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Exercise for your brain comes to Maryland

By Sheilah Kast,
Melissa Gerr
Published January 29, 2025 at 10:39 AM EST
Brain Balance Lead Coach Becca Woodland coaches her participant through a coordination exercise on the ladder, while wearing sensory gear, which improves agility and proprioception, the brain’s ability to understand the body’s position and movement in space. Photo: Caylie Silveira
Brain Balance Lead Coach Becca Woodland coaches her participant through a coordination exercise on the ladder, while wearing sensory gear, which improves agility and proprioception, the brain’s ability to understand the body’s position and movement in space. Photo: Caylie Silveira

Brain Balance, a drug-free approach to improving focus, behavior, anxiety and social skills, is coming to Maryland. We talk to co-owner Beth Snow, to alumna Mallory Chizek. Brain Balance Achievement Center will have a soft opening next week in Columbia--and will have a grand opening in April.

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Sheilah Kast
Sheilah Kast is the host of On The Record, Monday-Friday, 9:30-10:00 am.
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Melissa Gerr
Melissa Gerr is a Senior Producer for On the Record. She started in public media at Twin Cities Public Television in St. Paul, Minn., where she is from, and then worked as a field producer for Oregon Public Broadcasting in Portland. She made the jump to audio-lover in Baltimore as a digital media editor at Mid-Atlantic Media and Laureate Education, Inc. and as a field producer for "Out of the Blocks." Her beat is typically the off-beat with an emphasis on science, culture and things that make you say, 'Wait, what?'
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