The Process
"What this practice (ABM) involves makes neurological sense in a profound way."
-Dr. Michael Merzenich, neuroscientist, UCSF Professor Emeritus
Neurophysica is home to Adrienne Penebre's private practice, a small learning lab dedicated exclusively to helping children and adults maximize their potential through the The Anat Baniel Method (ABM).
HOW TO WORK WITH ADRIENNE
1. Contact me by email to schedule a phone consultation.
2. Based on the phone consultation, we will schedule your first ABM movement lesson.
3. After your first lesson, I will recommend how we can best move forward together based on you and your intentions.
4. Read Anat Baniel's books "Move into Life" and "Kids Beyond Limits" to better understand the science of the method.
2. Based on the phone consultation, we will schedule your first ABM movement lesson.
3. After your first lesson, I will recommend how we can best move forward together based on you and your intentions.
4. Read Anat Baniel's books "Move into Life" and "Kids Beyond Limits" to better understand the science of the method.
What does the process look like?
From the outside, it appears to be an execution of small subtle movements, performed relatively slowly and easily. The student experiences a variety of movements in relationships to gravity such as in lying,sitting standing. Adrienne gently guides the student's movement to facilitate the learning of novel actions. Much like music, each movement is a note that forms part of an increasingly larger composition of well organized actions. From the inside, the student's brain is going through a rich process of experience, making meaningful connections through discrimination, increased differentiation and integration. This complex internal process leads the student to:
- discover, create and chart new pathways to better outcomes
- sense how to move in more efficient, easeful and well organized ways, with less force and more intelligence
- upgrade the capacity to self organize all kinds of neural movement, including processes that drive action, thinking and emotions
- expand skill and ability in both intentional and unpredictable ways
A Learning Process:
9 Essentials for the brain to change, grow & HEAL
ABM is not a medical approach- it is a learning process, the same natural learning process that leads to our biological development and growth. The Nine Essentials of ABM are the foundation that drive the brain to turn experiential input into useful functional information, expanding options in every realm of action- including thinking, feeling and moving. Rather than "fixing" limitations, Adrienne helps to create the content and conditions for your brain to form and grow new neural maps and connections that allow your brain to self-organize and heal. The 9 essentials of the ABM are:
1. Movement with Attention
2. Slow
3. Variation
4. Subtlety
5. Enthusiasm
6. Flexible Goals
7. The Learning Switch
8. Imagination and Dreams
9. Awareness
1. Movement with Attention
2. Slow
3. Variation
4. Subtlety
5. Enthusiasm
6. Flexible Goals
7. The Learning Switch
8. Imagination and Dreams
9. Awareness