Double Doodle Play – I See the Beauty of Roses
Amy Choi Ever since I was small, I have never been fond of roses. When I was fourteen, for the first time of my life, I received a pink rose from a boy. I thanked him politely but thought, “I...
Re-discovering the Artistic and Poetic Parts of Myself through Double Doodle Play
Amy Choi In August 2007, in Ottawa, Canada, I took the Double Doodle Play and Teachers?Training workshops from Gail E. Dennison, one of the founders of Brain Gym? Being a person who hasn’t dr...
Feeling Better In New Lights
Amy Choi I have been enjoying new lights at our Centre since we've changed our lightings from ordinary to full-spectrum fluorescent tubes. When I am doing office work or training, natural sun...
Passive Management
Amy Choi There was an English couple in their 60s who were informed one day that both had terminal cancer. Their doctors estimated that they could only survive for only about six more months....
English Teacher Enjoys Creative Writing
An experienced English teacher in an university was writing an English creative writing textbook for a publisher. Target users were primary one school children. As she was an expert in adult ...
Facilitating the Optimal Brain Organization Workshop
Amy and Conrad is going to the U.S. in May 2004 to join the instructor training program of the Optimal Brain Organization workshop. Paul Dennison, Ph.D., the founder of Educational Kinesiolog...
Regular Short Sessions of Brain Gym after Work
An employee in the government department mentioned in the last issue suggested to us to organize weekly Brain Gym classes after work. It would last for one hour in each session. The format wa...
Your Truth
Amy Choi In mid-December 2003, the premier of China, Mr. Wen Jia Bo, gave a speech in Harvard University in the U.S. He mentioned about one of his mother’s teachings to him: “if you can be tr...
What Do You Notice?
The two drawings shown to the right and below were done on 14 May 2003 before and after a personal coaching session which lasted for an hour. The author was a 12-year-old girl who saw a dim f...
The Power of Sound
Amy Choi I have noticed that there are certain kinds of music that drive me anxious, while others calm me down; some elicits joy, others, sadness. Sound, just like any other forms of energy s...