When I begin to explain the primitive reflexes to a parent and child, it has the most heart warming effect.
All of a sudden, there is a reason that makes sense.
It's not just behaviour, or a disorder.. there is a reason why this symptom complex exists.
A reason that makes sense, that can be traceable back to birth, to the childs first few years.
"If only we knew..." is often the next words out of the parents.
Working with the reflexes is a profound for the child and for the parents.
They can finally understand that there is a survival mechanism that can't be controlled that is driving their childs behaviour.
For the child, they are no longer "a bad child", their fears, which have often never really been acknowledged, are verbalised and heard.
It's not just children who I see with active primitive reflexes, teenagers who shut down, develop eating disorders, have difficulty forming relationships and/or are diagnosed with ADHD often will also have active primitive reflexes.
Adults who have had severe trauma - they may have active primitive reflexes as well.
Finding the source of stress is imperative to our work as Kinesiologists.
Working with Retained Primitive Reflexes gives context and understanding
to so many unresolved issues that we see in children and adults alike.
Your Instructor
I'm Emma, mum of 3 boys and one of Australia's most qualified and experienced Kinesiologists. For the past 16 years I've seen thousands of children and adults in clinic, for all imaginable issues. I found myself in a position where I have so much knowledge (gained from a Bachelor of Health Science, Adv. Diploma in Mind Body Medicine and Kinesiology and many years of real time experience and wisdom gained in clinic) that I want to pass on to other therapists. So many little and big changes that can make such a difference to parents and children who are struggling with anxiety, with sensory sensitivities, learning difficulties, with allergies, with stomach issues, with sleep, with the looming diagnosis of ADHD, ADD, ODD and even depression.For the past 10 years I've been training other Kinesiologists. This particular course has been running for 7 years now, with this intake as it's 9th so far! Join us this year, and hundreds of other Kinesiologists from all around Australia to help the kids in each of our communities to feel more confident and more at ease within themselves.