Working with Children to Wake up the Brain Through Movement!

The more I work with the children the more I learn.

To master setting limites on my table and in my practice has been a huge learning curve for me. The benefits that the children get is to listen to themselves in a more profound way and sets the tone to turn on a learning brain.

The parents can see and sense how the child is learning just by the look in their eyes. How quiet and focused they are on the movements change from using slow, small movements.

For example, if you were to sit tall on the edge of your chair, both feet flat on the floor and sense how you are sitting on your chair.

1. Turn your head to the right and notice how far you can turn and look to the right. Turn your head to the left and notice how far you can turn your head and look to the left. Come back to centre.

2. Next sitting on the edge of your chair feet standing flat on the floor. Start by rounding your back, thinking of the length in the back of your spine, come back up to sitting tall. Repeat 4 - 6 times. Check to see how you are sitting on the chair now.

3. Sitting on the edge of your chair with feet standing flat on the floor. Start by lifting your head and sitting up tall, sticking your belly out. Feel the length in the front of your spine now. Come back to centre. Repeat 4 - 6 times.

4. Sitting on the edge of your chair with feet flat on the floor. Start rounding your back letting your eyes and head look down toward your belly, then start sitting tall, feeling your spine lengthen at the front and head and eyes looking up toward the ceiling. Repeat 4 - 6 times.

When you are finished doing this. Sit tall and again look left and right and notice any changes you have noticed.

Karen Toth