When we repeat painful or difficult movements, we are teaching and changing the brain. We are telling it, “I stand this way now and walk that way now. Forget all that other stuff. You can’t do it anymore.” An Anat Baniel Method℠ (NeuroMovement®) practitioner can help you gently experience the movements that your body needs. They can help your brain learn movements you didn’t know were available to you, or relearn movements that may once have come naturally.

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We often think of the body and mind as separate. However, science has proven that they are inextricably linked. When we learn to move the body with greater ease, we inevitably feel greater ease in our thinking and emotions.

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If we try to maintain the ideal posture, the ideal gait, we are bound to fail, because there is no singular ideal. The ideal is the ability to vary and adapt how we move and stand depending on the conditions—to know what is essential and how to adjust the rest.

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Aches and pains often come from our brain simply forgetting how our body was built to move because of injury or disuse. When we remind the brain how to use muscles and bones more efficiently, we realize how strong and comfortable we can be in our bodies as they are now.

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It is not always greater effort that allows us to overcome challenge; sometimes it’s greater curiosity and our ability to be okay with not yet knowing how to do something.

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Relearning how to do something after illness or injury requires the same inquisitive spirit that we brought to that learning as small children.

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To gain mobility and pain-free movement, we must work from a place of comfort and not pain. Only then will the brain relax, pay attention, and learn all the options at its disposal.

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Scientists once believed that the brain could not change after childhood, disability, or injury. Now they are discovering otherwise. Never assume you must tolerate the status quo in your body and mind. There are possibilities beyond what you know.

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As adults and children alike, we learn to move by letting our bodies problem solve through play, variation and exploration. The process is as important as the outcome.

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