When I was a Teacher, one of the teacher's story hit me, and I have been spurred by her story, from then on to continue with my passion as a freelance educator. Sacrificing and taking in all the risks of quitting my job and going out there to reach out to the community and not having my constant paycheck at the end of the month, uhhh.
Her story begins; One day, I asked a fellow colleague, what is her biggest regret in life? She told me that all this while, before she retired from teaching, she and her husband has been putting off all their plans, hobbies, reading and passion to their retirement. But to her dismay, that day never comes, as her husband passed away before they get to retire together. Leaving her alone with the children and to do all that they planned to do ALONE.
Hearing her story moved me to do the ONE thing that I myself never dare or thought of doing before this, which is to quit my job and explore the world. I felt like my job was bounding me with a chain and I am unable to being the creative ME. Thinking of my family commitments etc.....Surprisingly, to add to this realisation, the next day, I saw these words in a Straits Times article under CAREER page,  "If your boss do not see your potential and do not appreciate your talent, LEAVE! And find another one or pursue your passion and make it work!" At this point, I was both shocked and in a dilemma. Were those words meant for me?
ONE valuable lesson I learnt from my friend's story is that I must never wait to pursue my DREAMS and to do good deeds and help the community to the time I retire, as I may not even be present to wait for that time to happen. And our prophet Muhammad S.A.W also encourages us to do things and deeds while we still have the energy to do it. I finally realised I have nothing to wait for but all the means to start and learn something which can develop me to a better person and Health. From then on, I never looked back...taking in both joy and challenges as the future enfolds before me. Just like the picture I took in Dubai, "What lies beyond, I may not see but I surely have to be brave to explore any possibilities!"

Energy Healing Video (just sharing)

I stumbled upon this video in youtube while I was surfing on this topic. Enjoy!

Using Braingym for Tuition

Today, I would like to share with you my observations using Braingym in my tuition classes and feedback given by parents. I am surprised recently to receive feedback from a parent of my P4 student, that her son's school teacher sees improvements in him. She told to me that he is now able to focus and do his work in class. His handwriting also improved! I did Braingym and a few rhythmic movements with him for four months and taught his mother a few movements to do at home with him. I am glad it works for this boy and hope he will continue progressing.

I also noticed that my P5 student, who was very weak in Mathematics when he first started attending my classes early this year, is now able to do mental calculations faster than before. He actually makes an effort to do them and I can see he is enjoying it. Congratulations to them! To me these are changes, which may not land them with 'As' but are significant enough to open the path for them to explore new possibilities. As a person who practice Braingym and other modalities, these are things which keeps me motivated to carry on this work.

Improving Vision and Changing your Perpectives



Carla Hannaford (author of "Smart Moves")
and me at the Vision Circle workshop in 2010.

I would like to share with you on something amazing which happened to me. I was previously wearing spectacles and my degree was like 200+ and 300+ ( I can't remember which degree belongs to the left or right eye, as I lost the paper given by my optometrist). It was not till a year ago I was freed from my dependency on spectacles. I can finally see just by doing lots of Lazy 8's and after attending the Vision Circles workshop conducted by Carla Hannaford. After the course, I did all the vision related exercises dilligently and after 4 months I was able to see words at a certain distance without my glasses. I am now 40 over of age. I was surprised, dumbfounded and very happy to continue till now without having to wear spectacles anymore.

Using BrainGym in the Classroom

My previous experience as a Teacher in both the primary and secondary schools, teaching students with learning difficulties, had spurred me to look for alternative methods of tackling challenges faced by students in achieving their potential. I had experimented with some techniques where pen and paper fail to help these students. BrainGym was one of the methods which I come across in 2006. At that moment, I was still teaching in a government school. I watched as my niece and  nephews went for their BrainGym classes and wondered what they were doing. I was a skeptic until I myself experience BrainGym, when I observed one of the classes. I read further on this topic and decided to go for the BrainGym 101 workshop, at my own expense. From that day onwards, I never looked back.

Since then, I had been practicing BrainGym in my classroom. Implementing it definitely needs a lot of patience as my pupils are not used to doing the exercises. However, during the final year examinations, a few of my kind of hyper students did the 'hook-ups' himself before and after he finished his paper. It was a happy moment for me, although he never said it out openly but what he did  showed me that the particular movement helped him to calm down. To implement BrainGym movements need the teacher to be creative and patient in handling students who are not open to the idea yet. But doing it daily would prove to be beneficial for the teacher and student alike.