What is Brain Gym? Brain Gym is a series of simple and enjoyable movements and activities that will enable you to integrate your brain functions with your whole body movements, allowing you to learn, perform, and adjust to change with more ease and effectiveness. How did Brain Gym come about? It grew out of research started in 1969 by Paul Dennison, Ph.D., who was looking for ways to help children and adults who had been identified as ‘learning disabled’. His research led him to the study of kinesiology, the science of body movement and its relationship to brain function. At the time, it was already well established that coordinated physical movement is necessary to brain development. These movements develop the neural connections in the brain, which are essential to learning. Dr Dennison discovered ways to adapt and sequence these movements so they could be effective for people of all ages.