About the Move Theory Blog
Welcome! The “Move Theory” was born out of my work with children in physical development and rehabilitation, coupled with my academic studies of movement. Children need to explore and discover in order to learn effectively. In other words, they need to “move”. In much the same way, our society at large, instead of naysaying, bickering, and protecting our status quo, must begin to explore and discover to move forward. In other words, we must find ways to get better, and we must move forward from this exploration. Too often, we just notice things, and never act. It is the combination of study (theory) and action (move) that creates effective lasting change. This is the expansion of my “Move Theory”, that has evolved over the past decade. This blog is a forum to discuss child development, youth fitness, and education issues from a SOLUTIONS based perspective. It is high time we start solving the problems facing our youth. My background is an eclectic one (purposefully) in developmental neuroscience, youth fitness, and parks and recreation. I have explored issues in child development in a multidisciplinary way. I have come to believe that it will take ALL of us (teachers, psychologists, coaches, physicians, trainers, physical therapists, clergy, parents, and kids) working TOGETHER to solve problems involving education and health that plague our youth around the world. My intention is for this forum to be a positive, inclusive discourse, so that we can actually solve problems. No insulting language or tone will be tolerated. The truth is welcome, though, no matter who’s toes it steps on. Move Theory is about ACTION. Care to join me?
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neil keleher said
Hi Dr Brown, I was in the process of looking for what is out there about “balance” and I came across your website via a number of others, following the links. I’ve done some work with children, not a lot, I’m primarily focused on working with adults. I teach yoga and I’m also working on a movement practice called “dance of shiva”. It’s like doing math while using the body or using the body to do math. I had a short stint teaching it to some young children in combination with yoga and they seemed to enjoy it but more to the point is that the exercise itself helps to improve coordination, balance and helps the practitioner to think in terms of what is possible as opposed to what is not. The nice thing about this exercise is that the learner can self correct once they’ve learned the basic moves. I’m still working on the website for this exercise but I think there is enough there right now for you to get an idea of what this “dance” is about. If you think this could be of interest to your audience or would like me to write an article for you website I’d be more than happy to do so.
Sincerely
Neil Keleher