We didn't
invent it.
We perfected it.
The foundation of FIVE MOVES – built on science, not on opinion.
Everything is connected.
Your body knows
6 research lines. 1 method.
No change without safety
Your nervous system decides in milliseconds whether change is possible.
Your body senses before you think
$14.2M NIH funding. Mainstream neuroscience.
Self-discovered = forever
Self-discovered insights create strong neural connections.
Memories are changeable
Memory Reconsolidation. Permanent. Not fading. Overwritten.
The body shapes the feeling
Vagal modulation predicts moral decisions. Nature 2025.
Transformation needs repetition
40 days. Every morning. Every evening. Theta state.
Why the body decides.
Antonio Damasio
Neuroscientist
The body reacts first
Finding:
- • Physical reactions arise BEFORE conscious thoughts
- • The brain interprets afterwards
- • Emotions are physical states
Consequence:
Talking alone doesn't change the body. Transformation must begin in the body.
Candace Pert
Molecular Biologist
Emotions have an address
Discovery:
- • Neuropeptides store emotions in tissue
- • "Butterflies in the stomach" — real receptors
- • "Lump in the throat" — measurable reaction
Consequence:
The body is the subconscious. Blockages can be located.
Stephen Porges Update 2025
Polyvagal Theory
No change without safety
States:
- • Ventral Vagal: Safety
- • Sympathetic: Fight/Flight
- • Dorsal Vagal: Shutdown
New since 2022:
- • "Science of Safety" (Frontiers, 2022)
- • "The Vagal Paradox" (2023)
- • Biomarkers: RSA + Vagal Efficiency (2025)
Consequence:
Safety is not a precondition. Safety IS the change.
HeartMath Institute
Heart Field Research
The heart sends more than it receives
Measurement:
- • Heart field = 60x stronger than brain field
- • Electromagnetically measurable
- • Extends several metres
Consequence:
Heart coherence affects other people. Nervous systems synchronise.
Rock & Schwartz
Neuroleadership
Self-discovered = anchored
Research:
- • External advice = weak neural connections
- • Quickly forgotten
Consequence:
Self-discovered insights = strong connections. Stays. Forever.
Lehrer & Gevirtz
HRV Research
Breathing controls the nervous system
Discovery:
- • 6 breaths per minute = optimal HRV
- • Longer exhale activates vagus nerve
- • Nervous system switches measurably
Consequence:
Conscious breathing = direct access to the autonomic nervous system.
The foundation is set. Now the change.
Why blockages can disappear.
Eric Kandel
Neuroscientist
The brain is malleable
Neuroplasticity:
- • Without emotion: brain stays rigid
- • With emotion: brain becomes malleable
- • Window for change opens
Synaptic Depression:
What isn't used dies off. Old pathways wither. New pathways grow stronger.
Karim Nader Update 2025
McGill University
Memories are changeable
Memory Reconsolidation:
- • Retrieving a memory = it becomes unstable
- • Brief time window opens
- • New feeling can be integrated
New since 2025:
- • Frontiers in Cognition: mechanism for body-based therapies
- • Neuroscience Bulletin: fear memories permanently overwritable
Consequence:
Traumatic memories can be permanently changed. Not fading. Really gone.
Georg Northoff
University of Ottawa
Identity runs deeper than feelings
Self-Referential Processing:
- • "I feel calm" = state
- • "I AM calmness" = identity
- • Activates deeper brain areas
Consequence:
Identity statements anchor more deeply. Change becomes part of the self.
Wolfgang Klimesch
University of Salzburg
The subconscious has opening hours
Theta Waves:
- • Right after waking: theta state
- • Right before sleep: theta state
- • Subconscious is directly reachable
Consequence:
Change is easier at these times. The gate is open.
Phillippa Lally
University College London
Habits take time
Study:
- • "21 days" is a myth
- • Real research: 18 to 254 days
- • Average: 66 days
Consequence:
Change needs repetition. Stop too early and you fall back.
Paula Niedenthal
University of Wisconsin
The body shapes the feeling
Embodiment:
- • Posture influences emotion
- • Not the other way around — body first
- • Gestures store feelings
Consequence:
Multisensory anchoring lasts longer. The body remembers — always.
What's moving right now.
The Interoception Project
Nobel laureate Ardem Patapoutian + Allen InstituteThe world's largest biomedical research institution invests in mapping how the body perceives internal signals. Interoception has become mainstream neuroscience.
Your nervous system decides about morality
Cardiac vagal modulation predicts decision-making in moral dilemmasVagal modulation predicts how people decide in moral dilemmas. Not values. Not beliefs. The nervous system.
Polyvagal Theory: A Science of Safety
Stephen W. PorgesPorges reformulates polyvagal theory as a science of safety. Safety is not a precondition for change. Safety IS the change.
Memory Reconsolidation as a mechanism
First proposal for body-based therapiesFor the first time, Memory Reconsolidation is proposed as a concrete mechanism for body-based work. Not as a hypothesis. As a mechanism.