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When bodies move minds, it feels meaningful

You were taught to wrest 5 senses from the body. Well done.

Yet Proprioception's old wide web is still spun, Vestibular still hangs at the center. A menagerie is lurking in your basement, do you mind?

Use this specialised equipment to release the body's quieter senses, swing, wobble, and gently blow your mind.

Sensory Integration explained

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Long Carpeted Platform Swing
5.0 (1)

Long Carpeted Platform Swing

£373.20
£311.00 exc. VAT
Corner Frame for Leaf Chair

Corner Frame for Leaf Chair

£534.00
£445.00 exc. VAT
String Swing

String Swing

£142.80
£119.00 exc. VAT
Covers for Standard Bouncing Chair Frame

Covers for Standard Bouncing Chair Frame

Options Available

£73.20
£61.00 exc. VAT
In-Ground Trampoline

In-Ground Trampoline

Options Available

£1,676.40
£1,397.00 exc. VAT
Toddler Swing

Toddler Swing

Options Available

£150.00
£125.00 exc. VAT
Giant Top Motion Cone
5.0 (2)

Giant Top Motion Cone

£106.80
£89.00 exc. VAT
Treble Swung

Treble Swung

£310.80
£259.00 exc. VAT
Rock Around
2.8 (4)

Rock Around

£44.70
£37.25 exc. VAT
Bouncy Boxing Bag

Bouncy Boxing Bag

Options Available

£44.00
£36.67 exc. VAT
Replacement Rope Set For Full Support Swing
4.3 (3)

Replacement Rope Set For Full Support Swing

£30.00
£25.00 exc. VAT
Balancing Board Maze
5.0 (1)

Balancing Board Maze

£33.00
£27.50 exc. VAT
Modern Ball Chair (Large) - Balance Special Needs Toy

Modern Ball Chair (Large) - Balance Special Needs Toy

£222.00
£185.00 exc. VAT
Sensory Roll - Theraputic Sensory Toy
5.0 (1)

Sensory Roll - Theraputic Sensory Toy

£68.34
£56.95 exc. VAT
Physio Rolls
3.0 (2)

Physio Rolls

Options Available

£23.99
£19.99 exc. VAT

Vestibular, the sense of Balance.

Our nervous system is made up of many different sensory systems and making sense of all that information requires balance. Jean Ayres, the founder of sensory integration theory, suggested that the same balance processes we use to stay upright are used to organise our senses. In practice, this means that stimulating our sense of balance improves our ability to filter out noise and focus on the signal. Disabilities might require specialised equipment to overcome obstacles to play, for it is in play, rolling, wrestling and gambolling that all creatures best stimulate the vestibular.

Balance

The visible expression of vestibular function.

Spatial Awareness

Spatial awareness draws on vestibular, proprioceptive, and visual systems working together

Gravitational Security

Ayres' term for the sense of safety and stability that a well-functioning vestibular system provides. Gravitational insecurity is a powerfully motivating force.

Movement Seeking and Motion Sensitivity

Under and over sensitive ends of the spectrum.

Rhythmic Movement

Predictable movement is organising for the nervous system, long understood, rockabye baby.

Spinning

Intensely stimulating. Spinning and swinging (and bouncing) stimulate different parts of the vestibular system, at different intensities, with different effects. Play can hurt, but that is never its intention, please use these tools… carefully, especially spinning.

Vestibular Input and Sensory Integration

Beyond the visible the Vestibular is busy balancing the whole sensory system. The brain must prioritise, filter irrelevancies out and pay attention, this is sensory integration, and the vestibular system is central to it.

Sensory Integration

The brain's ability to organise information from multiple senses simultaneously. Vestibular stimulation is the most powerful way to support sensory integration.