Developmental Milestones

Coming from sitting into all fours is an important mini-milestone (mini-stone) in the development of walking of a human.

When we start to walk correlates with brain size or mass. The results of recent studies suggest that “the neuronal mechanisms that underlie the onset of walking are very similar in different mammals, and that they are activated at a very similar relative time point during brain development,” (Garwicz, Lund Uni.)

So whilst a cat might walk after a month, and humans closer to a year, both reach this milestone at the same point in their brain development.

Coming back to early developmental patterns later in life can help you reset your habitual movements. As we age we tend to limit our movement repertoire. Exploring developmental patterns can help re-widen them once again.


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