Wake up your brain’s power to change by embracing the dynamic process of learning through touch, movement and the 9 Essentials.

The 9 Essentials help to create conditions for the brain to improve its functioning and refine new skills.

Find out how this approach can dramatically improve movement, thinking, self regulation and connection to create positive changes and new connections in the brain.

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Simon and Kavita — Discover our story

Creating Connections was conceived due to the shortfall of highly experienced practitioners in the UK and the abundance of children and adults that could benefit from the work. Learn more about how we’re creating an expanding community of families, practitioners and clients to better support each other.

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There is no set program that is followed, instead a practitioner uses his experience and intuition to guide each lesson, tailoring it to where the adult or child is at that precise moment in time.

Hands on lessons
The online coaching was spawned out of the pandemic lockdowns and it’s proved to be a very powerful learning tool supercharging both caregivers and children’s learning.

Online coaching
The guided movements in these lessons underpin all the work that every practitioner follows in the hands on work. Carried out either in groups or individually, the results can be breathtaking

Movement lessons

By teaming up with highly experienced ABMNM® practitioners from the UK, USA and Europe we’re connecting families and adults to better paths of physical, cognitive, emotional and social development.

Meet our Practitioners

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Our team of practitioners are comprised of some of the most experienced ABMNM® practitioners around. We aim to bring over those practitioners who have a thirst for knowledge and who are constantly looking to improve themselves and their knowledge. Indeed, many have worked closely with Anat on her training programs and are mentors to other practitioners. Our clients are set to benefit from a mix of their experiences.

Ness Ocsinberg

Travelling European practitioner
Ness was first introduced to the work because of her daughter who was diagnosed with Autism. She has an active practice in Belgium and has completed much continuing education with some of the leaders in our field

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Mike Waefler

Traveling US Practitioner
Mike has been an Assistant in the ABMNM® trainings since 2015 and has studied bodywork and movement education with some of the most innovative instructors in the field.

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Beril Tokcan

Travelling European practitioner
Beril is an Assistant trainer in the new satellite trainings in Europe and has a successful practice back in Istanbul, Turkey where she works with both children and adults. She is the author of ‘I Am Free Now’.

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Gail Rinn

Traveling US Practitioner
Gail Rinn is an Trainer in the ABMNM® trainings. Her goal is to facilitate the continued growth that NeuroMovement® offers. Gail also offers Online Coaching.

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Juan Carlos Concha

Travelling European Practitioner
Juan Carlos has been interested in body work for over 15 years. Since graduating from ABMNM® training in 2011, he works hands-on with both children and adults and provides Online coaching.

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Kathy O'Neil

Traveling US Practitioner
Kathy witnessed immediate changes after her granddaughter’s first ABMNM® intensive. She now incorporates her knowledge of child development and psychology into her practice and offers Online Coaching.

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Danae Bellenis

UK Practitioner
Danae joined the ABMNM® training to study with Anat in 2017 and embarked on a life-long journey of learning. She works hands-on with both children and adults.

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Nilay Ersen

UK Practitioner
Nilay discovered ABMNM® in 2016 while searching for different ways to help her neurodiverse son. She works hands-on with children, adults and gives group Movement Lessons.

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Shirley Cornish

UK Practitioner
Shirley discovered ABMNM® because she has a son with Autism, ADHD & learning difficulties. Shirley works with both children and adults in Suffolk and North Yorkshire

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Abi Foakes

UK Practitioner
Abi is one of our recent ABMNM® graduates and is now working with both children & adults and gives group Movement Lessons.

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Corine Buijsman

European ABMNM® Practitioner
Corine is based in Holland and after seeing the powerful effects of the work when she travelled to the Centre in California, she undertook the Practitioner training knowing this was how to best serve her clients. She works both with children and adults

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Claire Conley

Travelling US Practitioner
Claire has first hand experience of the benefits of the work having used ABMNM® to recover from a serious car accident in 1996. Claire loves to work with children and infants in particular.

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Sharon Oliensis

Traveling US Practitioner
Sharon is an Trainer in the ABMNM® trainings and has studied extensively in movement and healing disciplines that have enhanced and expanded her understanding of movement

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Nancy Neiditz

Traveling US Practitioner
Nancy utilises her dance, yoga, pilates training as well as her work with ABM to exclusively help infants and toddlers. She sees thousands of children with varying degrees of childhood brain and physical injuries.

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Stories

“Our daughter, Frankie, has just turned 3 and has a rare genetic condition which causes global developmental delay and low muscle tone. A friend recommended Anat Baniel’s book, Kids Beyond Limits, and I found it made so much sense to me and for the first time I had hope that I’d found a way I could actively help Frankie. I immediately starting looking for ABM practitioners in the UK, which lead me to Creating Connections. That was 2 years ago and since then Frankie has had a number of intensive (typically two sessions a day for three days) predominately with Mike Waefler. I find everything about the method fascinating, and I have frequently observed Frankie’s brain making connections before my eyes. She has a wonderful connection with Mike, she watches him working with her and then often tries things out herself during or after a session. The best part for me is the weeks and months after each intensive where I (and Frankie’s other caregivers) spot all the new things she is doing. Often these are lots of really subtle things, for example she is using her lower back more or putting her feet flat on the floor more, and sometimes these are massive for example she started crawling a week after the last intensive!”

Anna’s story
“We have been doing ABM intensives, through Creating Connections, with my daughter Annabelle for over 3 years now and the results have been incredible. Annabelle has dystonic cerebral palsy and CVI but during and after her lessons I always see significant improvements in her voluntary movements and in her functional vision. She also sleeps more, meal times are easier, her digestion improves and she babbles more. Quite literally everything gets better! The shop where the lessons are held is a beautiful space and the practitioners are wonderful. I really appreciate the fact that Annabelle sees a variety of very experienced practitioners from all around the world whilst also benefiting from lessons with the local practitioners. In short if you are thinking of trying ABM for any reason I would strongly encourage you to do so and to do it through Creating Connections.”

Abi’s story
“ABMNM has had the most profound impact for our daughter Simone. We had done the traditional physio route and saw no progress in her development. At 18 months old we tried ABM and have never looked back. During Simone’s first intensive she started rolling. She become so much more aware of her environment around her and she started vocalising more. And it wasn’t just awareness of her environment she had a self awareness that she hadn’t had before. It was truly like watching magic happen before your eyes. We have continued on with ABMNM since then and continued to see changes in Simone after every lesson. We are incredibly grateful to the work and truly believe it has not just changed her life but our whole families life in how we navigate the world of disabilities. As a parent and advocate for your child it can be challenging because there is so much information out there. With ABM and Anat’s book kids beyond limits it has become our sounding board for how Simone is treated amongst other professional. We are have a greater understanding and respect for Simone that I’m not sure we would have understood without ABM.”

Tracy’s story
"Kavita and Kathy welcomed us with such warmth and kindness, putting us at ease straight away and overall making our experience a truly enjoyable one. What stood out about our sessions was how calm, gentle and in tune they were with Hakan. Kathy moved so slowly and intentionally that Hakan was totally at ease with her from the start and in tune with the movements she was doing. He was so content in sessions! It was quite wonderful to watch and learn about an approach that’s so different to what we have known so far. We look forward to having ABMN as part of journey from now on."

Cat’s story