Tuesday, November 11, 2025

Polyvagal Acupuncture™: An Integrative Path to Nervous System Healing - Revised

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Reposted by request from folks who took my intro to PVA class last month! Polyvagal Acupuncture™ (PVA) and its twin modality Polyvagal Massa...
Sunday, November 9, 2025

Primitive Reflexes and Their Role in Nervous System Development

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Primitive reflexes (PRs) are foundational components of the human nervous system, and serve as essential building blocks for complex motor a...
Wednesday, November 5, 2025

Primitive Reflexes in Clinical Practice: Autonomic Dysregulation, Fascial Bracing, and Developmental Retention

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Primitive reflexes (PRs) are involuntary motor responses that establish foundational postural tone, orientation, and motor-sensory coordinat...
Thursday, October 30, 2025

The Bibliography

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In lieu of a references page for each blog post, I have an included the references for the entire subject, to be expanded as content increas...
Monday, October 13, 2025

Melatonin, Technology, and Health: The Science Behind the Controversy

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Melatonin has been recognized not only as a hormone critical for regulating the body's natural circadian rhythm but also for its potenti...
Monday, October 6, 2025

A New Narrative for Trauma Care: A System-Wide, Bottom-Up Approach

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A core limitation in many conventional "top-down" trauma therapies is that they target cognition and emotion while the underlying ...
Tuesday, September 30, 2025

The Startle Reflex: The Initial Spark of Freeze–Fight–Flight Activation

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The Startle Reflex is the earliest postural motor reaction to sudden sensory input, emerging in utero between 9–12 weeks gestation . It ser...
Monday, September 29, 2025

The Fear Paralysis Reflex (FPR): The Primordial Freeze Response

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   The  Fear Paralysis Reflex (FPR)  is the earliest-appearing defensive reflex in fetal development, emerging as early as  5–8 weeks gestat...
Friday, September 26, 2025

The Moro Reflex: The Core Disruptor of Gut–Brain–Body Integration

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The Moro Reflex, distinct from the simpler Startle Reflex, is a higher-order primitive reflex that appears at birth and is typically integr...
Friday, September 12, 2025

Freeze-Based Reflexes: The Missing Foundation in Primitive Reflex Work

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Core Tendon Guard Reflex (CTG): Architectural Overview Most primitive reflex training programs, particularly those focused on pediatrics, em...