Integrated Learning Kinesiology

28/09/2026

Retained primitive reflexes - Not just for kids with learning or behavioural difficulties. Adults and the elderly can also benefit from primitive reflex integration...

When OTs, PTs, and SLPs think of primitive reflex integration, it's likely it's in the context of their work with children and young adults. But, research with elderly individuals showing gains in cognitive skills and well-being compared to controls after a 16-week sensory motor program for primitive reflex integration. Promising news for therapists working with older adults with stroke, Parkinson's, and dementia!

Find out more here:
https://moveplaythrive.com/conditions/elderly-concerns

07/09/2026

"He's not performing as well as he can. He needs to concentrate more, pay more attention particularly in...[insert subject area or class]."

It's a conversation so many parents and teachers have had. But what if the issue isn't effort or willpower at all?

Before a child can access what's being taught, their body needs to be ready to learn — because all learning begins as sensorimotor experience.

Posture. Movement. Coordination. Sensory processing. These aren't separate from "real" learning — they're the foundation it's built on. It's the sensorimotor processes that help signal the brain to wire and fire for better learning and function.

When we understand and address the body-based learning processes, the teaching that follows tends to land more effectively.

18/08/2026

From accommodations in the classroom to CURIOSITY ..and then to the realisation of possible resolutions.

11/08/2026

27/07/2026

This is what's possible with Body to Brain Learning@School
Available for schools in FNQ. Contact Integrating Thinking or myself for more details.

I love this quote from Karen Augustson, Principal of Djidi Djidi Aboriginal School in WA. They've been implementing the Body to Brain Learning @ School approach for a few years now.

Their story is a great one and we're super proud to have been a part of that journey for their school, teachers, and especially their students.

Can't beat these results and reports 🎉🎉💃

If you want to know more about B2BL@S, reach out.

27/07/2026

✨Cairns appointment available this Saturday✨
Get in quick if you'd like an appointment this weekend.
My clinic days in Cairns are now limited to Fri/Sat once a month.

To book: www.integratedkinesiology.au/services
New Cairns clinic space - 192 Mulgrave Rd, Westcourt - With Health Naturally - Nyree Banks, Naturopath

26/07/2026

FNQ Principals and school leaders - This one is for you.

For my Far North Queensland network, here's something worth passing on if you know a school leader up this way.

I've spent years working across neurodevelopmental practice and education systems, and one pattern keeps showing up: the learning challenges schools spend the most energy on are often framed as a student who won't engage, or a teacher who needs to improve their practice. But sometimes neither is true. Rather, a student's nervous system that isn't developmentally ready for what's being asked of it in a teaching situation can't engage easily. That often looks like misbehaviour or disengagement. That's not blaming the child or the teacher. It's naming a mismatch, so it can be seen, named, and addressed.

I'm running a session on exactly this on August 4th in Cairns, with two Body to Brain Learning @ School Regional Facilitators, Terry Davidson and Nadine Vielle (Integrated Learning Kinesiology). If you're a Principal or school leader in FNQ, or know one who'd value a genuinely different perspective on this, I'd love to see them there. Tag/share this with someone it might be useful for.

20/07/2026

Kids ignoring you when you ask them to do something...?
Are they really ignoring you or is something deeper going on perhaps?

If you haven't already picked up your July copy of What's On Tablelands please do and flip to page 16 for (my latest article) a neurological take on what may be truly happening for your kids when they seem to be ignoring or forgetting any little task you ask of them.

Article link https://whatsontablelands.com.au/magazine/ -df_25952062/17/

02/08/2025

Liked your Patti Flynn, Soapmaker sample I was giving out in June? Artistree Gallery is stocking the full bars again as well as sampler packs.

I've always liked "Hope" - Fresh and rosy with a hint of lemon. "Hope might be pushed to the side for a moment while I enjoy "Integrity".

Encounter your new favourite!

02/08/2025

My Kinesiology teacher is coming to Malanda!!

This is Jenne. Jenne likes to travel around Australia in her Tangerine Dream (Orange VW campervan). She also likes to do Kinesiology sessions for people like you!

- Anxiety
- Stuck beliefs
- General stress
- Trauma release
- Aches & pains
- Digestive issues - Acid reflux, bowel movements
- Peri-menopausal symptoms
- Babies - Colic, feeding issues, rashes etc.
- and pretty much anything else physical or emotional...

Jenne will be working from my Malanda clinic 19th-21st August.
▫️30+ years experience as a Kinesiologist
▫️Previously worked as midwife
▫️Has trained many Kinesiologists including myself!

Current available times:
⏰19th Aug - 9.15am or 11.45am
⏰20th Aug - 9.15am or 10.30am
⏰21th Aug - 9.15am or 10.30am or 11.45am

To book a session with Jenne:
https://calendly.com/integratedlearningkinesiology/kinesiology-with-jenne

FYI Jenne also likes home-grown broccoli 😉