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BODY = BRAIN®

Part 1: The Embodied SelfBasis of Shaping


Wisdom of the BodyHow You Become

Who You Are How You Change

Basis Process Influences Self

= YOU ARE HERE

Roadmap

BASIS OF SHAPING


ESSENTIAL NUTRIENTS: PLANTS

http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/42517 source

http://leonidas75.edu.glogster.com/science4unit2plants/ image source

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

http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/42517


ESSENTIAL NUTRIENTS: PEOPLE

image source: http://www.europeanurology.com/article/S1569-9056%2807%2900217-5/fulltext

3 = dignity / respect2 = connection1 = safety


BODY DEVELOPMENT

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BRAIN DEVELOPMENT

http://www.loni.ucla.edu/~thompson/DEVEL/dynamic.html image source


SYNAPSE DEVELOPMENT

http://www.withthebraininmind.org/buildingbrains/unit_4/unit_4_05.php image source

http://www.withthebraininmind.org/buildingbrains/unit_4/unit_4_05.php


SENSATION DEVELOPS EARLY

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/09/15/health/20080915-brain-development.html image source


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


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?


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


Wisdom of the BodyHow You Become

Who You Are How You Change

Basis Process Influences Self

= YOU ARE HERE

Roadmap

body = brain - embright...2013/01/02 · ledoux, j (1998) the emotional brain: the mysterious...

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