Acupressure for ADD, ADHD, Dyslexia & Hyperactivity

Teaching Acupressure to young children is very fulfilling. Acupressure can help children think more clearly, be more creative, calm their tremendous energy and be more self reliant. It also heightens their ability to learn. In this article learn how you can show children practical methods to heal themselves — techniques they can use for the rest of their lives.

Many kids live in a stressful world without enough quality attention, love, acknowledgment, healthy boundaries, or trustworthy personal interactions. This commonly leads to learning problems, mental and behavioral disorders. To say it bluntly, many kids’ needs are unsupported. Naturally, this causes trust issues, which effects their sense of self and ability to make good decisions. Also, children tend to eat junk food, contributing to being ungrounded, insecure and hyperactive.

With ADD and ADHD, you’ll see hyperactive children fidgeting and squirming around. The impulsiveness of ADD and ADHD often results in outbursts, tantrums, and a lack of self-control. The emotional pain and trauma experienced in early childhood creates distrust, defense mechanisms, and eventually leads to dyslexia, ADD, ADHD, learning problems and behavioral disorders. Diet imbalances can also have a major influence along with psychological difficulties, which reinforce how a child reacts and develops.

Emotional Healing Touch

Acupressure’s healing touch can have a significant role in treating ADD, ADHD, dyslexia, and other learning disorders. Acupressure offers children a healthy method of releasing stress, anxiety, fear, dissociations, insecurities and balancing their energy. Combining Acupressure with good nutrition, exercise, and positive affirmation of their worth can make a tremendous difference.

— Michael Reed Gach

Both children and adults with learning disorders and mental problems can benefit from these health-promoting practices. If a child or adult has racing thoughts or difficulty concentrating, use the dietary guidelines below along with this simple Acupressure routine. Practice two or three times daily for a couple of months to discover the full benefits. Be sure to breathe slowly and deeply while holding these points.

The following point formula balances the body’s energy to counteract learning disorders. It works on the essential Governing and Conception Vessel pathways. When a child has a learning disorder, ADD, or ADHD, the child’s energy system jams, making it extremely difficult for the child to think clearly.

Using the following points will rebalance a child’s energy flow and also the hormones that affect the chemistry of a child’s brain. This routine has a calming effect. It can relieve anxiety, overwhelm, stress, and racing thoughts.

Have the child sit comfortably in a chair. Stand or kneel on one knee to the left side of the child:

1. Hold GV 20 With GV 24.5

Place the right hand on the Hundred Meeting point, GV 20, on the top of the child's head, and your left hand gently on the Third Eye point, GV 24.5. Have the child close their eyes and take a couple of deep breaths for about two minutes.

3. Breathe Deeply

Have the child rest their hands, one over the other in their lap, with their palms facing up, allowing their eyes to be closed. Ask them to relax their shoulders. Encourage them to take slow, even, and deep breaths and relax their body for a couple of minutes.

4. Gentle Back Massage

Explore gently stroking up and down the child's back to see if that further encourages the child to relax in a sitting position.

Benefits

This Acupressure Point formula is a quick balancing routine good for relieving headaches, racing thoughts, anxiety, depression, stress, and hormonal imbalances. It’s good for emotional and mental health at any age — to clear your mind, focus, concentrate, and even meditate for peace of mind.

Dietary Guidelines to Use With Acupressure Therapy

Limit Sugars

Limit all sugars in foods, including breakfast cereals, snacks, sodas, candy, and even excessive intake of unsweetened fruit juices and fruits high in sugar, as all these can cause problems in sensitive children. Blood sugar instability in children is known to cause hyperactivity, behavioral and learning problems.

Junk Foods

Avoid giving children soda pop, fries, and other “junk foods” that are empty calories without nutrition. You’re not depriving a child, you’re caring for them. Explain to young children how junk foods weaken and imbalance the body. Most children understand that eating too much sugar can cause a tummy ache. They can be taught that they’d feel better without eating lots of junk food, and eventually make this connection themselves. This can lead to making wise choices in life.

— Michael Reed Gach, author of the best selling book, Acupressure's Potent Points