About the Anat Baniel Method®
A Gentle Approach Based on the Brain’s Ability to Learn Through Movement
“Ariana and this form of treatment are gems. I am in for the long term!”
ABM Neuromovement® is a modality that capitalizes on the brain’s neuroplasticity. Through gentle movements, we can communicate with the brain and get it to perceive the body in new and useful ways. Whether it’s opening up a world of movements that a child has never experienced or reintroducing an adult to parts of her body that may not be clearly defined in the brain due to trauma, injury or movement patterns, ABM® wakes up the brain to new possibilities.
ABM’s gentle movements allow the brain to connect with all the different parts of the body—and the relationships between them—which in turn generates new neural pathways. These new neural pathways can diminish chronic pain while enhancing strength, flexibility, coordination and cognitive performance.
Sessions are for all abilities and open to the public.
“Movement is the language of the brain.”
– Anat Baniel
Endorsed by Neuroscientists and Experts
ABM® Neuromovement® has been endorsed by prominent experts in the field of brain science, ranging from Michael Merzenich, who is considered the father of neuroplasticity research to Norman Doidge, acclaimed author and neuroplasticity expert:
“Anat Baniel has developed powerful, practical strategies for improving abilities and building a better, stronger brain that are supported by the neuroscience of brain plasticity.”
—Dr. Michael Merzenich, PhD, Professor Emeritus Neuroscientist, University of California, San Francisco
“The Anat Baniel Method is based on the neuroplasticity of the brain, the ability of the brain to learn and rearrange its understanding so that it can help the body-brain combination recover from trauma or a developmental disorder….Anat’s 9 Essentials are the same principles I used in order to recover my own brain. It is a magnificent tool that people can use in order to help other people recover.”
—Dr. Jill Bolte-Taylor, PhD, neuroanatomist and the author of My Stroke of Insight
“Anat’s work offers a transcendent formulation consistent with the best of what Dr. Michael Merzenich calls “the brain plasticity revolution” because it harnesses this perspective in a practical way that opens fresh horizons for research and therapeutic success.”
—Martha Herbert, PhD, MD, Harvard-based pediatric neurologist and the author of The Autism Revolution
“Over five years I followed a dozen of Baniel’s “pupils,” children with special needs, all with serious brain problems, and I witnessed much extraordinary progress.”
—Norman Doidge, M.D., author of The Brain That Changes Itself and The Brain’s Way of Healing