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Kinesiology offers a gentle, holistic approach to supporting children’s physical, emotional, and developmental well-being.  Its focus on balancing the nervous system makes it effective in helping children overcome challenges such as separation anxiety, learning difficulties, behavioural issues, hyperactivity, and developmental delays. By addressing stress, reflexes, and emotional blocks at the core level, kinesiology helps children build resilience and self-confidence, setting them up for long-term success, happiness, and the realization of their full potential.

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Working with Children

Working with babies and toddlers differs from working with older children, teens, or adults due to their limited ability to sit still and communicate. While muscle testing on very young children can be challenging, there are effective alternatives. I can muscle test on myself and make corrections on the child, or work with the mother via surrogation, whether the child is present or not. 

Sessions can be highly effective for issues such as birth trauma, sleep disturbances, colic, and difficulty settling. Since kinesiology bypasses the need for verbal communication, it is especially beneficial for babies, non-verbal, shy, or withdrawn children. 

For children aged 5 to 12, sessions aim to address anxiety, school refusal, hyperactivity, and improve sensory processing, focus, learning, communication, and social skills. Kinesiology also supports self-regulation, emotional stability, and enhances fine and gross motor skills—helping with sports, handwriting, eye contact, and speech. The approach is tailored to meet each child’s unique needs, working collaboratively at a pace that feels right for them. It can also boost social confidence, help set boundaries, encourage them to express their thoughts, and stand up for themselves. 

Teenagers are a joy to work with. Kinesiology helps teens navigate emotional challenges, social pressures, and build self-confidence, while also supporting sporting, creative, and academic pursuits. It provides a safe space for teens to explore their feelings and express themselves authentically. Many teens are gifted, highly sensitive, or easily overwhelmed in certain situations. Kinesiology’s gentle, holistic approach helps build resilience, self-belief, and encourages them to step outside their comfort zones with confidence.

Working with Parents

When parents are stressed, overwhelmed, and stuck in survival mode, it can create tense environments at home—without blame. However, this stress can negatively impact our closest relationships, leading to reactive or hostile patterns. Common reactions include blaming, being defensive, putting up walls, distrusting others, or jumping to conclusions without truly listening. 

Stress also makes it harder to multi-task, often causing us to focus on one thing at a time. Kinesiology helps to integrate the brain and nervous system, which can significantly improve your stress threshold. This allows you to handle multiple daily challenges more easily, with greater ease, flow, and less reactivity. 

Unknowingly, kinesiology frees up your mental, emotional, and physical resources. You might find yourself spontaneously tidying or reorganizing, feeling inspired to pursue dormant projects, doing more exercise, or simply feeling more open to social interactions.

“Kinesiology opens the door to deeper connection, creating a home filled with trust, love, and harmony where everyone feels more at peace each day.”

How Kinesiology Supports Behaviour and Development

Here are a few ways kinesiology can help children thrive:

Sport: Addressing retained reflexes like the ATNR can improve hand-eye coordination, enhance participation and skill in physical activities, and boost confidence and self-esteem.

Disruptive Behaviour: Integrating reflexes such as fear paralysis can reduce inner tension and anxiety, helping children with school attendance, sitting still, and focusing. This can lead to easier learning, making teachers’ jobs more manageable and allowing parents to shift their focus from managing behaviour to fostering positive skills and activities.

Emotional Expression: Working on primitive reflexes and techniques to diffuse emotional triggers—such as frustration, loneliness, sadness, or separation distress—helps children express feelings appropriately, advocate for themselves, and build resilience and self-reliance. Using chakra work or addressing emotions stored in the body can help children overcome deep, difficult-to-articulate feelings. Kinesiology bypasses the mind and works directly with the body to release stuck emotions and patterns.

Primitive Reflexes

Primitive reflexes are involuntary movements present at birth, essential for survival and early development. Examples include rooting, sucking, Moro, Palmer, fear paralysis, ATNR, tendon guard, and spinal Galant reflexes. Normally, these reflexes integrate over time, allowing for higher-level motor control and social skills. 

What Happens if Reflexes Are Retained?

If retained, primitive reflexes can place stress on the nervous system, and the immune system, impacting physical, emotional, and cognitive development. This may manifest as poor coordination, learning difficulties, emotional instability, and physical discomfort—issues that can persist into adulthood, leading to chronic pain, debilitating anxiety, and fatigue. 

How Kinesiology Helps

Using muscle testing, I identify and address stress related to retained reflexes and past traumas, tailoring each session to the individual. By targeting these core issues, reflexes can be efficiently integrated, often creating a domino effect that restores balance across developmental stages. Although reflexes may re-emerge after another stress or injury, addressing their root causes supports long-term health. Supporting lifestyle factors such as hydration, nutrition, sleep, and outdoor activity further enhances these benefits.