Going out for a run this morning I came to realise and connect up a few things. I’ve been reading bits of a book – Born to Run – that describes people who run bare foot, and how this leads them to land first on the ball of their foot. And, at a recent workshop […]
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Book Review – Kids Beyond Limits
Anat Baniel – Kids Beyond Limits (2012) Pedigree I’d like to recommend this book to anyone who’s involved in supporting the development of others, particularly children with developmental delay or other special needs. I was recommended it by a colleague who had heard about my Somatic Movement Therapy work with children. Having read it, I wanted […]
Digital Human
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06nnnlf Interesting listening to this programme about technology and the body, and the use of ‘body as machine’ metaphor. As someone working with the body and our emotional, psychological selves, I’m interested in how one affects the other. This comes to mind reading about working with children with special needs, and not trying to ‘fix’ […]
More Socks Off Info
Why giving your baby time with socks off is a good thing. In working with babies and young children, I’m often asked what parents can do to support their child. And time for babies with socks off and bare feet is one simple way parents can offer many benefits to their child. In terms of […]
Trust Is a Body Thing
Trust is a body thing. Can I lean back and be held? Can I fall forward and be caught? Can I rest, without needing to protect or defend? We feel trust in our bodies. We feel it in our bones and in our bellies. As a Movement Therapist and Bodyworker, as I make contact with […]
Devon School of Yoga Article
A short piece about Somatic Movement Therapy I wrote for the Summer Newsletter of the Devon School of Yoga. You can read it here.
Baby Swimming, Infant Reflexes and Developmental Movement
Little Splashers Get in Touch A few months ago I was contacted by Jo Wilson, a Baby-Swim Instructor (www.littlesplashers.co.uk), who asked me about infant reflexes that she’d seen many times in the pool. We’ve had several conversations about what she’d noticed and how this related to the perspective of her baby-swim training. Our conversations led […]
Being with … silence, sound, sensory perception
At the weekend I went on a Dawn Quiet Walk, with Aunehead Arts and Tony Whitehead. Starting at 5.30am, we walked a short distance along the River Dart, near New Bridge. Light quickly came. Darkness fading, greyness growing, fading to colour, many shades of grey, blue and green. The multi-layered sounds of river, birdsong, planes, […]