News: Movement for Life Improves Mobility, Flexibility, and Balance

Movement for Life in Nevada City, California is a place where children with autism and other developmental delays can increase balance, flexibility, and mobility. Jackie Mason, the founder, bases the intervention on the methods of Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais, who believed that people learn to move in a logical manner from childhood on. If movement is interrupted or skipped, it may need to be relearned, but in a gentle, non-threatening fashion. Mason says, "The therapy is without force, constraint or physically limiting equipment. The skeleton is moved in gentle motions to send a message to the brain to re-organize itself for more optimal movement."

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