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NeuroStateOfMind, Frisco, TX (2026)

02/21/2026

Today’s session with Jude was nothing short of greatness. 💙

🗣️ Jude is five years old and lives with cerebral palsy.

🕊️ Our mission together is simple—and big: help him learn to walk, grow stronger, and build confidence in his own body.

We’ve been training for five months now, and this week, you can see it: he’s moving better, faster, stronger—every single day.

In today’s session, Jude was working sit-to-stands in front of the mirror wearing his Super Jude gait belt (which has been a game changer this past month).

His strength, control, and confidence are growing—and so is his belief in himself.

We also layered in cognitive training:
🎯 Naming colors and numbers using UNO cards
✏️ Drawing numbers with both hands

Yesterday we practiced “0.”

Today we practiced “1”—seated and standing.

This is how we train the mind and the body together, not separately.

Then we moved into gait training in a whole new way—teaching Jude how to shift his weight forward and back, trust his own body, place his feet, and begin stepping forward with more control and intention.

This isn’t just about muscles.

This is about building neuromuscular connections and teaching his nervous system new, stronger patterns.

This is what the Harkins Method™ is built for:
🔶 A neurorehabilitation system plus neuroplastic training methodology.
🔶 A therapeutic system and training architecture.
🔶 A whole-person rehabilitation model designed to drive neuroplastic change and functional recovery by training the integrated mind–brain–body network.

We don’t just practice movement.

We rebuild human neurobiological function through integrated neurofitness.

We train the nervous system.

We train confidence.

We train possibility.

And Jude? 💪🏼
He is doing the work. And it shows. 🏅

🫶 If you feel moved, drop a ❤️ in the comments for Jude and help us keep the prayers, encouragement, and positive energy flowing his way.

Pass the love, share the light, chase greatness. 🌈

02/19/2026

Shawnee Harkins is a transformative figure, transitioning from her illustrious career as a Hollywood celebrity trainer in film and television to becoming a pioneering force in the realm of AI/VR-driven neuro rehabilitation. As the Founder / President of ARC VRX, mind-body VR medicine delivering neur...

01/26/2026

The joy of a child.

There is something sacred about watching a child move freely—eyes bright, heart open, fully present in the moment.

This is Jude, riding his therapy bike at home, supported by his grandma, doing the real work of neuro recovery through play, repetition, and joy.

His neuro sessions focus on:
🧠 brain–body connection, movement, and coordination
🚲 strength, balance, and neuromuscular control
❤️ confidence, safety, and belief

Progress doesn’t always look loud.

Sometimes it looks like a child smiling while learning to do new things that once felt impossible. 😌

“Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.” — Mother Teresa

👉🏼 If this made you pause for even a moment, drop some major love in the comments for Jude and his journey. ❤️

Your encouragement matters more than you know.

Share the light, pass the love, chase greatness. 🌈

12/17/2025

I’m a lucky girl — I do lucky things. ✨

🗣️ Like watching one of my neuro clients test-drive my first immersive neurotherapy prototype.

John is in stroke recovery. 🕊️

In this photo, he stepped into an experience designed to retrain his mind, rewire his brain, and restore his body — powered by The Harkins Method™, now entering VR.

“I’ve stood where many neuro patients stand — told, ‘this is as good as it gets.’ But I refused to let a diagnosis define my future. I found strength in faith, resilience, and an unwavering belief in the brain’s capacity to heal. Today, my purpose is clear — to give others the tools to defy the odds, just as I did.”

We’re just getting started.

Imagine scalable, evidence-driven neuroplasticity — accessible anytime, anywhere. 🧠🏅

More to share. ✨

More to come. ✨

Pass the love.🫶

Share the light.✨

Chase greatness.🌈

12/11/2025

Most people only see the physical side of recovery…

🗣️ But what you’re watching here is the brain changing in real time.

🥊 This is NeuroBoxing — part of The Harkins Method™ — where we combine movement, breath, identity work, and speech activation to wake up the brain’s ability to repair itself. 🤓

Why this works:
✔️ Movement increases OBC (oxygenation, blood flow, circulation)
✔️ Cross-body patterns activate both hemispheres
✔️ Speech improves when neural pathways are primed
✔️ Identity statements rewire emotional + cognitive networks
✔️ Mirror neurons fire when we watch ourselves perform the action

😌 And when a stroke survivor looks in the mirror and says:

“I am getting better every day.”

neuroplasticity is being coded into the nervous system.

This is just the beginning of John’s transformation.

❤️ Please drop him your healing vibes, thoughts, and prayers for his journey.

🫶 If you’re walking your own recovery journey — or you love someone who is — this is your reminder:

The brain CAN change.

The brain WANTS to change.

And your comeback is still possible. 🏅

👉🏼 Comment “NEURO” to start your transformation — I’ll reach out to you personally.

✨ Save & share this post if it inspired you or someone you love.

Pass the love. 🫶

Share the light. ✨

Chase greatness. 🌈

— Shawnee 🤍

12/06/2025

HOW NEURO FITNESS TRANSFORMED KYLE’S TBI RECOVERY — A 7-YEAR HEALING JOURNEY 🧠🕊️

🗣️ Seven years ago, I met Kyle in a wheelchair.
�👉🏼 No routine, no roadmap, no structure, but with a major goal to learn how to walk again. 🚶🏻

Today, he is walking with is cane. 🥇�
With confidence.
�With purpose.
�With a restored identity.

This didn’t happen overnight.
�It happened because we trained his mind with the same intensity as his body. 🤓 🗝️

👉🏼 This is the power of The Harkins Method™ Neural Network of Change — a neuroscience-backed, drug-free, neuroplasticity-driven system designed to accelerate recovery for TBI, concussion, and stroke survivors by:

1️⃣ Training the mind�2️⃣ Rewiring the brain�3️⃣ Restoring the body

👀 Over seven years, we rebuilt Kyle’s:�• Mindset�• Neuromuscular strength�• Cognitive processing, speech and communication �• Gait and mobility�• Confidence�• Daily habits�• Nutrition�• Mental and emotional well-being

💪🏼 He went from wheelchair → to a walker to a cane → unassisted steps with supervision → walking with a came at home.
�And we are just getting started.

👀 If you’re ready to activate neuroplasticity on purpose…
�👀 If you want a breakthrough in your recovery…

🔥 Comment a fire emoji and I’ll reach out personally.
�❤️ Drop a heart to send Kyle your love and healing prayers as we chase greatness into 2026! 🥳

👉🏼 Save and Share this post as a reminder or pass it to a friend who needs it.

✨ Thank you all for supporting Kyle’s TBI Healing Journey throughout the past 7 years with Neuro State of Mind TBI & Stroke Neuro Fitness Recovery Program. 🕊️

Pass the love. 🫶

Share the light. ✨

Chase greatness. 🌈

12/04/2025

Today marks 10 years since Kyle’s traumatic brain injury (TBI). 🧠🥳

🗣️ Happy New Life to you buddy!

I am so thrilled and blessed to share in your journey.

Ten years of healing.

Ten years of transformation.

Ten years of defying the odds one day at a time,

And tomorrow, we celebrate seven years of neuro fitness training together — seven years of learning and teaching, breaking limits, and chasing greatness, together. .

I’ve watched Kyle become the man he was always meant to be.

Determined.

Focused.

Purpose-driven.

What a gift it’s been to witness his evolution — not just physically, but mentally, emotionally, spiritually.
�To work with him, his incredible mom, his children, his Nana, and his entire family — has been a blessing and an honor.

I love this quote by Picasso:

“The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.”�
My sentiments exactly.

And we stand on this:�“In your strength, I can crush an army. With my God, I can scale any wall.” – Psalm 18:29

Let your obstacles be your driving force to victory no matter the adversity.

❤️ Please join me in celebrating Kyle’s life, his triumphant transformation, and his much anticipated breakthroughs.

We thank each and everyone of you for supporting Kyle’s journey.

We love you.

Blessings,

Shawnee 🕊️

12/04/2025

If your child struggles with focus, restlessness, or dysregulation before therapy — this post is for you.

🗣️ Whether it’s cerebral palsy, autism, or another neurological condition, how we begin a session changes everything. 😌

👉🏼 After years of training both children and adults with neurodiverse needs and neuro recovery goals, I’ve learned this simple truth:

👉 The nervous system must feel safe before the body can respond.

🥇 Here are 3 powerful tools I use every session with my client, Super Jude — who lives with cerebral palsy:

🔵 1. Begin with Breath Work
�We start every session with what I call Balance Blue — three deep, intentional breaths.
�This slows the heart rate, lowers blood pressure, and activates the parasympathetic nervous
system — the part of the brain that says:�
“I’m safe. I can focus. I’m ready to grow.”

🔵 2. Use Visual Anchoring (Yes, Even Balloons!)
�Before we begin breathwork, we draw a face on a balloon.
�It becomes a playful focal point — grounding attention and activating neuromotor pathways.
�Visual cues like this help bring the mind into the present moment and prep the brain for learning.

🔵 3. Make It Routine
�Consistency wires the brain.
�Every session begins the same: same breathwork, same order.
�Routine builds predictability, and predictability builds safety — the foundation of all neuroplastic change. 🧠

It’s only been four months, but Jude’s transformation is undeniable. 🦸🏻
�Every breath we take in therapy is designed to reprogram the nervous system — and it all starts with attention, focus, and breath.

We also sprinkle breath work throughout the session — in between the fun, the physical, the breakthroughs.

✨ Training with Jude has been a true highlight of my career, and I’m deeply grateful to walk this journey with parents like Dr. Matthew and Vicky. 🫶

Drop Jude a 💙 in the comments to send him love and light.
�🕊️ We’re just getting started — and we’re claiming 2026 as our strongest year yet.

Chase the love. 🫶

Share the light. ✨

Chase greatness. 🌈

12/03/2025

December marks 10 years since Kyle’s traumatic brain injury. 🧠🥳
�And this week, we celebrate 7 years of training together. 💃🏻💪🏼

🗣️ From our first session — Kyle handing me the ball with his left hand — to our most recent session — Kyle walking independently on an incline on the HitMill Treadmill Machine for 5 minutes and 40 seconds without stopping.�
👀 This is what the neuro recovery journey can look like.

👉🏼 Walking has always been the goal.
�And we’ve never wavered from that vision. 🏅

Through the Harkins Method™ — built to retrain the mind, brain, and body — Kyle has reduced spasticity, minimized seizure and aura activity, improved his speech, balance, and cognitive function, and lost over 60 pounds.

And while we’ve kept our eyes on the prize (walking), we also trained to restore identity, autonomy, and confidence.
�The Harkins Method forms new neural pathways, activating the central nervous system,�and proving what’s possible when you train for neuroplasticity.

Kyle is walking.�
He is speaking.�
He is returning to life —as an active father, a man of faith, and a survivor with purpose. 🕊️

We train for transformation.�
We train for breakthroughs.�
We train because the brain can change.�
And when it does — everything else follows.

🥳 Celebrate this moment with us.�
❤️ Drop Kyle a word of encouragement.�
✨ Let him know his walk inspires yours.

✨ Thank you friends and family for supporting for 7 years + !

We love you. ❤️
�Pass the love. 🫶
�Share the light. ✨
�Chase greatness. 🌈�

11/28/2025

HOW FITNESS CHANGED THE TRAJECTORY OF MY TBI RECOVERY

🗣️ Most people know me as the creator of The Harkins Method™ and founder of Neuro State of Mind™ and now, The Harkins Project, VRx™, … but before ANY of that?

I was an 18-year-old girl from Rowlett, Texas living alone in El Segundo, CA who had just survived her first severe traumatic brain injury.

📸 Picture 1 — Age 18 (First time EVER to share my TBI photos publicly)

Wearing a neck brace, smiling after flat-lining, waking from a coma, and overcoming temporary quadriplegia + a bruised spinal cord.

It was the very beginning of my TBI journey — the one that would test me, shape me, and reveal who I would become.

After doing one single push-up in my tiny studio apartment, I decided I would still try to become a firefighter + EMT… my childhood dream.

After all, I had been given another chance at life.

I started working out when my body felt broken, my identity was shaken, and my doctors told me:

“This is as good as it gets.”

The pain was physical… but the internal battle was worse.

The overwhelm overwhelming thoughts, and emotions of “What if…?”

I hit a point where I realized I could surrender to the diagnosis — or fight for my future.

So I chose to fight.

After all, it takes courage to heal.

And in our weakest moments, we discover just how powerful and strong we truly are.

And I wasn’t alone — God was with me.

Fitness became the catalyst of my healing — the foundation that changed the trajectory of my recovery.

Not because I wanted to “get in shape,” but because movement gave me proof that healing was still possible.

I relearned to walk while relearning to speak.

Then I ran.

Then I lifted.

I rebuilt my atrophied muscles and worked two jobs to afford a trainer who helped me rebuild from the ground up.

But the REAL transformation didn’t happen until I did two things right:

1️⃣ I trained my mind with the same intensity as my body.

2️⃣ I learned how to activate neuroplasticity on purpose — training my mind + brain as a team.

That’s when everything changed.

📸 Picture 2 (Diagnosed Healed & A Thriving Career

Standing with Dr. David Kawashiri at Cedars-Sinai — hearing him say:

“You’ve healed yourself, Shawnee.”

The protocol I created (now The Harkins Method™) restored my brain + nervous system after 3 TBIs and years of complications.

Today, I help others do the same.

Our brain CAN heal, rewire, adapt, and transform after trauma.

My mission is to implant hope for every TBI, ABI, concussion, and stroke survivor — and anyone navigating anxiety, depression, or PTSD — who refuses to give up.

If you relate to ANY part of my story, drop a ❤️ below.

To the survivors + caregivers keeping their eyes on the prize — you got this! 🏅🕊️

Pass the love. 🫶

Share the light. ✨

Chase Greatness. 🌈

07/05/2025

Feeling wiped out after simple tasks? That’s cognitive fatigue.

🧠 Break tasks into chunks
🧘‍♀️ Prioritize deep focus
😴 Schedule brain rest

🚀 Join the NeuroFit Training Club—our online neuro fitness membership and community for TBI, stroke, and concussion survivors + caregivers.

💪 LIVE and on-demand sessions, brain-based workouts, speech & memory tools, caregiver support, and more—powered by The Harkins Method™.

🚪 Doors are OPEN → https://bit.ly/neurofitsignup

This is your sign to start training for your future. 🧠✨

💙 Let’s train your brain—and rebuild your life.

🦸🏻‍♀️ I’m Shawnee Harkins, and I’m here to help TBI & stroke THRIVERS transform their recovery journey.

🌟 Pass the love. Share the light.

🌈 Chase Greatness!

07/05/2025

🧠 The brain changes based on what we feed it.
Your thoughts are its nutrition. Your movement is its medicine.

✨ Every step, every mindset shift—you’re rewiring your brain.
Fuel it wisely. Move with purpose.

👉 Tap the link in bio to start your neuro recovery journey today.

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