What is the Anat Baniel Method for Children?

The Anat Baniel Method for Children expands on the work of Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais. Practitioners certified in this method provide learning experiences that help children develop beyond their limitations. The Anat Baniel Method for Children uses gentle innovative techniques to access the brain's ability to learn movement, thought, and feelings. Infants' and children's progress often surpass medical expectations.

Who can benefit from the Anat Baniel Method for Children?

Children benefitting from the work have had the following conditions as well as others.

What changes are seen when children receive lessons from a practitioner trained in the Anat Baniel Method for Children?

This method provides children with experiences that give them an opportunity to upgrade their nervous systems. Anat Baniel Method for Children 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

As children "wake up" to themselves their experiences in and outside of the lessons should provide a variety of information that their brain organizes. 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

Extensive information about this work is available at www.AnatBanielMethod.com

Topics include:

• Types of Conditions the Anat Baniel Method for Children Can Help
• Steps to Take For Concerned Parents
• How Does the Anat Baniel Method Work?
• What are private lessons?
• What Does Success Look Like?
• Dr. Feldenkrais's Early Work with Children
• Expected Outcomes for Your Child with the Anat Baniel Method
• Parent's Stories: Read What Parents Say About Anat Baniel (download word doc)

Educational video materials that are available at AnatBanielMethod.com include:

• Demonstration of the Anat Baniel Method for Children (Video DVD)
• Elizabeth (Video DVD)
• Introduction to the Anat Baniel Method – Live recording – 2 hours (Video DVD)
• A Workshop for parents and professionals working with Children with Special Needs - Live recording - 13.5 hours (6 Video DVD set)

Who is Anat Baniel?

Anat Baniel had the unique opportunity to train and work with Moshe Feldenkrais for many years. Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais devoted his life (1904-1984) to understanding how humans learn and develop and creating a concrete way of helping those who were trying to overcome limitations. Anat recognized his brilliance and committed her life, first to learning what she could from him and then to bringing his work to the world. For years she has continued to explore the same themes that Dr. Feldenkrais brought to clarity, searching for a greater understanding of human learning and development, and a better ability to help children with special needs reach their full potential. She is a world-renowned expert in working with children and training practitioners to achieve the same transformational results. Anat's understanding and skill in recreating the learning process in children with limitations has crystallized and built upon the foundation that Dr. Feldenkrais had established. The Anat Baniel Method for Children gives children an opportunity to develop beyond normal expectations in a way no other therapeutic technique has achieved.

Anat Baniel Method for Children training practicum, 2003

For a complete listing of Anat Baniel Method for Children Practitioners, go here.
For more about Anat Baniel Method and trainings www.anatbanielmethod.com
For more about the Feldenkrais Method go to www.feldenkrais.com

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