32-year-old Bobi-Rose lives with her extended family in a small city at the southern tip of New Zealand. Four years ago, her father, Koko, was having trouble with his memory. “He would lose a cell phone every six months and we’d have to buy him a new one,” she says. “It was so annoying!”
Lauren is a manual therapist & neuroscientist. Her path towards manual therapy started when she was looking to reduce the stress of pursuing a PhD in neuroscience at the University of Virginia, and while doing a post-doctoral fellowship at Colorado State.
A highly curious and self-educated person, 66-year- old Mike heard about neuroplasticity, and wanted to learn more. His curiosity eventually led him to online videos of Posit Science’s founder, Dr. Michael Merzenich, and his lectures on the potential of the adult brain.
U.S. Army veteran Reggie M. was taking a yoga class when his teacher told him about a new class he’d be offering: a brain fitness class centered on the BrainHQ program.
38-year old Dulesh was first introduced to Dr. Merzenich’s work in neuroplasticity through the 2013 Australian documentary series Redesign My Brain.
At 72, retired accountant George has lived a full life—and has no plans to stop anytime soon! As a younger man, he was a professional windsurfer, until a serious injury put him in rehab for months. Even after his rehab was over, he wasn’t back up to full health. That’s when a cousin of George’s introduced him to qigong, an ancient Chinese medical practice that can improve mental and physical health. Since then, he has become a master of the art, and has been teaching it to others for the past 28 years to help them heal.