Life Up Action Course
Once you have enrolled in the course and are part of the Life Up Action community, you will be able to access your Zoom classes, Zoom chats and Meet-ups – in person activities. Your community membership is for 12 months and covers 12 monthly curriculum topics. You can begin at the start of any month and cycle through the monthly topics.
Course features and Benefits
- Weekly 60 minute online English lessons that focus on specific content. Engage, learn and apply the content to your life! (Japanese translation available)
- Choose to join a Zoom group on a Monday or Tuesday evening – whichever suits you.
- Develop and improve your English skills applicable to the real world.
- Revise and improve your communication skills by conversing in English with other students during weekly 60 minute ‘Life Up’ live chat sessions. These run on Thursday and Sunday evenings.
- Come along to our monthly Meet-up days to get to know your classmates face-to face and enjoy new experiences to challenge yourself.
Enrol in a Free Introductory Zoom Session below
Meet your teacher and find out all about the course. Please click on Register Now in the session you would like to attend.
Course Curriculum – a new topic each month
- Habits: Theories and approaches used for practical application to modify lifestyle choices, goal setting, maintaining new habits, mindset change
- Sleep: Circadian rhythm, brain activity, tips for restorative sleep, negative impacts of insufficient sleep and positive impacts of quality sleep, learning, memory consolidation
- Mind-Body Connection: Overview, breath work, mindfulness, art and music, Yoga, Tai chi, meditation, visualization, gratitude lists, socialization, indoor and outdoor sports
- Food and Nutrition: Fast food, highly processed foods, individual dietary needs, neurotransmitters and brain chemicals, meal planning, cooking, 80-20 rule
- Time management: Study skills techniques and strategies, goal setting, to-do lists, autonomous learning, mind maps, student life balance
- Exercise: Benefits for the brain and body, duration, frequency, intensity, exercise type combinations, dopamine, healthspan, oxygenation and blood flow
- Prolonged close-up work and screen time: Eye strain, myopia, approaches to support eyesight health, exercises, nutrition, 20-20-20 rule
- Stress: Effects of chronic stress, impact on immune system, gut health, perception mindset, self-awareness, coping behaviours
- Hydration & Water Quality: Individual needs, thermoregulation, effects of dehydration and excess, sugar-sweetened beverages, exercise, humidity, heat, caffeine
- Sedentary lifestyles: Energy expenditure, harmfulness of prolonged sitting, blood circulation, posture, musculoskeletal system, integrating intermittent movement, standing and adjustable desks
- Learning, Attention and Memory: How we learn, retention, chunking, critical thinking, knowledge, intelligence, emotion, neurotransmitters, dopamine, positive psychology, motivation, reflection, spaced repetition
- Student survey-based topics: Connect the dots across the entire curriculum to understand the bigger picture, English learning advice, using English vs studying English, national and international current events, global issues
