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: This innate coordination that emerges is also described more specifically as " Primary Control ".

This is a key head, neck and spinal relationship.

The body's responses are determined by the qualities of head and eye movement at the inception of head motion.

What expands the qualities of further bodily response is a very subtle nod forward to counteract a common backward startle pattern, coupled with an upward movement of the head away from the body that lengthens the spine.

Students gradually learn to include their whole body toward their new means of initiating motion.