23/08/2026
Seven days on a ship and apparently my body hadn’t quite got the message that we were back on dry land! 🚢🌊
I’ve been home for a day but was still feeling a little out of sorts — almost as though I could still feel the movement of the ship.
I’d set up these movements ready for a client session and realised that actually, they were just what I needed too.
So before my client arrived, I took a few minutes to do them myself.
I chose movements involving balance and cross-body coordination, giving my brain and body lots of information about where I was in space and working with my vestibular system — the system involved in balance, movement and our relationship with gravity.
I also incorporated some of the movements I use when working with the TLR and ATNR primitive reflexes. TLR in particular has a close relationship with the vestibular system, so after a week of constantly adjusting to the movement of a ship, it felt like a good time to give mine a little attention!
This is also a good example of why movement is such an important part of my sessions with children.
The activities I choose aren’t simply about getting children moving or “burning off energy”. They’re chosen purposefully, depending on what that child might need at that particular moment.
Sometimes we need movement to wake us up and energise us.
Sometimes we need it to help us feel more grounded, regulated and focused.
And, sometimes, the grown-ups need it too! 😂
I definitely felt better afterwards — and I think the floor has almost stopped moving 😁
