•April 13, 2016•

There is increasing evidence that brain health is directly related to body health. However, most people think more about keeping their bodies fit or their hearts healthy than working at maintaining a healthy brain. “Wits Fitness: Brain Exercise Classes” are held every fourth Monday of the month from 1-2:30 p.m. at Mid-Illinois Senior Services (Senior Center) in Sullivan. Cheri Burcham, University of Illinois Extension Family Life Educator, leads participants through interactive activities designed to exercise the brain to maintain and enhance cognitive function and memory. The next Wits Fitness class Monday, April 25 will feature speaker Kelly Willenborg of the Healing JukeBox in Effingham. Willenborg will discuss how music can boost the brain and will share an understanding of why a person can sing lyrics from songs known in high school but can’t recall what he or she ate for lunch yesterday. Each of us was born with the ability to harmonize with a beat, and participants will learn some simple and fun techniques and benefits of hand drumming while activating both the left and right sides of the brain through easy rhythm work.     Login or Subscribe to read the rest of this story.