What is a Reflex?

A reflex is the body's earliest organized response to a condition.

It is not an isolated movement.

It is an organized response that helps the body learn how to interact with gravity, the environment, and itself.

Each reflex introduces a new movement experience.

As new movement experiences develop, they become organized into more sophisticated movement patterns.

A reflex is not the goal.

It is the beginning of organization.

Without organized reflexes, later movement is built on compensation rather than organization.

Movement Lesson™ views reflexes as the first movement vocabulary that teaches the body how to organize for future function.

A reflex is not a "flight or fight" response. It is the body's first lesson in organization.

Movement Lesson Gravitational Reflexes

A gravitational reflex in your work is distinct from a primitive reflex because it is organized through the force of gravity rather than simply being an automatic response to a stimulu...