Anxiety Reframe Technique (A.R.T.)

Breathing techniques and mindfulness are really difficult for a lot of people on the spectrum. By working directly with the body, we avoid the stress of having to use the ‘top down’ approaches of more traditional therapies.

Showing people how to work directly to calm the body can be much more efficient. When you learn how to be in a calm state and how your eyes, ears, face, voice and thinking can come back ‘on line’, you feel like yourself again. When you consistently teach your body to be in this state, you improve your vagal tone – your ability to deal with stress.

Moving between the needs of person and process, we seek an equilibrium between action and spaces of rest and calm. We are not simply checking into a meditative state. We are continually watching, listening and moving the body into deeper states of active stillness, continually developing consciousness and mastery of this state. A.R.T. is taught as an internal martial art.