Category: Movement
Can an online dance class improve peoples mental health and social connection?
Can an online dance class improve people’s mental health and social connection? This is the question addressed by Humphries, Rugh, Patrick & Basso (2022) in…
Belonging to a sport or exercise group can help protect people against depression
https://vimeo.com/592140915 Did you know – belonging to a sport or exercise group can help protect people against depression. That’s according to new research published…
Why don’t we act on our knowledge of the link between physical activity and health?
One of the most shocking things about the work presented in The Miracle Pill by Peter Walker is the relationship between three things. 1 –…
How does movement help people learn?
In their book, “Brain-based Learning – Teaching the Way Students Really Learn”, Eric Jensen and Liesl McConchie describe research which shows a link between physical…
Four books you should read about movement and learning
We have an old-fashioned relationship with movement and learning. We rarely allow them to happen at the same time. In schools and universities around the…
Five books you should read about human movement
People have understood the importance of human movement for centuries – it’s great for our mind, our body and our social relationships. Yet we live…
A Movement Manifesto by Caroline Williams
In her 2021 book MOVE! The New Science of Body Over Mind – Caroline Williams puts forward a Movement Manifesto. Caroline’s Movement Manifesto recognises that…