Movement and Vitality

11/23/2025

Child intensives for November were a huge success! Brains that become less compulsive allow for greater learning and spatial planning. Awareness of movement is the key to improving action and thinking. This creates differentiation, making the smallest possible sensory distinctions between movements, which builds more adaptable brains and creates the ideal conditions for learning. This child I’m working with here had attention deficits and hyperactivity. This was the task at the end of the lesson as he was calm and able to focus to build this. As the body becomes less rigid through movement lessons focus improves and sensitivities decrease. Another important factor in learning is having fun! Some children are so spastic and compulsive they aren’t really engaged in activities and following instructions becomes very troublesome. Their discomfort is displayed with tantrums when they aren’t actually able to calm themselves, self regulate and process information. That’s when lessons can make the most difference to the child helping them get out of fight or flight by increasing their brain body connection, and improving balance and stability that allows for focus and calm.

10/18/2025

Giggles 😂 + singing🎵 + functional movement = profound learning.

This was one of my favourite moments with a very sweet client to help her improve walking. When she came to me she initially didn’t arch her lower back well and because our brains are incredible problem solvers she figured out another way by using her legs to contract inward for stability causing muscular contraction in her feet and ankles. Prior to movement lessons, Physiotherapists tried to get her to stand up without using her hands. She couldn’t do it and practicing limitations further engrains them. When we provide a fun engaging environment for learning the results can be quite profound even after one movement lesson. At the end of her first lesson she spontaneously picked up a toy from the floor and stood up with it in her hands causing her mom to regain hope that she would find an effortless path. I am grateful to witness these miracles often. When the ideal conditions for learning are provided, the brilliance of a child’s mind is a beauty I will never tire of. ❤️🧠

10/18/2025

Giggles 😂 + singing🎵 + functional movement = profound learning.

This was one of my favourite moments with a very sweet client to help her improve walking. When she came to me she initially didn’t arch her lower back well and because our brains are incredible problem solvers she figured out another way by using her legs to contract inward for stability causing muscular contraction in her feet and ankles. Prior to movement lessons, Physiotherapists tried to get her to stand up without using her hands. She couldn’t do it and practicing limitations further engrains them. When we provide a fun engaging environment for learning the results can be quite profound even after one movement lesson. At the end of her first lesson she spontaneously picked up a toy from the floor and stood up with it in her hands causing her mom to regain hope that she would find an effortless path. I am grateful to witness these miracles often. When the ideal conditions for learning are provided, the brilliance of a child’s mind is a beauty I will never tire of. ❤️🧠

07/31/2025

One of my favourite moments with one of my favourite little clients. He was having a difficult time with patience so we worked on making clearer distinctions of “I’m ready, are you ready?” or “I’m not ready.” As you can see here, he beautifully understands and begins verbal acknowledgment. ❤️ But of course, the underlying functional movement is for him to arch his back. 😉 Love and motion creates brilliant brains.

06/10/2025

This has to be my cutest testimonial EVER! 😍 NeuroMovement reduces spasticity and muscle contraction allowing for easier movement and flexibility. The best thing is that kids perceive a difference! Makes my busy weekend so worth it to work with so many awesome kiddos! ❤️🧠

04/03/2025

Wonderful to see "Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience" publish this research paper "From fixing to connecting—developing mutual empathy guided through movement as a novel path for the discovery of better outcomes in autism" detailing the approach of the Anat Baniel Method® NeuroMovement® and the Feldenkrais method. ❤️🧠.

This article is part of the Research Topic Autism: The Movement (Sensing) Perspective a Decade Later View all 28 articles

01/15/2025

If your baby recently received a Cerebral Palsy diagnosis, Anat Baniel Method NeuroMovement can help. Cerebral Palsy Guidance recognizes that "Children with cerebral palsy may benefit from this type of therapy when led by a trained practitioner." Located in Prince Edward Island, Lorrie Jollimore is certified and has 10 years of experience and a proven track record working with both children and adults with Cerebral Palsy. Get in touch if you'd like to schedule a lesson for you or your child.

The Anat Baniel Method is a movement and brain-based therapy with multiple applications, including helping children with cerebral palsy.

05/14/2024

Spontaneous integration of posture changes between second and third movement lesson. 🧠❤️

08/14/2023

I've been working with a wonderful client since January 2023 who had post concussion symptoms from a motor vehicle accident 2.5 years ago. Here's her testimonial below describing the outcome after 23 lessons over 6 months. What I found the most interesting are the changes in her vision as noted by her Optometrist. It was so gratifying for her to know that her vision issues as a result of the concussion were now back within normal limits. https://movementandvitality.com/vision-related-conditions-due-to-concussion-improved-after-neuromovement-lessons/

Based on some regression in the first month, I had her stop all other forms of therapy while I worked with her as even seeing an Osteopath at the same time was causing headaches. Prior to ABM she was seeing an OT, doing Acupuncture, and Vision Therapy and they were all causing headaches immediately after or during the sessions. The results of her changes and vision improvements can directly be attributed to ABM NeuroMovement® as this is all she did over the last 5 months.

"Before seeing Lorrie Jollimore my body couldn’t remember how to hold itself up. My once agile, flexible body was brick-like; stiff, heavy, and lacking fluidity. The motor vehicle accident from Feb 1, 2021, gave me a concussion and confused my nervous system, making it a struggle for me to push myself further than a simple walk. I went from deadlifting 200 pounds to struggling to carry my groceries. Post-concussion syndrome made everything worse. After almost two years of treatment with no relief, I finally found Lorrie. I started sleep-walking for the first time since childhood, which lasted for about two weeks. Within one month of therapy the daily ice pick headaches came to a halt. After two months I started to sleep sans nightmares, and the new found post-MVA rage started to dissipate. I’ve never been an angry person but after the concussion it wouldn’t take much to flare up this deep, dark, internal anger. At first the lessons were so exhausting that I needed to drink a large coffee and wait for an hour before I could even drive home, where I would almost instantly fall into a deep sleep. Now I can drive home right away, no exhaustion, no coffee or naps necessary. My brain is changing and I can feel it.

My eye doctor reports the photophobia (extreme light sensitivity) and receding point of convergence (how my eyes focus) are back to normal levels. She noticed a heightened sense of ease when doing the eye tests, and I got through the tests much quicker than before ABM treatment.
Rather than dread, I now wake up with joy and energy. I still am not sure how she does it, but I have found vitality for the first time in 2+ years. My morning “brick feet” with which I was becoming all too familiar, now have toes again. IBS symptoms are at an all-time low. I am starting to feel at-home in my own body again.

I feel light, excited for life, and I am strong! I hope that I will be a high performer athlete once again. I am not scared, angry, or in unbearable pain. The headaches are gone, the tingling numbness across my shoulder blades have halted, almost completely. Instead of every week, I now get treatment every 2 weeks, which will soon turn to every 4, until I no longer need reminders that I don’t have to live in pain. I also have less OCD and anxiety symptoms. My mind is more calm and I feel generally more whole, my body and mind reconnected, confident in everyday activities, strong to take on the day. Before finding Lorrie I saw 6 different therapists but I still felt broken. Now I see a future without pain, and without therapy." - Samara

05/02/2023

Out with the the old office -> in with the new office! After 7 years downtown I’ve recently moved my practice to my home office to improve work life balance. AND I’ve added a second weekend for children lessons a month! ❤️🧠⭐️😃

04/26/2023

My mama stood today over her bones easy and comfortably after her first full ABM lesson. I’m very hopeful that after her intensive next week that she will be taking some steps!

04/04/2023

Today a beautiful baby with left side Hemiplegia Cerebral Palsy miraculously started using her left hand to grab my mask during her NeuroMovement lesson. It’s not everyday you can see powerful learning like this take place within the duration of this video which is about one minute of focused attention. It was so marvellous to observe as her mother and I both looked on with such enthusiasm. This was her second lesson with me and after about 35 minutes of functional movement prior to this moment. Wow! Just Wow! Thank you Anat (Anat Baniel Method) for teaching and inspiring us all. ❤️🧠