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The ANAT BANIEL METHOD derives from the groundbreaking method developed by Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais. The Method is based on cutting-edge scientific theory and the understanding of how the brain learns. Movement and awareness of self are the main means for communicating with the brain in order to bring about potent learning and change. Anat Baniel expanded the application of the same scientific principles to include not only the body and movement -- but also emotional, intellectual, and spiritual development. The Anat Baniel Method embodies an extensive evolution of the Feldenkrais Method in several key directions: Anti-Aging and Vitality; Pain Relief; Children with Special Needs; and High Performers. It also embodies evolution and refinements of practice and teaching.

Evolution is inherent to every scientific discipline and as a scientist, Dr. Feldenkrais understood that his method needed to evolve in order for it to stay vibrant, valid and useful. His intention was for his work to develop as increased scientific knowledge and accumulated teaching experience brought more insight, greater understanding and the formation of new techniques.

Anat, in 15 years of apprenticeship and close cooperation with Dr. Feldenkrais, followed by 20 years of continued practice, teaching, and study, has been steadily evolving and refining the Feldenkrais Method to the present Anat Baniel Method.

Who can benefit from the Anat Baniel Method for Children?

Children who have been helped by this method have had, among others, the following conditions:
• Arthrogryposis
• Ataxia
•Athetosis
• Autism – Autism Spectrum Disorder
• Brachial Plexus
• Cerebellar Atrophy
• Cerebral Palsy
• Charge syndrome
• Contractures
• Delayed development
• Diplegia
• Down’s Syndrome
• Failure to thrive
• Fragile X Syndrome
• Hydrocephaly
• Hypertonia
• Hypotonia
• Larsen's syndrome
• Macrocephaly
• Microcephaly
• Multiple Sclerosis
• Muscular atrophy
• Periventricular Leukomalacia
• Polymicrogyria
• Prader-Willi syndrome
• Premature birth
• Rett syndrome
• Sensory integration dysfunction
• ShakenBaby syndrome
• Spinal muscular atrophy
• Stroke

What changes are seen when children receive lessons?

This method provides children with experiences that give them an opportunity to upgrade their nervous systems. Practitioners seek to wake up children’s awareness of feeling what they are doing. Many parents report that the first changes they see include:
• Improved mood
• Better sleep
• Greater comfort
• Increased alertness and awareness of their surroundings

Functional changes that have been seen as children continue the work include:
• More effortless movements
• Better balance
• Improved ability to move: crawl, walk, run, jump, reach
• Greater problem-solving skills
• Improved speech

How will this change your childs life?

I have discovered the earlier you get your special child in this program, the faster the results. I usually set you up for a set up a program from Anat's 30 + years of experience. While working in NYC, Anat, discovered the children that came from out of town for intensive treatments, eg. 8 - 10 sessions over 4 or 5 days, got much better results then the children that received 1 weekly session. Both got results, but the intensive gave the child's brain a lot to learn and implement over the next month. I have watched a number of children do this. The parents tell me of how at home the child does the same things we had worked at in a lesson.

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Anat Baniel Method (sm), Functional Synthesis (FS)

Based on the work of Moshe Feldenkrais
is Ms Baniel’s evolution and development of the individual lessons. As with the group lessons, the outcomes are transformational and immediate. In addition, she has taken the remarkable body of knowledge and practice and developed it so it can be used to meet unique needs. Now practitioners can specialize working in the areas of children with special needs; vitality and anti-aging; pain relief; and high performers.

I have discovered that the younger the child or the sooner after diagnoses you give this gift to your child, the more results you will get. Children respond very quickly to this method. Taking a child from what is possible to creating new possibilities and new neurological connections. I can see when the "learning switch" is turned on. The child, no matter how young has a learning brain and wants to be their best.

Parents that are willing to learn new skills of how to deal with their special child, and create a life that works well with their family, will really enjoy what this method will do for you and your child!

It is amazing for parents to see the how the child will go home and do the same things that were done in the session! For best results I have an intensive program designed to see the child 8 - 10 times over 4 or 5 days. This keeps the child's brain learning over the month. Anat had discovered this while in NYC, she discovered the children who came from out of town and had intensive sessions, got fster results than the children that came in weekly. I have a DVD available for your viewing pleasure. Contact me at 519-743-5375

"Movement is life. Life is a process. Improve the quality of the movement and you improve the quality of life itself." - Moshe Feldenkrais

“The Essentials of Vitality” are qualities healthy children have that, when reintroduced in adulthood, reverse many of the common symptoms of aging and provide people access to easy, fluid, and coordinated movement; flexibility and strength; greater health and comfort in the body; alert, vibrant thinking; richer and greater capacity to feel; emotional and spiritual evolution; and most importantly, access to one’s authentic self. These essentials are also the means by which the brain continues to learn and grow." -Anat Baniel - The Anat Baniel Method

“What I am after is not flexible bodies, but flexible minds. What I am after is restoring people to their human dignity”
~ Moshe Feldenkrais, D.Sc ~

The Feldenkrais Method and Awareness Through Movement

Our November 29 Kitchener Free Children’s Clinic for Children with Special Needs was a great success. Dramatic changes have resulted from the Anat Baniel Method for Children. On Nov. 29, we offered a free lesson to each child. Because we have found that children respond extremely well to having peers nearby who are going through the same process, we conducted 5-10 lessons simultaneously, in the same room. Each child received the full attention of a certified Anat Baniel Method for Children Practitioner.

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Feldenkrais "Awareness Through Movement Lessons" (R) students temporarily set aside habitual patterns, thereby enjoying freer, easier movement, and gaining more accurate and complete perception of the body and movement in general.

ATM emphasizes improving brain-body communication over stretching and straining immediately so people experience a safer and longer lasting change in their posture, movement and body image than if they worked out using force and will power.

Regardless of your level of physical fitness, the body begins to work better immediately because the intelligence of the whole person–their brain, muscles and nervous system–is engaged. The lessons directly engage this intelligence while creating the conditions for effective learning. ATM's are accessible to everyone and the results can be extraordinary. They offer an impressive variety of movement situations, addressing every area, joint, and muscle group in the body and every human function.

Our Goals: To make a positive difference in the lives of people who choose to live a healthier lifestyle. To provide convenient, quality products and service. To assist with vitality in life, with less pain and strain and to see others develop self awareness. To teach others to achieve their mind, body and spirit connection.

Feldenkrais®, Feldenkrais Method®, Functional Integration®, Awareness Through Movement®, Guild Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner(cm), and Friends of Feldenkrais(sm) are service marks of the FELDENKRAIS GUILD® of North America.

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