We all know that exercise has many health benefits. It’s a fun way to feel better, have more energy, and influences our performance in sports. Similar to physical exercises, our brains need to be fit for us to acquire new knowledge, retain information, apply what we learn and for us to perform to excellence.  In short, a fit brain means an intelligent brain.

BrainFit Studio, the leading provider of the up-to-date neuro-scientific-based brain fitness training program,  started in Singapore in 2011 and expanded in Southeast Asian countries including the Philippines. BrainFit Studio in the Philippines opened its doors in 2011 and is now opening up new and third center in Makati come April 2014.

Anyone can benefit from brain fitness training. Contrary to what the old saying “old dogs cannot learn new tricks”, brain plasticity or changeability is not only limited to children and is possible at any age.  Although improvements are more easily achieved in children because the young brain changes rapidly with less effort, with proper training, everyone, no matter how old, can benefit from the program.

The first step is taking the Cognitive Mapping of one’s strengths and weaknesses across the five brain pillars of cognitive development:

1  attention and memory
2  visual and spatial processing
3  auditory and language processing
4  sensory motor coordination
5  social-emotional self-regulation

The CogMap assessment is a proprietary tool used to measure and analyze the brain fitness level or the cognitive skill of a person. With this test,  improvement areas or key opportunities will be identified to address or further enhance strengths to achieve success and optimum performance. CogMap assessment costs Php7,500.

The Philippine centers currently focuses on children ages 4-18 years old for them to improve brain fitness skills and learning abilities using the SMART Programs, focusing on enhancing core brain Pillar areas. Soon, the centers in the Philippines will be opening up a head start program, BrainFit Jr., that is catered for young kids aged 3-6. This is an integrated program covering all five brain pillars intended to give a head start in priming a young brain. In other countries, there’s also a Brain Fit program for Seniors.

Brain fitness also benefited individuals with learning difficulties or disabilities such as attention deficit hyperactive disorder (ADD or ADHD), auditory processing disorder (APD), dyslexia, language delays,  and autism spectrum disorder (ASD).

Brain fitness has also helped those who are already doing well in school and even gifted children.  Just as the benefits of physical exercise are yours for the taking, regardless of age, sex, physical ability,  everyone can benefit from BrainFitness training.

Visit a BrainFit Studio at the following branches, or visit them at www.brainfitstudio.com

Greenhills
3F, 224 Ortigas Avenue
725-8500; 668-2719; 0917-5991992

Binondo
GF, 974 Benavides cor Soler St.
523-8524; 0917-7761689

Makati Branch
@ Toddlers Teachers Inc.
108 HV Dela Costa Street, Salcedo Village, Makati
816-3273

The new Makati center will have an Open House on March 26-27 and will officially open starting April 1, 2014.  They will be giving out 50% off on CogMap testing fee when you come to their open house schedule.