THE NEUROMOVEMENT METHOD (ABM) OFFERS A GROUNDBREAKING APPROACH TO HELPING PEOPLE OVERCOME PAIN AND LIMITATIONS BY HARNESSING THE POWER OF BRAIN PLASTICITY. The concept of brain plasticity stems from the recognition that the human brain can “rewire” itself in response to new experiences throughout life. This wonderful characteristic of our brain is not only responsible for our ability to learn new things and unlearn old habits. It is also the key that unlocks our potential to recover from traumas, strokes, and diseases that disrupt or disable some of the brain’s functions. Unlike other modalities, the ABM shifts the focus away from the “problem areas” to where the solutions actually lie, this is the brain. The ABM uses movement as a means of providing the brain with the information it needs to guide the body and mind to higher levels of functioning and coordination. The Neuromovement Method for Children found an effective and efficient way to communicate with the child’s brain. Some kids if seen early enough by ABM practitioners no longer suffer from their brain injury. The Anat Baniel Method for children has been so effective that the brain absorbs the injury. The method’s groundbreaking work with special needs children was published in multiple professional trade magazines. There are numerous parental testimonials that state how this method transformed the lives of their children when doctors or other medical professionals told them there was no hope. NORMAN DOIDGE’S QUOTE IN ANAT’S BOOK “KIDS BEYOND LIMITS”
"Following in the footsteps of the revolutionary scientist-clinician Moshe Feldenkrais, the greatest thinker about how to improve movement in the twentieth century, [Anat] Baniel shows why our mainstream approach to children with special needs is often wrong, and at times damaging, because they train the children to 'ape' developmental milestones they are not developmentally ready to meet. The approach here, far wiser, far more subtle, truly holistic, far more ingenious, far more in accord with how brain development occurs, shows ways to access the child's OWN brain plasticity, and yields far greater results, so that the children can spontaneous grow from within. I know because I have observed Baniel's little patients on multiple visits, and time after time, I have seen children whose parents were told their brain-damaged children would never walk, or talk, or be able to think well or regulate themselves, begin to do just that with this gentle technique. I have seen the peace on the faces of these children as their minds and plastic brains suddenly begin to integrate what they have learned for the first time, the explosion of joy at their first steps and watched them grow and become more independent."
