BRMT Courses
About BRMT
Dr. Blomberg conducts BRMT for the child.
From Sweden: Non-Medication, Non-Invasive Wellness and Exercise Therapy
The “Blomberg Rhythmic Movement Training” (BRMT) system was developed in 1985 by Swedish psychiatrist Dr. Harald Blomberg, MD, as a non-pharmacological, non-invasive health and movement therapy. It focuses on improving the health condition of child and adult and their learning and emotional performances with the help of movement training and “Hono Reborn”.
Over the 40 years since its inception, Dr. Blomberg and his team of experts have continuously refined the system, incorporating new elements based on the latest scientific research and environmental changes.
BRMT is inspired by the innate rhythmic movements of infants perform before learning to walk. These movements are crucial for the brain’s maturation process, playing a key role in developing motor skills, emotional regulation, and cognitive abilities. By engaging in rhythmic movement training to promote neural network development, BRMT effectively enhances focus, impulse control, visual coordination, and speech development. It also strengthens muscle tone, improves vision and emotional regulation, and aids in integrating primitive and postural reflexes.
Basic
Courses
Intro
The new 2024 course – BRMT Visual Perception Training for Children – was co-developed by Dr. Chan and her team based on her years of educational and case experience. This interdisciplinary course integrates new knowledge from optometry, child psychology, and neuroscience, ensuring the curriculum stays current.
Over the years, BRMT has helped countless individuals, particularly children with special learning needs, by promoting neural integration in the brain and improving the development of various physical functions. The results have been significant and encouraging.
BRMT Level 1: Rhythmic Movement Training and Primitive Reflexes
In this course, participants learn the basics of the rhythmic movement training: how rhythmic exercises can be utilized to regulate muscle tone, stimulate the brain in order to improve attention and control of impulses and to diminish hyperactivity. The course also includes a survey of the most important primitive reflexes in these conditions, and how to integrate them with rhythmic exercises.
・No previous knowledge required
BRMT Level 2: Rhythmic Movement, Emotions, Inner Leadership and Limbic System
This course enables us to work with movements to get in touch with our emotions, and to stabilize emotions when they threaten to take command.
The course also deals with reflexes that especially affect our emotions: the Fear Paralysis reflex, the Moro reflex and the Tendon Guard reflex. It is a necessary tool for anyone who wishes to work with rhythmic movement training.
・Prerequisite: BRMT Level 1
BRMT Level 3: Rhythmic Movement Training and Reflexes in Reading and Writing Difficulties
This course deals with how our reading and writing ability is affected by various factors such as vision, articulation and motor ability. We learn how to test for non-integrated primitive reflexes and recognize other motor disabilities that are important for dyslexia.
Additionally we learn how to improve reading and writing ability by correcting these problems with rhythmic exercises and reflex integration. Emphasis on recognizing visual problems and improving vision and reading by combining rhythmic and visual exercises. Special importance is attached to vision and learning how to recognize visual problems and improve vision by various exercises.
・Prerequisite: BRMT Level 2
Intl. Certificate Courses
BRMT and Diet for Children with Autism and Other Challenges
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This course deals with the great importance of diet and food supplements when working with rhythmic movements, not only in autism but also in ADHD, dyslexia and motor problems. Food intolerance is becoming more and more common and may interfere with the training.
This course teaches how to test for food intolerance and food supplements the child may need. The course also deals with primitive reflexes which are especially common in autism and how to conduct the training with children suffering from autism and ADD.
Prerequisites:
● Level 1: None
● Level 2: Diet Management Level 1 or BRMT Level 2
BRMT in Preschool / Kindergarten for Children
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This course teaches the basics of BRMT in a similar way as the level 1 course. The course teaches how to use the basic rhythmic movement trainings with preschool children and how to recognize and test for many primitive reflexes that affect the motor, emotional and mental development of the preschool child. This course also includes rhythmic movements and primitive reflex integration games suitable for preschool children.
No previous knowledge required
BRMT for Pain Management, Part 1 and 2
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These two courses deal with muscle tensions which overload the neck, spine and joints and cause muscle inflammation, osteoarthritis of the joints and spine, rotated pelvis, and deformity of the skeleton for example scoliosis or hunches.
Part 1 deals with the basics of BRMT and with muscle tensions due to emotional stress and active stress reflexes and what to do about these. It also introduces primitive reflexes which may cause muscle tensions, deformation of the skeleton and joints and osteoarthritis. We will learn to test for and integrate several primitive reflexes and use rhythmic exercises to correct hunches and use reflex exercises to correct rotated pelvis.
In Part 2, we learn to test and integrate primitive reflexes which cause muscle tension, pain, osteoarthritis and deformity on different levels: jaws, neck, thoracic spine, lumbar spine, hips, legs, knees, feet, shoulders and elbows. We learn to integrate all reflexes which may cause a rotated pelvis and work with hip pain to prevent osteoarthritis of the hips.
Prerequisite:
● Part 1 – No previous knowledge required
● Part 2 – Part 1 or BRMT Level 2
BRMT for Exceptional Children, Part 1 and 2
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The content of these two courses collaborates the clinical researches over the past 30 years. The courses will introduce those primitive reflexes affecting children’s learning ability and development of emotions, and the rhythmic exercises and games to help integrating these reflexes.
The courses will also dealt with the effective ways to improve attention, self-confidence, hands-eyes coordination, memory and emotions in children.
Prerequisite:
● Part 1 – No previous knowledge required
● Part 2 – Part 1 or BRMT Level 2
BRMT, Dreams and Inner Healing
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This course will give the participants tools to work with the sometimes scary dreams that may be caused by rhythmic movement training. The symbols of such dreams are often similar to symbols of myths and folk tales and in the course Dr. Blomberg discusses the meaning of these symbols for healing and reflex integration, and how we can use this information when working with our clients.
Participants are encouraged to do the movements for a period and keep a dream diary to bring to the course.
Prerequisite: BRMT Level 2
BRMT in Cerebral Palsy
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This course addresses itself first and foremost to children with cerebral palsy and their parents and therapists and adults with cerebral palsy but also to everyone who gets in touch with clients with cerebral palsy. The course gives theoretical and practical information how to apply Blomberg Rhythmic Movement Training in cerebral palsy. Children and adults with cerebral palsy who attend the course will be given an individually adapted training program.
Prerequisite: BRMT Level 2
BRMT in Alzheimer and Dementia
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This course discusses the cause and prevention of Alzheimer and dementia. The course will also addresses the theory of applying BRMT with appropriate exercises of Blomberg Rhythmic Movement Training and diet and food supplement to person with Alzheimer or dementia.
No previous knowledge required
BRMT in Parkinson’s Disease
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This course briefs the casue of Parkinson’s disease and addresses the theory of applying BRMT with appropriate exercises of rhythmic movement, diet management, and food supplement to adults with Parkinson’s disease.
Prerequisite: BRMT Level 3
BRMT in Mental Illness
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This course addresses the theory of applying BRMT with appropriate exercises of rhythmic movement, diet management, and food supplement to adults with mental illness, such as depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, obsessive compulsive disorder, etc.
Prerequisite: BRMT Level 3
Online Course
Children’s Learning Ability Guidance
Includes learning ability guidance theory, assessments and practical exercises with equipment,
one 2-hour lecture, and three online supervision sessions (2 hours each)
This online practical course series on children’s learning ability guidance is part of the professional skills certification program of the Early Childhood Development Professional Committee of the China Association for Breastfeeding and Prenatal Care. It aims to enhance teachers and parents’ practical skills to empower children, improving learning skills through the integration of primitive reflexes.
BRMT History
The Birth of Dr. Blomberg’s “Blomberg Method”
Since 1971, Dr. Harald Blomberg has been working in child psychiatry in Sweden. He later met Kerstin Linde, a self-taught Swedish therapist, and studied her rhythmic movement techniques, collaborating with her for a period and integrating these methods into his psychiatric practice.
Through personal experience, Dr. Blomberg recognized the effectiveness of rhythmic movements in supporting brain neural development and restoring bodily functions. This inspired him to delve deeper into research, incorporating infant reflex integration exercises. Leveraging his extensive medical knowledge, years of clinical experience, and the latest scientific research, he continuously refined the approach. In 1985, he formally established the “BRMT” system, which includes a series of BRMT (Blomberg Rhythmic Movement Training) courses covering various domains.
Dr. Chan Promotes It Across Asia, Continuously Updating and Innovating
Today, Dr. Chan continues to tirelessly update the course content to address evolving environmental factors, ensuring the method meets the needs of modern society. This commitment brings the latest insights and experiences to those who need them, encouraging greater attention to personal and family health.
For example, the new BRMT Children’s Visual Perception Training course, launched in 2024, was co-developed by Dr. Chan and her team. Drawing on years of educational and case experience, this interdisciplinary course integrates new knowledge from optometry, child psychology, and neuroscience, keeping it cutting-edge and relevant.
International Promotion and Recognition
Over the years, BRMT has significantly enhanced neural integration for countless individuals, particularly children with special learning needs, improving various aspects of physical and mental development with remarkable and encouraging results.
BRMT has been developed in Europe for over 40 years and is now widely practiced in numerous countries and regions worldwide. In Spain, it is highly regarded by local optometrists and has been incorporated as a mandatory course in the optometry curriculum at the University of Madrid.
Professional Recognition in Hong Kong
In 2024, BRMT courses were officially approved by the Hong Kong Occupational Therapist Association, becoming part of the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) program for occupational therapists. Levels 1, 2, and 3 each offer up to 6 CPD credits, totaling 18 credits.
In 2025, the courses were also accredited by the Hong Kong Physiotherapy Association as part of its CPD program, with Levels 1, 2, and 3 offering 10, 5, and 5 credits, respectively.