https://www.bonesinbalance.com/home-1 daily 1.0 2024-05-28 https://www.bonesinbalance.com/children daily 0.75 2023-12-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614ba3f5dd7a6c1fb57b0797/1636313760618-IEMFHU981WCRWQYN0E65/unsplash-image-wlutZH5oW_4.jpg Children - Children With Special Needs Children with special needs often face challenges that make learning to move more difficult. Neuromovment can offer a process of learning which adapts to each child’s needs, and meets them where they are. There is only one step, the next one. Whether a child is learning to roll over, sit up, crawl, stand, walk, run, or move with greater ease, the process is the same. We start with what they are presently capable of, and explore new movements together, all while staying within their range of comfort and safety. The practice of Neuromovement is also focused on fostering a healthy and integrated community of learning centered around the child. Using the nine essentials listed on the “About the Work” tab, we work with parents and caregivers to help them connect with the child in new ways. Helping the child to move, sit, and stand with calmness and presence can be a great benefit to their ability to engage as part of their community. Neuromovement can have benefits for children with any of the four major categories of special needs: Physical, Developmental, Behavioral/Emotional, and Sensory Impaired. In addition to learning movement skills, the process of developing a greater connection to one’s body can help children find moments of calm and direction in an often chaotic and frightening world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614ba3f5dd7a6c1fb57b0797/1636313881170-Z4AAUHORNSLJK1JRL9VO/unsplash-image-qJVluHTPx7U.jpg Children - neuro-typical children Every child can benefit to some degree from the refinement of their ability to move themselves through the world. Some children might be struggling with coordination, writing, or particular aspects of music or sport. Others may have high levels of tension, stress, or anxiety. The social, political, and technological realities of our world are challenging for all of us to navigate, and are often particularly hard on children. Neuromovement can aide children in connecting to their bodies; when our attention is present with our bodies, we often find greater peace of mind. https://www.bonesinbalance.com/adults daily 0.75 2024-02-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614ba3f5dd7a6c1fb57b0797/1636241175922-0TSEN6QJWE88L5IZE2KQ/unsplash-image-POd35V_uE4k.jpg Adults - Pain Neuromovement can be highly effective at reducing both chronic and acute pain. We are all imperfect movers. We all develop habits and patterns of movement that do not serve us. This age of sitting, smart phones, and pavement, has bowed our heads, hunched our spines, and immobilized our pelvis. Much of our pain can be resolved by learning how to use our bodies differently. Injury Recovery Injury recovery can be a week-long process or a life-long one. Almost all of us experience physical injuries that impact our movement, comfort, and health. Truly healing from an injury involves reintegrating the injured portion of our bodies back into the functioning whole of our muscular and skeletal systems. Neuromovement can aide in this re-integration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614ba3f5dd7a6c1fb57b0797/1636241067479-QUL4JEEMVV36OINWZGJJ/unsplash-image-SsIIw_MET0E.jpg Adults - High Performance Athletes, musicians, dancers, artists, and craftspeople have spent their lives learning how to move in highly complex, refined, powerful ways. However, this process of movement development is often confined to the patterns relevant to their given domain. By engaging in a process of wholistic movement development, high performers can upgrade their performance even further while eliminating habitual patterns which cause them discomfort or limit their potential. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614ba3f5dd7a6c1fb57b0797/1636240535956-97HI5BSYJ48DPKDL3Z5E/unsplash-image-Yui5vfKHuzs.jpg Adults - Stress, anxiety, and Trauma Stress, anxiety, and trauma impact our entire nervous system. Our nervous system extends throughout our whole body. By connecting to our body, and freeing our movements, we can also connect to our selves and free our minds. Neurological Conditions Adults with special needs, and those recovering from brain injuries, can find greater connection to their bodies, improve the functioning of their movements, and gain clarity of mind. In some cases, with enough time and effort, clients who have lost functioning or sensation in parts of their body can learn how to use and feel some portion of what was lost. https://www.bonesinbalance.com/what-is-this daily 0.75 2023-12-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614ba3f5dd7a6c1fb57b0797/1636312339531-IZIB60VAB83A714PVRNX/unsplash-image-58Z17lnVS4U.jpg Neuromovement Neuromovement is a set of essential principles and methodologies centered around the instruction of slow, gentle movements focused on expanding and refining a student’s awareness of their body. The work can be done in one-on-one sessions, in which the instructor physically moves the client’s body. It can also take the form of group lessons, in which the instructor verbally guides a class of students through a series of movements centered around various functions of the body. Lessons are available to any and everyone, regardless of age or ability. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614ba3f5dd7a6c1fb57b0797/1636312891475-RAU0SKGT4LKDH6WE38J0/unsplash-image-ckm1yAe6jhU.jpg Neuromovement Compared to other mammals, human beings are born with relatively little capacity for movement. Over the course of our first few years of life we typically explore a wide variety of potential patterns of movement, and eventually settle on the patterns we find most useful. Every individual has a unique set of bones, muscles, and nerves. Through trial and error, we cultivate permutations of muscle contractions (and de-contractions) that move and balance our bones in order to achieve our goals. Our goal might be to grasp a toy in front of us, to crawl up the stairs, to play Tchaikovsky, or to live without pain. Most of us stop our development of general movement around the time we learn how to run. Some of us continue more specified development of movement: athletes, artists, and those with movement oriented trades… But almost none of us continue the general process of exploration and refinement that dominated our experience for the first few years of life. We sit at desks, cram our feet into flattened shoes, and twist our necks about without the dynamic influence of our spines. Through gentle, slow, intentional movements, we can explore our bodies capacity to release chronic tension, and organize itself in new ways. This can have profound benefits physically and emotionally. For more information on the kinds of students who could most benefit from this work, please see the “Adults” and “Children” tabs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614ba3f5dd7a6c1fb57b0797/1636312771121-7EBJWR2YTBX3QWBRWAXK/unsplash-image-D4YrzSwyIEc.jpg Neuromovement Neuromovement is also known as The Anat Baniel Method, which expands on the Feldenkrais Method. You can learn more about the method by clicking the link below, or by exploring the Relevant Reading List. https://www.anatbanielmethod.com/ Relevant Reading List: The Brain's Way of Healing: Remarkable Discoveries and Recoveries from the Frontiers of Neuroplasticity by Norman Doidge, M.D Kids Beyond Limits by Anat Baniel The Elusive Obvious: The Convergence of Movement, Neuroplasticity, and Health by Moshe Feldenkrais, Ph.D NY Times Article: “Trying the Feldenkrais Method for Chronic Pain” https://www.bonesinbalance.com/new-page daily 0.75 2021-11-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614ba3f5dd7a6c1fb57b0797/9eb22b75-f9ef-4429-a4ab-c8ccb506af80/IMG_4388.jpeg About Me - I was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY. At 17 I moved to Virginia to study Philosophy and Mathematics at the University of Richmond. After college I worked several service industry jobs while studying the Anat Baniel Method: Neuromovement. In my personal life, I play the piano, chess, basketball and golf. I also love to read and am passionate about the grappling arts. I practiced Judo as a young child, wrestled in high school, and now practice Brazilian Ju-Jitsu. I learned about Neuromovement from my mother, Sharon Oliensis, who has been a practitioner for more than 30 years. Growing up I saw how she was able to help others profoundly while pursuing her own growth, and succeeding professionally. The more I study the work the more I am engaged intellectually, physically, and emotionally. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614ba3f5dd7a6c1fb57b0797/efd3bebb-f577-43cb-b6b3-0526b5e6a47f/IMG_0354.jpeg About Me - My spiritual and meta-physical perspectives align with the principles of Neuromovement. I believe our ignorance will eternally exceed our knowledge, and so greater awareness generally leads towards curiosity and away from dogma. When we move, we can move with wonder, with the realization that we can always find greater efficiency, ease, presence, and peace. https://www.bonesinbalance.com/testimonials daily 0.75 2021-11-11 https://www.bonesinbalance.com/chess-tutoring daily 0.75 2023-06-18 https://www.bonesinbalance.com/jiujitsuforlife daily 0.75 2025-07-11