At Sense Enabled we use gentle movement based therapies to help kids and teens with sensory sensitivities to be their best selves.
All tagged Gravity Reflex
My good friend and mentor Janet Oliver will be coming to the Seattle area to teach several very interesting facial reflex workshops in September 2020. If you are a therapist working with children, such as a speech or occupational therapist, this is a great opportunity to learn more about facial and gravity reflexes.
Did you enjoy the Body Sense blog and are maybe looking for some more details on troubles with proprioception? Dr Janet Oliver of Plan for Learning and I recorded conversations on inner body, outer body, and high function challenges that come with poor proprioception that are now available on YouTube.
Body space sense, also known as proprioception, is something all of us have and most can take for granted. It is the gravity sense anchoring and orienting us in the body, the surrounding environment, informing the more abstract concepts of time, math and underpinning our spatial abilities. The daily impact of a challenged body space sense has implications for both the internal/personal and external/ environmental interactions of anyone who faces these issues. Struggles with body space sense can manifest in three areas: the inner body, the outer body or higher function challenges.
The interplay between the reflexes and the vestibular system of the inner ear inform our sense of gravity, balance and underpin our spatial abilities. If you have ever spun around until dizzy or had a bout of vertigo you can appreciate what it would be like to live with a challenged sense of gravity. If my gravity sense is challenged my ability to do math or follow a sequence will be impacted too. Take a moment to imagine working, playing or trying to function in a constant state of disequilibrium always feeling like you just got off that spinning wheel from the playground!
