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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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Giant Tickle Tunnel
5.0 (1)

Giant Tickle Tunnel

£154.80
£129.00 exc. VAT
Tall Tubie - Ball Run Toy
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Tall Tubie - Ball Run Toy

£202.80
£169.00 exc. VAT
Bouncy Chair
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Bouncy Chair

Options Available

£238.80
£199.00 exc. VAT
Organic Skeleton Swing

Organic Skeleton Swing

Options Available

£51.59
£42.99 exc. VAT
Squash Tubes

Squash Tubes

£226.80
£189.00 exc. VAT
Jiggler

Jiggler

£168.00
£140.00 exc. VAT
Mindflow Steady Chair

Mindflow Steady Chair

£228.00
£190.00 exc. VAT
Foot Massager
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Foot Massager

£14.40 £20.94
£12.00 exc. VAT
Air Balance Boards - Set 3

Air Balance Boards - Set 3

£119.76
£99.80 exc. VAT
Frammock Swing
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Frammock Swing

£238.80
£199.00 exc. VAT
Foldaway Swing Including Extentions

Foldaway Swing Including Extentions

£318.00
£265.00 exc. VAT
Small Therapy Bolster
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Small Therapy Bolster

£151.20 £198.00
£126.00 exc. VAT
Child Seat With Chains - Harness- En1176

Child Seat With Chains - Harness- En1176

£274.80
£229.00 exc. VAT
Bearing Bar

Bearing Bar

£93.90
£78.25 exc. VAT
Swivel - Convert a Swing into a Spinner
5.0 (2)

Swivel - Convert a Swing into a Spinner

£67.50
£56.25 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.