Safe and Sound Protocol, based on Polyvagal Theory, uses specific frequencies to promote social engagement over vigilance, aiming to reduce trauma-related stress with a 5-hour, 5-day regimen, showcasing significant therapeutic success.
Category - Evolution and Child Development
Examines human development through evolutionary biology, covering auditory and vision optimization, reflex integration, and movement mechanics. It explores the transition from primal to conscious movement, integrating insights from biology, anthropology, and physiology to understand human capabilities and evolution.
This research reveals that movement is an extension of neurological organization based primarily on head position relative to the body. It validates long held theories, thereby adding confidence to our understanding that movement is an...
Our “primitive” gut neurology plays an active role in our experience. “Gut Feelings”, which we usually experience more quickly than our conscious thoughts, are a good example of how our guts are aware of and respond to...
GABA is the main inhibitory neurotransmitter in the mature brain. Many cognitive pathologies (Autism, ADD, ADHD, Anxiety Disorder, Sensory Processing Disorder, etc.) can be described mechanistically as incomplete GABA action at the neural...
The fundamental distinction between animals and all living beings is movement. Animals emerged out of living beings becoming able to make distinctions in their surroundings, give meaning to those distinctions, and move towards or away from what...
I am a Manual Therapist on the roster of complimentary care providers for one of the largest private elementary and high schools in San Francisco. The schools embody an academic tradition that de-emphasizes fact memorization before the...
This 8 minute video offers an excellent overview of infant postural and dynamic reflexes, and how these reflexes underly more complex motor and cognitive functions. However, some of the statements made in the video about the influence of...
Babies (DVD):Culture has a profound influence on the developmental trajectory of infants. Although somewhat obvious, it is highly educational to observe how settings and attitudes define the opportunities for growing children. The documentary...
Over the last 30 years it has come to be accepted that very small children have abstract, structured, coherent, causal representations of the world around them - representations that are similar to scientific theories. They use those...
Explores the gut microbiome's critical role in health, emphasizing its influence on metabolism, disease resistance, and systemic health, advocating for a balanced diet, prebiotics, and probiotics to maintain a healthy microbiome, linking it to...