About Kinesiology

Educational Kinesiology [Edu-K] is part of the Kinesiology group of complementary therapies which see well-being as a triangle made up of body, brain and emotions.

Imagine each side is made of rubber. When one side is altered it affects the other two, pulling the triangle out of shape. For example if your emotions are under pressure, this will affect both your thinking and your physical body, putting them under extra stress too.

In kinesiology muscle testing is often used to decide what is needed to restore the balance between the three parts. This form of bio-feedback means that each session is adapted for each individual, using movements that will be most helpful to them, at that time.

How did Educational KInesiology begin?

During the 1970s, in the USA, Dr Paul Dennison, who was teaching children with learning difficulties, started to put together the exercises that form the basis of Brain Gym®, as he began to explore the link between movement and learning. He noticed the improvements made by the children he was working with and how these exercises helped him too.

Paul's work has now spread worldwide and the original exercises have been improved and expanded with the help of his wife Gail. Edu-K & Brain Gym® are now used for personal development by adults as well as helping children with their learning,

Using his five step system and exercises [a ‘balance’] Mind and Movement can help you to make the changes you want in your life. These playful exercises draw on a wide variety of disciplines and use developmentally based movements. They are extremely simple, releasing tension, so that nerve messages can flow more freely to and from the brain, creating a balance of mind and body.

Clients are helped to choose a goal, and to notice any changes they experience during the balance process.

To find out more about Brain Gym® in the UK click here


" Movement is the door to learning.” Dr Paul Dennison

Edu-K & Brain Gym® are based on the principle that from our earliest days, even pre-birth, we first learn through movement.

For instance, a baby gradually realises that the hand she sees waving around is connected to her body. She then chooses to move it and learning has taken place. As adults we often forget that we first learned by moving, and that, throughout our lives, movement can continue to enhance our learning. Instead we only focus on using our brain. We lose the awareness of our body-brain connection.

An Edu K/Brain Gym session will help you regain this personal awareness so your body and brain can work more efficiently together.

Rhythmic Movement Training

Rhythmic Movement Training was developed by Dr Harald Blomberg, a Swedish psychiatrist, who became interested in how the use of developmental movements was able to make improvements for children and adults with neurological difficulties, including cerebral palsy, attention deficit and also those with dyslexia. RMT has now been used successfully in Sweden for over 20 years, with all ages from toddlers to the elderly, and over a wide range of abilities, not just those with severe neurological difficulties.

Rhythmic Movement Training (RMT) is now available from Mind and Movement, as part of an Edu-K session. These gentle rocking and rolling exercises are based on developmental movements that babies make before and after birth. They can help establish and integrate infant reflexes which may not have been fully developed during infancy or which may have re-emerged because of some upset or injury.

Children often really enjoy doing these exercises which can help

improve muscle tone,

developmental delays,

develop balance,

improve breathing

increase spatial awareness,

improve attention and control of impulses.

To find out more about Rhythmic Movement Training and childhood reflexes click here