Simply the Brain

19/10/2026

The 5 Pillars tomorrow!

In Traditional Chinese Medicine, we have Meridians, but we also have Extraordinary Meridians.

In the same way, we have Organs, but also Extraordinary Organs.

One of these is the Extraordinary Organ Bones, which is connected with the three body cavities: the abdomen, thorax and head.

And this is where Marco Rado's The 5 Pillars becomes particularly interesting!

Marco will be exploring the five important muscles associated with posture and the three body cavities, and how these connect with the meridians and other systems of the body.

Just a little reminder that part 1 of The 5 Pillars starts tomorrow!

One of the reasons I like to sponsor instructors like Marco is that I get to learn alongside everyone else. I've known Marco and I know of his knowledge and teaching.

I'm really looking forward to these two evenings of learning and practice.

20 & 27 October 2026
6–10 pm Sydney/Melbourne time
Live online via Zoom

Looking forward to seeing everyone who's joining us!

17/10/2026

What if understanding what is happening in the brain could change the way you understand a client's stress response?

Client stress can show up through emotions, behaviour and physical responses. Underneath these experiences, the brain is continually processing, assessing and responding.

Simply the Brain 1 introduces the brain in a way that is understandable and relevant to kinesiology.

Rather than simply learning names and functions, the course focuses on how different brain areas work together and how this knowledge can add another layer to your client work.

- Study at your own pace
- Access the full course anytime
- Perfect for practitioners who want to go deeper

🔗 https://simplythebrain.com/product/simply-the-brain/

Professional Development: Accredited with the Australian Kinesiology Association. May be used as 100% Kinesiology hours or up to 50% Anatomy and Physiology hours.

16/10/2026

When a client leaves your clinic, what do you most hope they take away from their session?

Perhaps it's a sense of relief.
Perhaps they feel heard and understood, especially if they've been struggling to explain what they're experiencing.

Maybe they leave with a different perspective on something that's been troubling them. Or perhaps they simply feel a little more hopeful about what comes next.

Of course, every client and every session is different.

But I think it's worth reflecting on what we're really hoping to offer the people who come to see us. We spend so much time learning techniques, attending courses and developing our skills.

And all of that matters.

But underneath it is the person sitting in front of us, looking for some kind of change.

What do you most hope your clients feel or understand when they leave a session with you?

I'd love to hear your thoughts.

14/10/2026

I love this feedback from my student after our LEAP FT2 course!

She wasn't just taking in more information. As she watched the balances and began understanding the work, she was already making connections with the clients she sees in her own practice.

For me, that's an important part of learning.

I want you to be able to take what you're learning and begin recognising where it might fit into the work you're already doing.

12/10/2026

The more we learn as practitioners, the more information we have available to us. We gather techniques, attend courses, build our knowledge and add new ways of working.

But there can still be those moments in a session when you stop and wonder, where do I go from here?

For me, this is where understanding the connections becomes so valuable.

Even after many years in kinesiology, there is always another connection to notice and another question to ask.

What helps you decide where to look next in a session?

09/10/2026

What looks like a small response can sometimes lead us somewhere we weren't expecting.

Blushing, clammy hands, a racing heart or changes in breathing can all be part of the body's physiological response to stress.

But knowing that is only part of the picture.

As practitioners, we can also become curious about what that particular response means to the person in front of us.

A response that seems insignificant from the outside may be connected with an experience that was deeply stressful or embarrassing for them.

I encourage my students not to stop at what shows up in a balance, but to keep asking questions and exploring why it may be relevant for that person.

Those questions can sometimes take a session somewhere you would never have reached by simply following the technique.

07/10/2026

Have you ever read something several times, understood it in the moment, and then struggled to access it when you needed it?

Learning isn't always about needing to try harder.

Stress can influence how we process and integrate information, which can make learning, concentrating or recalling what we've learned more difficult.

Understanding what may be happening underneath gives us another way of looking at the problem.

This is one of the areas we explore through LEAP Brain Integration, looking at the brain, stress and the processes involved in learning.

If you'd like to deepen your understanding of Brain Integration, my LEAP training is available online and self-paced.

Course information in the comments.

05/10/2026

Have you worked with someone who seems perfectly capable, but certain types of learning or processing seem much harder for them than they should be?

Perhaps maths creates stress very quickly. Or they can manage something when it's familiar or memorised, but find it more stressful when they actually have to work it out.

This is something we explore when working with Thalamic Reticular Switching (TRS) in LEAP Brain Integration.

One of the things I remind students is that we're not testing whether someone gets the answer right or wrong.

We're looking at whether there's stress while they're doing it.

And sometimes, when we're doing a TRS challenge, we don't get the response we expect.

That doesn't necessarily mean there's nothing there. The challenge may need to be adjusted, or the response itself may give us more information about how the person is processing the task.

For those of you already working with TRS, I've pulled together a few of my TRS Challenge Tips, including what to consider when you don't get the response you expected.

Would you like me to share them in the comments?

03/10/2026