Bags, Balls and Brains integrates the brain and brain-body connections through movement.  The movements enhance visual, auditory, tactile, kinesthetic and motor skills.

 The eXercises are strongly rooted in the rhythmic flow of the pendulum. They require full-body and bi-lateral coordination, eye tracking, visual and auditory discrimination and focused attention. While doing ball and bag eXercises, participants experience multitudes of mid-line crossings which require both sides of the brain to work together.

Bags, Balls and Brains primarily draws from the integrative rhythmic eXercises of Bal-A-Vis-X.  The learning readiness movements from Brain Gym®, the embodiment explorations from Body-Mind Centering®, and the sensory integration activities of Balametrics are offered as underlying support for the BAVX eXercises.

Both Shirley Kelley and Linda Faste have extensive backgrounds and experience in the fields of education and movement. Between the two of them they have worked with two-year-old children all the way through ninety-two-year-old adults. They are both sanctioned Bal-A-Vis-X practitioners and deftly weave together all of their multi-faceted past trainings and experiences.