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BODY = BRAIN®

Part 1: The Embodied SelfBasis of Shaping

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Wisdom of the BodyHow You Become

Who You Are How You Change

Basis Process Influences Self

= YOU ARE HERE

Roadmap

BASIS OF SHAPING

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ESSENTIAL NUTRIENTS: PLANTS

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http://diggingri.wordpress.com/2010/03/28/soil-testing/ source

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ESSENTIAL NUTRIENTS: PEOPLE

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3 = dignity / respect2 = connection1 = safety

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BODY DEVELOPMENT

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BRAIN DEVELOPMENT

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SYNAPSE DEVELOPMENT

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SENSATION DEVELOPS EARLY

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Brain & nervous system shapes around essential nutrients of safety, connection, and dignity

In early life, body & brain are in rapid development

Sensation is the first sense to develop, and is fully developed early in life

Body-based systems for safety, emotional communication, & connection develop earlier than the brain structures for abstract thought

Distributed nervous system shapes somatically and emotionally to its early environment

In other words, your body shapes to its early environment

THE BIG IDEA

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FIELDWORK

How does this add to your understanding of embodied learning?

How does this support or expand upon your experience of embodied learning?

How can you use this understanding to help you in your life or work?

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SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY

Carter, R, et. al. (2009) The Human Brain Book, DK Adult

Gogtay, N, et. al. (2004) Dynamic Mapping of Human Cortical Development During Childhood Through Early Adulthood, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 101(21): 8174-8179

LeDoux, J (1998) The Emotional Brain: The Mysterious Underpinnings of Emotional Life, Simon & Schuster

Sapolsky, R (2005) Biology and Human Behavior, The Teaching Company

Strozzi-Heckler, R, (1997) The Anatomy of Change: A Way to Move Through Life’s Transitions, North Atlantic Books

© Amanda Blake 2013 | embright.org

Wisdom of the BodyHow You Become

Who You Are How You Change

Basis Process Influences Self

= YOU ARE HERE

Roadmap