Join us for this exciting and life changing free event featuring 20 experts who will guide you through a 10 day journey of life improvement.

The Tapping World Summit starts Monday, February 4th, 2013. Be sure to reserve your spot today.

Tapping Summit

Day 1 – Tapping and Finances

Presentation #1:
Wipe Out Your Money Worries with Tapping… Permanently!

Presentation #2:
Breakthrough to the Success You Deserve with Tapping

Day 2 – Weight Loss

Presentation #1:
End Your Weight Loss Frustrations For Good with EFT

Presentation #2:
Tap Your Way to Easy and Empowering Weight Loss

Day 3 – Self Love and Self Care

Presentation #1:
Nurture Yourself to Abundance

Presentation #2:
The Spiritual Power of Being Sexy!

Day 4 – Pain Relief

Presentation #1:
The Simple Way to Tap Away Those Constant Headaches

Presentation #2:
Put an End to Your Pains with EFT

Day 5 – Make Change Happen Fast

Presentation #1:
Embracing Change with the Power of Tapping

Presentation #2:
Dramatically Increase Your Business Income with EFT

Day 6 – Exploring Tapping Further

Presentation #1:
How Your Children Can Conquer Anxiety with Tapping

Presentation #2:
The Incredible Power of Choice-Based Tapping

Day 7 – See more clearly! Your eyes and your life

Presentation #1:
How to Improve Your Eyesight with EFT

Presentation #2:
Get Rid of the Clutter in your Home and Heart!

Day 8 – Relationship Day

Presentation #1:
Reboot Your Relationship With Energy Work

Presentation #2:
Enriching your Relationships Through EFT

Day 9 – Vision of the Future

Presentation #1:
Create and Crystallize your Most Powerful Vision with EFT

Presentation #2:
Deeper Faith: Let Tapping Lead You to A More Profound Spirituality

Day 10 – Integration Day

Presentation #1:
Integration Process

Presentation #2:
Personal Peace Procedure

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You can either click on each link and the PDF file will open on your screen, or you can “right click” on the links and save the files to your own computer so you can print them out or read them later. Enjoy!

Seven Facts About The Brain

Staying Sharp Puzzle Pack (Word Find, Word Jumble and Cryptograms for Older Students and Adults)

Mindboggling Puzzle Pack (Word Find and Word Scramble for Middle School Age Students)

MindBoggling Puzzle Book (Word Find for Students in Kindergarten through Grade 3)

Brain Focused Coloring Sheets

Sheet One
Sheet Two
Sheet Three

Classic Puzzles Pack (A collection of previously released brain puzzles.)

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Expert psychologist, Dr. Drema Dial, is holding a free tele-class for women called:

“The Secret To Asking For What You Want And Getting It…Every Time”

(You men who are reading this don’t worry. We’ll have something just for you a little later.)

Now, ladies, get ready for this powerful, enlightening hour that will show you how to step into a confidence that puts you at ease in any situation – and attracts 100% of the right kind of people into your life.

During this brand new class you will learn:

• How To Get A Man To Do What You Want Him To – And Make Him Think It Was His Idea

• How to Say No In A Gentle But Firm Way And Make Others Feel Good About It

• How To Come Across as Happily Self Confident So People Naturally Say Yes To Your Request…Even If You Don’t Feel Confident At All

• How To Turn The Tables On Men So They Now Have To Prove To You That They Are Worthy Of Your Time and Attention

• The Perfect Time To Ask For What You Want And HOW Never To Approach A Man

You don’t even have to leave the comfort of your own couch – just click here and REGISTER FOR FREE and you will be able to attend the class by phone or by listening on a private page on your computer.

I will be attending this class, and I hope you will join me!

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We’ve also taken the brain teasers from the video and listed them separately (with solutions) in case you can not view the video. Yes, we’re talking to those of you playing these games at work…Don’t worry, we won’t give you up.

Start with the video below. You’ll see seven “word picture” brain teasers.
Your goal is to determine which common Christmas phrase is depicted in each
illustration. Good luck!

Below are each of the brain teasers from the video. Click the link below
each picture for the solution.

Click Here For The Solution

Click Here For The Solution

Click Here For The Solution

Click Here For The Solution

Click Here For The Solution

Click Here For The Solution

Click Here For The Solution

Click Here For The Solution

Ready for more? Try your hand at our flash brain games

Santa’s Sleigh Ride

Use logic and reasoning as you arrange the sleighs so that each is attached
to just one Santa.

 

Snowman Skiing

Sharpen your reflexes as you pick up the speeding pine cones, carrots and
branches to complete your snowman.

 

Christmas Tree Light Up

Rotate the wires and light bulbs so that they all connect and you will light up
the Christmas tree!

 

Christmas Gifts Game

Help Santa Claus deliver gifts to each of the homes. Bonus points for getting
the gifts down the chimneys!

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Click here to play.

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Musicians have bigger brains? The short answer is Yes. In recent years, due in large part to advances in functional brain imaging a new wave of research has revealed how sound shapes the brain. Let me touch on just a few of the findings.

Studies have shown that symphony orchestra musicians’ exhibit larger volumes of gray matter (neural cell bodies, dendrites and axons), in Broca’s area depending on how many years they have been playing an instrument.  Broca’s area is believed to contribute to speech production and verbal working memory. Findings indicate that, while the region’s size typically decreases as people age, musicians continue to average fifteen percent more gray matter here even well into their sixties.

Musicians Continue to Average Fifteen Percent

More Gray Matter Here Even Well Into Their Sixties

There was an interesting study published in The Journal of Neuroscience. Research conducted by Gottfried Schlaug at Harvard Medical School found structural differences in brain structures between musicians and non-musicians that may support those structural changes may be in response to training induced plasticity in the sensory-motor region.

A later study in The Neuroscientist suggests the potential for music making as an interactive treatment or intervention for neurological and developmental disorders, as well as those associated with normal aging.  A small area known as Heschl’s gyrus, part of the auditory cortex was found to have 130% more gray matter in professional musicians compared to non-musicians. Even among amateur musicians this region was measurably larger. Recently Cerebral Cortex published a study by German researchers that found professional singers have increased functional activation in the primary somatosensory cortex, basal ganglia, thalamus and the cerebellum.

The Brain Has a Remarkable Capacity

to Change in Response to the Environment

The brain has a remarkable capacity to change in response to the environment. And music playing and listening can bring about structural and behavioral changes. Numerous studies have established training-induced structural changes occur in the healthy adult human brain. Recently researchers have started investigating the role of musical training in early childhood. One study published in The Journal of Neuroscience demonstrates structural changes after only 15 months of musical training in early childhood, which were correlated with improvements in musically relevant motor and auditory skills.

Making Music is Good for Our Soul

and We Now Know it Can Transform Our Brain

The body of evidence is encouraging… So sing and play musical instruments. Making music is good for our soul and we now know it can transform our brain. We recently brought a beautiful grand piano into our home and will enjoy growing our brains together as a family as we tickle the ivory.  I wish we could take before and after fMRIs as case studies!

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There has been a tremendous amount of research that examines how music and sound affects us on a daily basis, both mentally and physically. Alex Doman, CEO of Advanced Brain Technologies and best selling author Don Campbell have taken this research and written a brand new book called Healing at the Speed of Sound(TM).

Inside they show you how to use the right sound prescription to:

-Be more focused and productive at work
-Decrease stress and speed recovery times
-Improve the lives of Alzheimer’s patients
-Enhance your child’s social, physical and academic functioning

Now, when I found out that Alex was releasing the book, I asked him to get on the phone with me for a one on one interview, and you can listen to it below.

or

Right Click your mouse on the link below to download and save the audio file to your own computer.

Like it or not, you absorb myriad sounds every day. Some sounds may irritate you – like the lawn mower or a car alarm – and other sounds may soothe you – like your favorite song as you drive home from work.

Research has proven that sound can vastly impact your emotional, spiritual, and physical health—in BOTH positive and negative ways. So wouldn’t you prefer to maximize the healing BENEFITS of sound in your day-to-day life?

Recent studies show that music and sound can even be more powerful than medicine if you have the right “sound prescription.” The great advantage of sound lies in its absolute pervasiveness—it permeates your life, and it’s available almost everywhere you go.  Music is an inexpensive way to give yourself a lift, a boost, and a little JOY that can go a long way for your health.

Introducing the new book Healing at the Speed of Sound: How What We Hear Transforms Our Brains and Our Lives, From Music to Silence and Everything in Between. Bestselling authors Don Campbell and Alex Doman take you through a typical day, demonstrating ways in which you can put both sound and silence to work—thereby enhancing your waking routine, morning commute, work experience, family time, social activities, overall health and sleep.

Healing at the Speed of Sound will show you how sound and music can help you:

•    Get more out of your daily fitness routine
•    Decrease stress, improve productivity, and create a collegial environment at the workplace
•    Use music-related therapy and games to improve your child’s social, physical, and academic performance
•    Reduce stress, speed up recovery times, and enhance many different forms of physical therapy
•    Improve the lives of the elderly, including those with Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia
•    Help you recover from illness or surgery

Each chapter focuses on a single aspect of everyday life, providing advice, exercises, wide-ranging playlists, and links so you can combine the music you love with new genres and artists to create the perfect soundtrack for any goal or task. Also included are inspiring “Sound Profiles”― brief true stories illustrating how others have used the power of sound to get healthy, or just get happy!Similar Posts:

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If you are not familiar with Irlen Syndrome, it is a problem with the brain’s ability to process visual information. It can affect academic and work performance, behavior, attention, the ability to sit still and concentration.

According to Dr. Helen Irlen, sufferers may experience:

•    Print looks different
•    Environment looks different
•    Slow or inefficient reading
•    Poor comprehension
•    Eye strain
•    Fatigue
•    Headaches
•    Difficulty with math computation
•    Difficulty copying
•    Difficulty reading music
•    Poor sports performance
•    Poor depth-perception
•    Low motivation
•    Low self-esteem

Some symptoms include:

Light sensitivity
Reading problems
Discomfort
Writing problems
Depth perception issues

You can read more about it on The Irlen Method website.

As a former educator, as well as someone who has personally benefited from a professional Irlen screening, I have witnessed and experienced first hand the improvement Dr. Irlen suggests. In my case, immediate improvement in reading was not the goal. Instead I was looking for help with blurry lines, white haze and excruciating headaches I experienced when reading.

As an adult I was already an excellent reader, however I could only read for short periods of time before the onset of severe nauseating headaches. I also suffered from a vision-impairing white haze that resulted from staring at the bright white pages of educational textbooks.

After my screening, I was told to stop the use of harsh fluorescent lighting and was given Irlen overlays to place over the pages as I read from them.

I purchased four halogen lamps and placed them throughout my classroom, and from that day on the light switch for the fluorescent overhead lights remained in the off position.

That simple act was a gift to my students, and myself, as an immediate calm came over the room. The students, who were 5th graders, didn’t grasp the science of the switch but constantly made comments as to how they felt better in my classroom.

My overlays were an added level of support. Using them I was able to stare at textbooks every day and go home without headaches. (I should add that I am a contact lens wearer, and I see my eye doctor yearly to update my prescription. Before I was screened at the local Irlen center, I was told to have my eyes checked by my doctor to rule out other causes.)

The nice thing about the overlays was that they provided me with reading comfort even when I couldn’t control lighting conditions. Years after I left teaching, I was still using them while working in traditional offices where dimming the overhead fluorescent lighting was not allowed.

Along with my experience, I watched a student transform under the use of the overlays. This was a smart child, but he wasn’t excelling as I knew he could. I was a brand new teacher at the time, so I looked to my mother for help. She was a veteran reading specialist who helped students with a number of performance and comprehension issues including Dyslexia.

She is retired now, but during her tenure she was one of the most gifted educators I ever encountered. (Family bias aside.)

She was the one who first suggested Dr. Irlen as she had been trained to use the overlays with her own students and was achieving substantial results.

In our school most 5th grade teachers specialized in certain topics and therefore the children would move between teachers for certain subjects. (If you’re wondering, I specialized in math and science.)

I first noticed something was wrong with this child when after my lighting change, he would return from the other teacher’s room (who continued to use the fluorescent lighting) with blood shot eyes. He would lay his head on his desk and just looked beat.

Without fail, within an hour of being in my room, he perked up, his eyes returned to normal and his energy reappeared. This was enough for me to commit to always using halogen lighting in my classroom.

He began using the overlays, and of course the other children were very interested in this new “toy”. They took turns trying them out and sure enough lost interest quickly – children and adults who are not experiencing issues obviously won’t experience benefits from the overlays.

This ten year old who couldn’t keep his desk in order, treated the overlays like gold. He religiously pulled them out and placed them on his book whenever we were reading. I had extras stored to replace damaged sheets, but over the course of our year together, I rarely had to switch his out with fresh ones. Even at ten, he understood the difference they made.

Now when he left my room, he had a tool to help him. So, did he return looking normal and bright eyed? Not quite. He looked much better than he had, and he returned smiling instead of worn down. Understand, even with the overlays, he was no match for the lighting, so it wasn’t perfect. He could read at length and easily keep up with the assignments though, and he could better endure the time away.

This child was not Dyslexic. He was not a poor student. He was a bright child who was experiencing problems that before my introduction to Irlen’s methods, I did not know existed.

Now this account is of course anecdotal.

The many researchers, scientists, and professionals who read my network of sites will no doubt be thinking this, and they’re right. I am purposely not recounting grade point increases or testing performance, because this was not a controlled study.

This is my experience, and the experience of my student as told by me.

Stories like the one that appeared in Reuters yesterday are important no matter which way they sway because they encourage the continuation of the discussion. Because of that story many of you are hearing about Dr. Helen Irlen for the first time. You will explore her findings and make decisions for yourselves, your children and your students.

As a health and educational network, Brain Pages routinely attracts educators of all levels, and I encourage you to research the lighting in your classrooms and share your findings in the comments.

I also make a personal plea to textbook publishers to stop printing on stark white paper. It is painful for many and in my opinion unnecessary.  I am a voracious reader and am grateful that non-textbooks are printed on a much softer background. (And yes, this techie is still old school when it comes to reading. I like to hold an actual book in my hands.)

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When you click over to the home page, you will notice a distinct lack of gloss and flash. The pared down design gets straight to the benefits of the program and is reflective of Walker’s philosophy – let the science speak for itself.

MindSparke is based on the ground breaking study led by Susanne M. Jaeggi which found that specific training of the working memory can improve fluid intelligence – your ability to reason, adapt and problem solve.

The study showed that participants who trained on a specific protocol for 25 minutes a day showed fluid intelligence improvements of 40% compared to the control group. This was huge and spread like wildfire all over the internet last year because it was previously thought that intelligence was set at birth.

Brain Fitness Pro is based on this exact method which simultaneously trains your aural and visual working memory.

The Basics:

You’ll train for 30 minutes a day for 19 days. The benefits come fast.

The Results:

Short term memory scores typically improve 30-40% within the first 8 days of training with increased brain power developing throughout the 19 day training period.

After the initial 19 days, you’ll train for 30 minutes just once or twice a week to maintain your results and continue improvement.

The Test:

I purchased the program last night. The program runs $19.95 per month, and you can pay as you go. There is also an option to pay an annual fee of $159.50 which saves you $79.90.

Mind Sparke also has a Junior version for ages 6-12 which retails for $63.95. The price covers all children in a household.

A Surprising Bonus:

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