Jon
spent twenty years in the classroom teaching,
coaching, and counseling middle and high school
students in Minnesota, Colorado, Texas, and
for the Navajo Nation in New Mexico. Midlife
sparked a period of intense spiritual seeking
for Jon, bringing him to discover kinesiology
and Brain Gym, then the best known and most
powerful integrative movement method of the
time. He studied this craft and over the years
has blended his experience, insight, and exposure
to other modalities into his own unique method
of healing which assists people of all ages
in developing skills that lead to inner peace
and personal power.
Jon
Bredal's committed contributions to the field
of child development, family systems healing,
and natural play are unparalleled at this
time. Through a combination of reflex activations,
joyful play, and spontaneous movement, Jon
makes healing for children and bonding for
families deeply fun and deeply transformative—like
no one else. Jon has helped children heal
some of the most challenging difficulties
facing them today: ADD, dyslexia, anxiety,
depression, sensory disorders, and autism,
among others. His love of North American indigenous
culture continues to inform the work he does
with the Six Nations, Toquat, and Okanagan
Nations. He has led workshops, given courses
and consulted in over forty schools, community
centers and treatment facilities throughout
Europe and the Americas, where he now regularly
teaches. Father of three and grandfather to
seven children, Jon lives in the mountains
near Wolf Creek, Oregon.
