Polderstein 13, school of the amazing brain

Polderstein13, School of the Amazing Brain,. By Professor Daniel Fung, Liew Shiang Hui and Germaine Tan. Institute of Mental Health.

A short, short time to come, in a galaxy very much like our own, a small planet struggles to survive the Great Storm. The apocalyptic event of the millenia has cut earth’s population to a third and divided the surviving populations into three pockets.

Sha a spunky teen with a bright future and a traumatised past; Niel, the surviving brother of a set of twins who has hidden powers and Ral D, a tortured half-man, half robot who yearns for redemption. What they are looking for is the Amazing Brain. This is their adventure… and yours!

This comic isn’t just for entertainment. It’s a tool designed to build resilience, drawing from the fields of Psychiatry, Psychology and medical social work.

Team Brain

The brain is the key to controlling your universe, the greatest power is the power of the brain. Though it is a small organ, a piece of brain tissue the size of a grain of sand contains 100,000 neurons and1 billion synapsis.

Stress and our brain

In Polderstein13, Sha was a survivor of the Great Storm that wiped out two thirds of civilization. Traumatized and alone, Sha had to find ways not only to survive on her own but to overcome the stress of her experience.

Mindfulness and Stress

In mindfulness, we learn how we can intentionally switch gears and shift the attention to where we want it to be.

Hands Practice

Body Scan

Start by relaxing your body in a comfortable position and dropping the attention down into your feet. Feel the contact points on the floor, the big toes, the toe next to it, all the way to the tiniest toe. Next shifting the attention to the stomach, the belly. How does it feel like? As you breathe, can you feel your belly expanding and contracting, rising and falling.

Let’s shift further –elbow, tongue, nose.

Nose: Take a slightly longer, deeper breath and see if you can feel the physical sensation of the breath at the tip of the nose, going in and out of your nostrils. Becoming aware of your breath, the temperature, the pace.

Lastly, seeing if you can widen the lens and feel your whole body breathing. Feel how breathing is a whole body experience. Notice where exactly in the body are these sensations strongest or most vivid for you.

When you are ready, gradually opening your eyes.