
blocks to success." You may need several copies
since the simple but powerful techniques that are
described will benefit the entire family. There are tips
for rapid learning, help for reading problems, techniques
for getting rid of headaches, exercises to remove mild
dyslexia, stress reducers and techniques that will make
you more effective in challenging situations. They all
work! Excellent indexes make it easy to find what you
need. Cross-referencing is unusually well done. An
extensive bibliography and contact addresses are
provided."
Noel Wright, North Shore News,
Sept 9, 1998.
"First a word on the author, for 12 years a
practicing specialized kinesiologist -- a profession that
sent me groping for my Oxford Dictionary (it defines
kinesiology as "the study of the mechanics of body
movements")...Forget about that traditional
"mind over matter" stuff. As the above
dictionary definition indicates, Sharon starts with the
body. Or, to put it a little more accurately, she regards
body and brain as a single, closely interlocked unit,
neither part being "superior" to the other and
each equally capable of affecting the working of the
other. So improved mental performance can be brought
about, and "stuck circuits" unblocked, by all
kinds of purely physical stimuli. ... Detailed
descriptions of those often unorthodox exercises,
together with detailed analyses of exactly why and how
they affect the brain cells make up much of the book.
Given the complexity of the subject, the writing is
admirably clear, light touch and understandable to the
lay reader. It’s also copiously illustrated on
virtually every page with delightful explanatory cartoons
by Laura Loucks. Some 70% of current knowledge of the
brain having reportedly been discovered during the
1990’s, you should wind up knowing more about the
grey stuff between your ears than the top brain surgeons
knew just a short decade or two ago."
Your Comments:
Casey from San Diego, California ,
October 16, 1999
It
saved my eyes & boosted my energy! As an artist, I
deal often with eyestrain, stiffness... and of course,
procrastination. The brilliance of this book is that it
provides physical activities one can perform to make you
feel better. I love the eye exercises; when I start to
get a little fuzzy I take a few minutes to do them, and I
instantly experience sharper vision. The emotional
balancers are really great when you're feeling tense, or
just as a relaxer before you go to bed.
I appreciate the overviews for each section, and the
notes pages so I can keep track of my favorite
activities, or which ones work best for me. NB: The
section 4 activities on "recharging your
battery" are great for getting you out of your rut
when you don't feel like doing anything. You should
definitely try these instead of coffee!
Ms. Promislow explains why her activities work in a
simple and fun way. All in all, a very helpful book. I
think everybody with a brain should have it... and keep
it somewhere you can use it every day. PS I LOVE the
cartoons!
Yvette Eastman
(Yvette@touchpointreflexology.com) from British Columbia,
Canada , September 24, 1999
Easy-to-read,
& understand, concise self-help on all levels. Ms.
Promislow has developed material simply, yet deeply, to
allow the reader a very clear understanding of the
brain's functions. More importantly, she has not
separated the brain function away from the body's
dynamics. She uses the pathways of the body to retrain
the learning process. The illustrations are
humorous,provide witty relief, and appeal to the child
within. The material has been excellently researched, and
a fine bibliography is added. Along with my praise of her
book, I commend Ms. Promislow for her ability to credit
the many people who paved the road to brain function.
This book is an excellent "how-to" manual for
young and old and can help to defuse many learning
dis-abilities.
Wayne Topping, PhD, Author, Success
Over Distress.
"Sharon Promislow has drawn together
a wonderful combination of delightfully simple yet
powerfully effective strategies for people of all ages to
optimize performance. Anyone wishing to reduce stress,
regain the joy of learning and increase empowerment in
challenging situations must have this book."
Raleigh Philp, Adjunct Professor,
Graduate School of Education and Psychology, Pepperdine
University.
"This
book is very readable and will serve as a good
introduction to applied brain discoveries for many people
who would never pick up a Gazzaniga, a Le Doux or a
Damasio. Perhaps one of the best contributions is the
enticement for lay readers to go further because the book
is so easy to read and chocked full of good
applications."
Dr. John Thie, Founder of Touch For
Health.
"A
clear and fun introduction to the basic principles of
holistic wellbeing. You will gain insight into how the
brain, body and emotions interact, and classic tools for
immediate improvement in how you feel and perform."
gerrythorpe@hotmail.com from
Toronto, Canada , May 27, 1999
Don't
be put off by the illustrations. This book is a real
hands-on resource. It does a great job of describing a
lot of information that I haven't seen anywhere else and
then presents you with a large number of exercises to try
out the information! I learned a LOT about my
neurophysiology from doing the exercises in this book
My only objection to this book is that the illustrations
make the book seem juvenile... but it's not !
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