DIY Primitive Reflex Exercises

I’ve always warned against DIY primitive reflex exercises without the careful guidance of a practitioner.

However, realistically speaking, not everyone has the budget to commit long-term to a programme with a practitioner, some people live a long way from a practitioner, and people will always look for ways to try to do this work for themselves – I know I would have been the same.

I am now happy to endorse an alternative that’s second-best to coming to see a therapist in person. I do stress that this is second best, as it’s a programme that will not address the earliest piece of the development puzzle in the same way that the Safe and Sound Protocol and RMTi do.

It’s a self-managed listening programme consisting of 20 hours of music coupled with a movement programme, devised by Tomatis, called Soundsory. Soundsory uses bone conduction headphones coupled with an ecclectic rhythmic collection of music and a movement programme, which is available via a login allocated when you sign up.

DIY Primitive Reflex Exercises

Soundsory

Soundsory can help with sensory, emotional, motor coordination and learning challenges by primarily targetting the vestibular system. However, if a person would be unable to copy or replicate the movements, it may be necessary to modify the programme to incorporate passive movements, with input by me.

I would still always recommend the Safe and Sound Protocol as a pre-cursor to Soundsory, but this is a great do-it-yourself, home-based programme for those who either do not have time to come into clinic or do not have the funds to complete a bespoke reflex integration programme.

What I like about this programme is that it’s yours to own for a one-off cost, and requires no practitioner input or monthly subscriptions. If you get on well with this, you could later consider signing up for one of the longer term programmes, but then again, you might want to repeat Soundsory.

I would still always recommend the Safe and Sound Protocol as a pre-cursor to Soundsory, but this is a great do-it-yourself, home-based programme for those who either do not have time to come into clinic or do not have the funds to complete a bespoke reflex integration programme.

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