What is Rhythmic Movement Training?

What are Rhythmic Movements?

How do I become an RMTi Consultant?

• RMTi Level 1 – Focus, Organisation & Comprehension – 2 days

  In this 2-day course participants learn the basics of the Rhythmic Movement Training: how rhythmic movements can be used to assist in regulating muscle tone; stimulating the connections between the cerebellum and the neocortex, especially the frontal lobes in order to improve attention and control impulses. The course also includes examining the role of the primitive reflexes in development, and how to integrate them using rhythmic movements and isometric pressure.

  Ideal for OTs, OTAs, PTs, PTAs, SLPs, parents, social workers, family and mental health therapists, developmental optometrists and VTs, yoga therapists, classroom teachers; special education teachers; nursury and preschool teachers, health care providers; massage therapists, trauma specialists and caregivers; kinesiologists, Brain Gym instructors.

  Topics Include:

  • Demonstrate and practice of rhythmic movements and how these movements promote brain development, effective learning, speech development, emotional balance, stress release, stamina and postural strength.
  • Discussion, demonstration and practice of reflexes related to developing postural control.
  • Discussions and practice of how reflexes and their importance to understanding the foundations of sensory-motor, emotional and cognitive function.
  • Experience, notice and express ‘before and after’ changes that occur from doing 17 Rhythmic Movements

  Investment

  £360 includes manual and certificate (Repeaters 50% off)

• RMTi Level 2 – Emotions, Memory & Behaviour – 1 day

  This 1-day course addresses how the Rhythmic Movement Training affects our emotions, how to work with movements to get in touch with our emotions and to stabilise them when they threaten to take control. It also examines how stress and daily life affects our body and how the rhythmic movements can help to relax and ease muscle tension. It is a necessary supplement for anyone who wishes to work with rhythmic movement training.

  Topics Include:

  • The role infant movement and reflexes play in brain growth, learning, emotional development and behaviour, and the research showing the crucial importance of integrating infant reflexes for foundational sensory processing and learning skills.
  • Why unintegrated reflexes are a major factor in challenges such as ADD/ADHD, dyslexia, developmental delay, sensory processing disorder, autism, chronic stress/overwhelm and other learning, emotional and behavioural difficulties.
  • The critical importance of integrating the Fear Paralysis and Moro reflexes for sensory processing, emotional regulation and social development.
  • How to use Rhythmic Movements with people of all ages
  • Identify how an individual’s behaviour indicates an underdeveloped limbic system
  • Identify protocols to release tension patterns from areas affected by the Tendon Guard Reflex—legs, hip, back, neck and shoulders.

  Investment

  £175 includes manual and certificate (£25 discount if booked at the same time as Level 1. Repeaters 50% off)

• RMTi Level 3 - Reading and Writing - 2 days

  This 2-day course deals with how our reading and writing ability is affected by various factors such as our vision, our ability to recognise the sounds of the language and our motor ability. We learn how to check for non integrated primitive reflexes and recognize other motor disabilities that are important in reading difficulties and how to improve reading and writing ability by correcting these balances with rhythmic movemnts and reflex integration activities.

  Ideal for OTs, OTAs, PTs, PTAs, SLPs, parents, social workers, family and mental health therapists, developmental optometrists and VTs, yoga therapists, classroom teachers; special education teachers; nursury and preschool teachers, health care providers; massage therapists, trauma specialists and caregivers; kinesiologists, Brain Gym instructors.

  Topics Include

  • Demonstrate and practice how the 17 Rhythmic Movements can be combined to create more in-depth movements replicating how infant movements become more complex.
  • Identify how movement and sensory processing are linked together for development.
  • Demonstrate and practice how to add vision and auditory information when checking reflexes.
  • Demonstrate and practice how to add vision and sound to the 17 Rhythmic Movements
  • Explain the importance of infant movements for the myelination of the corpus callosum and the ability to develop specialization of the hemispheres
  • Explain the development of fine motor skills
  • Identify how movement and sensory processing are linked together for development.
  • Demonstrate how to add vision and auditory information when checking reflexes.
  • Demonstrate how to add vision and sound to the 17 Rhythmic Movements
  • Explanation about the importance of infant movements for the myelination of the corpus callosum and the ability to develop specialization of the hemispheres

  Investment

  £360 includes manual and certificate. Repeaters 50% off)

• RMTi Making Connections – 2 days

  The aim of RMTi Making Connections course is to investigate how movement, both before and after birth, is important for laying the foundations of neural development and organizations, and how we can use movement that replicate these innate movements to assist in developing brain maturity.

  In this 2-day course participants learn the basics of RMTi and the Rhythmic Movements and how it relates to building neurology and building neural maturity. It is important to stimulate the connections between all areas of the brain in order to functions efficiently, and to form the basis of becoming a competent and curious learner. This course looks at how the brain develops from the bottom up and develops these connections between the hindbrain, midbrain and forebrain so that eventually the prefrontal cortex is able to establish the ability to coordinate actions, feeling and thoughts.

  This course is ideal for anyone interested in learning and development. There is no prerequisite.

  Topics Include:

  • Passive, active and Sitting/kneeling movements Rhythmic Movements and how to find rhythm and exactness of coordination
  • Neural development and brain structure
  • Stressors that effect neural development
  • The effects of Rhythmic Movements on the brain
  • Procedures for Brainstem and Reticular Activating System (RAS) and thalamus to relay information efficiently to the cortex
  • Procedures for the cerebellum to promote coordination
  • Midbrain procedures for processing auditory and visual information
  • Procedures for the basal ganglia and developing the ability to be still
  • Limbic system procedures for self-regulation and episodic memory
  • Prefrontal procedures for connections to areas important for focus, attention, comprehension, movements, coordination and memories

  Investment

  £360 includes manual and certificate (Repeaters 50% off)

• RMTi for School Readiness - 2 days

  This 2-day class focusses on using Rhythmic Movements with young children, as well as looking at how to identify when primitive reflexes are not integrated. The class looks at using activities and games to introduce the movements to children, as well as developing your own activities and games.

  This class is suitable for parents, childcare workers, nursery, preschool and kindergarten teachers, as well as, those who would like to extend their RMT knowledge.

  Topics Include:

  • Identify the innate rhythmic movements of infancy and recall why these movements promote brain development, effective learning, speech development, emotional balance, stress release, stamina and postural strength.
  • Demonstrate and practice Rhythmic Movements
  • Identify other movements, songs and activities that can be used in classrooms to promote the movement patterns necessary to integrate primitive reflexes
  • Build a store of activities that can be used to work with children to promote postural and emotional balance
  • Understand the reflexes important for Postural integration
  • Observe the reflexes for Hands and Feet
  • Identify the reflexes for emotional stability
  • Experience, notice and express ‘before and after’ changes that occur from doing the Rhythmic Movements and other activities
  • Reasons why un-integrated reflexes are a major factor in challenges such as ADD/ADHD, dyslexia, developmental delay, sensory processing disorder, autism, chronic stress/overwhelm and other learning, emotional and behavioural difficulties.

  Investment

  £360 includes manual and certificate (Repeaters 50% off)

• RMTi Face the Fear - 2 days

  In this class we examine the role the Fear Paralysis and the reflexes that are connected to the second stage of Moro relate to establishing a sense of stability and security, and how they are important for bonding and attachment, communication and language development.

  Teaching methods include – The course involves a mixture of theory and practical and experiential applications, presented through a combination of Powerpoints, videos, demonstrations; discussions and practice sessions.

  Topics Include

  • Recognize the importance of the FPR and Moro reflexes in establishing a sense of security and stability.
  • Indicate how the clinging and grasping reflexes relate to the Moro reflex and how if they are retained they can delay emotional maturity.
  • Explain the role of reflexes in developing language
  • Recognize how retained reflexes can effect emotional and behavioural development
  • Identify emotions with specific retained reflexes
  • Demonstrate passive isometrics to promote postural, proprioceptive and vestibular integration
  • Summarize the role of reflexes in establishing bonding and attachment
  • Review the role and functions of the flight-or-fight response
  • Demonstrate how to use facial massage techniques to integrate reflexes influential in developing language and emotional maturity
  • The role infant movement and reflexes play in language development, emotional stability, impulse control, curiosity, developing relationships and independence.

  Investment

  £360 includes manual and certificate (Repeaters 50% off)

Do you have any introductory courses?

• Essentials of RMT - 1/2 day introduction

  This half day introduction to RMTI highlights the essentials of our program and are offered by intructors to give participants a taste of the Rhythmic Movement Training program and Primitive Reflex integration.

  In this 4-hour introduction participants will learn:

  • What is RMTi?
  • What are reflexes and why are they important? 
  • What types of behaviors are commonly associated with retained reflexes? 
  • What do babies teach us about movement and reflex integration? 
  • What passive and active Rhythmic Movements can be used to begin integrating reflexes? 

• Rhythm, Movement & Play - 1 day Introduction

  An introductory one-day class for people wishing to learn about the basics of RMTi, reflex integration, and experience and learn how to safely use some of the RMT movements.

  In this 1 day introduction participants will:

  • Identify the innate rhythmic movements of infancy and recall why these movements promote brain development, effective learning, speech development, emotional balance, stress release, stamina and postural strength.
  • Demonstrate an understanding of some of the Rhythmic Movements
  • Experience, notice and express ‘before and after’ changes that occur from doing the Rhythmic Movements
  • Experience one reflex integration procedure

  Topics covered

  • The role infant movement and reflexes play in brain growth, learning, emotional development and behavior, and the research showing the crucial importance of integrating infant reflexes for foundational sensory processing and learning skills.
  • Reasons why un-integrated reflexes are a major factor in challenges such as ADD/ADHD, dyslexia, developmental delay, sensory processing disorder, autism, chronic stress/overwhelm and other learning, emotional and behavioral difficulties.
  • How Rhythmic Movement Training creates neural links between the brainstem, cerebellum, limbic area and prefrontal cortex and how this helps with stress release, speech development, social-emotional skills, physical skills, learning and behavioral challenges.
  • Some of the stressors that occur that can effect the building of good foundations to development.