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Jul 2018
20m 41s

Movements that Boost Brain Performance w...

Jim Kwik, Your Brain Coach, Founder www.KwikLearning.com
About this episode
In today’s episode we’ll be addressing the much-talked-about mind/body connection and exploring how optimizing our body function, posture and movements can affect our minds and improve our brain power. An accomplished manual therapist and movement coach, today’s guest Aaron Alexander has over a decade of experience coaching clients from Olympic athletes to ... Show More
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