The human body is just so amazing and fasincating!
The way through movement one can be one way and after a 45 minute lesson that way of being has changed. Out of pain, a shift of awareness, feeling a part of you that you could not feel before.
All this is what happened to one of my children while in Edmonton! She for the first time in her two years of life, has more control over her head.
For most of her life her head would just fall backwards! Now, thanks to her great skill for learning she can bring her head forward. I found it totally amazing how she just took this stimulation and turned it into information that has impowered her to feel not only her head, but more of her the upper part of her spine and connect it down to her pelvis.
When she first started to roll over, she would fling over by using her head. Now, she rolls through her spine and lets her legs, arms and head come along for the ride.
This little girl always amazes me! She is not the only one, but she takes all in and uses it. My dream or vision was to see her crawl, but she first has to feel her spine, her head and her pelvis. That is what she is doing now.
While on her belly she is now for the first time in her life, reaching for objects. Things that are taken for granted with most children. What miracles will present themselves next time seeing her, I don't know, but I do know that she takes the information and uses it the way her brain needs to funtction to get to the next level!
Have a wonderful Easter Weekend!
Karen Toth
P.S. Karen is off to California to study with Anat Baniel in her 4th Childrens Mastery April 10 -18.
In this segment we will focus on:
1. Coming up to standing, and standing.
2. Transitions: How to evoke successful transitions from position to position.
Understanding how to work with transitions such as, moving from lying to sitting, and sitting to squatting, and squatting to standing, and how transitions are utilized by the brain to master the next “developmental stage” or “developmental milestone.”
3. Walking – knowing when and how.
4. Understanding and working with the relationships between earlier functions and later, higher functions.
5. How to utilize increasingly more challenging TMLs to enhance the child's learning process and move the child to his/her next level - next transformation.
6. How to apply the Anat Baniel Method in helping the child with academic/conceptual challenges, such as learning to read, write, math etc.
7. Applying Anat Baniel Method principles and techniques for working with emotions and behavioral challenges.
8. When and how to use adaptive devices. Applying Anat Baniel Method theory and thinking in deciding whether to adopt or reject such equipment.
9. Live demonstrations: Anat will be working on a variety of different children in class.
10. DVDs of FS lessons with children will be shown during breaks.
11. Daily TMLs, lectures, demonstrations, practice, and discussions are all part of the training and the basis for the practitioners' learning and understanding all of the above. In addition, the practitioner will experience further growth and transformation within themselves as a result.
Showing posts with label Cerebral Palsy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cerebral Palsy. Show all posts
Sunday, April 4, 2010
Saturday, August 1, 2009
ABM for Children!
The second trip to Edmonton was great! Seeing the same 4 out of 5 children again was priceless. The changes from the month previous and the learning of how to take the children to the next level.
Most children get some PT and/or OT weekly. So I must come in and think outside the box on how to get the child to turn on the "learning switch"!! I have noticed if I do something, like lye the child on her side and she is not used to being there, she looks at me with a look that says I'm learning! When I teach them to feel there arm under there body on their side and feel different ways of holding their heads, they are learning. The parents report the child going home and sensing and doing what I have taught them throughout the day! This in and of its self makes wonderful changes for the children.
For the children that have a really hard time holding up their heads, it starts to give a kinesthetic sense of themselves. When requested and they start to use their lower back, they can then start to support their head. When the head and pelvis become more attached they can start to progress to another level. This takes them from "wobbly" to moving on their own.
With splasticity comes softness with awareness. Teaching a brain is very rewarding! It takes time, but we all have learning brains. It is when the brain or person chooses not to learn that the learning switch cannot be turned on. I see this in my aging father and it saddens me.
I often wonder if there is a generation thing here. Today, most people wish to learn and evolve to see what they can do and what all they can accomplish. Or perhaps these are like minded people to me. I see the children as a whole new way of being, how they can move, sit, roll, stand and then evolve into a continum of movement grow beyond what was ever expected of them. If you look at some of Anat's videos along the side you will see and hear some things that will perhaps even turn on your learning switch and give you a whole new way to view the world for you and your family!!
Most children get some PT and/or OT weekly. So I must come in and think outside the box on how to get the child to turn on the "learning switch"!! I have noticed if I do something, like lye the child on her side and she is not used to being there, she looks at me with a look that says I'm learning! When I teach them to feel there arm under there body on their side and feel different ways of holding their heads, they are learning. The parents report the child going home and sensing and doing what I have taught them throughout the day! This in and of its self makes wonderful changes for the children.
For the children that have a really hard time holding up their heads, it starts to give a kinesthetic sense of themselves. When requested and they start to use their lower back, they can then start to support their head. When the head and pelvis become more attached they can start to progress to another level. This takes them from "wobbly" to moving on their own.
With splasticity comes softness with awareness. Teaching a brain is very rewarding! It takes time, but we all have learning brains. It is when the brain or person chooses not to learn that the learning switch cannot be turned on. I see this in my aging father and it saddens me.
I often wonder if there is a generation thing here. Today, most people wish to learn and evolve to see what they can do and what all they can accomplish. Or perhaps these are like minded people to me. I see the children as a whole new way of being, how they can move, sit, roll, stand and then evolve into a continum of movement grow beyond what was ever expected of them. If you look at some of Anat's videos along the side you will see and hear some things that will perhaps even turn on your learning switch and give you a whole new way to view the world for you and your family!!
Saturday, June 20, 2009
Feldenkrais (R) Anat Baniel Method (sm) for Children and Edmonton!!
What an amazing journey this was. I flew into Edmonton to meet a lovely person, Carla and her sister-in-law Theresa. What a wonderful group of people to meet!
I was coming to work on 5 special needs children. My request upon landing was going to see the West Edmonton Mall ! I found myself at this mamoth place within 1/2 hour of landing! We saw the ice rink, the swimming pool, the roller coaster, stores galour, Europea section, and had dinner in the Bourban St. Area. We also stopped into the Lululemon store. I finally purchased so Lululemon fitness wear for my upcoming trip to Italy!
I was given my very full intensive, schedule to see 5 special children either 2 x for 45 minutes or 3 x for 30 minutes a day for the next 4 days.
First child was very cooperative and got 3 lessons that first day with some wonderful changes, eg. better balance, more confident playing sports.
The second child was amazing and loving in his own way. He was very spactistic, but learned to soften during the sessions.
The third child has had many lessons with Anat Baniel and other practitioners in California, so she was very quick to learn and change. She has had brain injury so repeating things was very helpful for her.
The fourth child came in very quiet and little to now awareness or movement. She changed very quickly to become aware and have a light and sparkle for life in her eye.
The fifth child was abused as a 9 week old and had suffered brain injury! She has a number of habitual habit that have formed from being in the hospital and parents and grand parents just not knowing what to do, how to create new possibilities and change. I believe this is the 1st step in becoming aware of an issue with your child.
The changes in the children were amazing and the parents were very, very thankful.
The news of your child being diagnosed with some disease or disability is 'overwhelming' to say the least! What steps do you take and what do you do? There are many agencies out there to tell you this that and the other, but the "overwhelm" creates a helplessness that sometimes closes our minds to look for other alternatives.
Working with the children in the Feldenkrais, Anat Baniel Methods gives me lots of insite as to how to create new possibilites, create more movement and self awareness for the child. I work with the whole child and adult, not just the dis-ease or dis-ability. I have been through a process of many lessons on the floor as well as doing hands on sessions in my training! With this new knowledge in my body, mind and soul, I have learned how to teach others to learn and be aware as well.
Whom has benefited and can be helped by this method?
I was coming to work on 5 special needs children. My request upon landing was going to see the West Edmonton Mall ! I found myself at this mamoth place within 1/2 hour of landing! We saw the ice rink, the swimming pool, the roller coaster, stores galour, Europea section, and had dinner in the Bourban St. Area. We also stopped into the Lululemon store. I finally purchased so Lululemon fitness wear for my upcoming trip to Italy!
I was given my very full intensive, schedule to see 5 special children either 2 x for 45 minutes or 3 x for 30 minutes a day for the next 4 days.
First child was very cooperative and got 3 lessons that first day with some wonderful changes, eg. better balance, more confident playing sports.
The second child was amazing and loving in his own way. He was very spactistic, but learned to soften during the sessions.
The third child has had many lessons with Anat Baniel and other practitioners in California, so she was very quick to learn and change. She has had brain injury so repeating things was very helpful for her.
The fourth child came in very quiet and little to now awareness or movement. She changed very quickly to become aware and have a light and sparkle for life in her eye.
The fifth child was abused as a 9 week old and had suffered brain injury! She has a number of habitual habit that have formed from being in the hospital and parents and grand parents just not knowing what to do, how to create new possibilities and change. I believe this is the 1st step in becoming aware of an issue with your child.
The changes in the children were amazing and the parents were very, very thankful.
The news of your child being diagnosed with some disease or disability is 'overwhelming' to say the least! What steps do you take and what do you do? There are many agencies out there to tell you this that and the other, but the "overwhelm" creates a helplessness that sometimes closes our minds to look for other alternatives.
Working with the children in the Feldenkrais, Anat Baniel Methods gives me lots of insite as to how to create new possibilites, create more movement and self awareness for the child. I work with the whole child and adult, not just the dis-ease or dis-ability. I have been through a process of many lessons on the floor as well as doing hands on sessions in my training! With this new knowledge in my body, mind and soul, I have learned how to teach others to learn and be aware as well.
Whom has benefited and can be helped by this method?
- Arthrogryposis
- Ataxia
- Athetosis
- Autism - Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Brachial Plexus
- Cerebellar Atrophy
- Cerebral Palsy
- Charge syndrome
- Contractures
- Delayed development
- Diplegia
- Down's Syndrome
- Failure to thrive
- Fragile X Syndrome
- Hydorcephaly
- Hypertonia
- Hypotonia
- Larsen's syndrome
- Macrocephaly
- Microcephaly
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Periverntricular Leukommalacia
- Polymicrogyria
- Prader-Willi syndrome
- Premature birth
- Rett syndrome
- Sensory integration dysfuntion
- Shaken Baby syndrome
- Spinal muscular atrophy
- Stroke
What changes are seen when children receive lessons?
- Improved mood
- Better sleep
- Greater comfort
- Increased alertness and awareness of their surroundings
Functional changes that have been seen as children continue the work include:
- More effortless movements
- Better balance
- Improved ability to move: crawl, walk, run, jum and reach
- Greater problem-solving skills
- Improved speech
Find an Anat Baniel Method (sm) practioner in your area to learn more! email me at info@stretchyourlife.com
phone 519-743-5375 please leave a message as I may be out of town (off to Italy June 23 - July 3rd) or working with a client. I will return your call as soon as possible!!
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