What is Somatics?

Somatics is a Mind Body Approach to improve your health and well-being. It’s facilitated through the use of unusually, easy, gentle, Somatic Exercises which stimulate the brain to change the output to the muscles. Your sensory and motor cortex are developed to improve their function resulting in higher integration of your body’s ability to move.

Rather than the traditional approach of stretching, Somatic Education reveals an entirely new approach. Yes, stretching is out as you’ve known it. Using your brain to facilitate muscular changes is far more effective since it is a process of learning rather than one of pulling yourself as in the types of stretching most of us were taught.

Thomas Hanna, author of Somatics: Reawakening The Mind’s Control Of Movement, Flexibility, And Health coined the term Somatics. He defined it “as the body experienced from within”. The very body which pains and pleasures us.

What he created is Hanna Somatic Education as a means to greater self care with an understanding of how you can improve yourself as you age. Your muscles are under your control and you can keep them feeling good by restoring function through a simple, effective use of yourself.

You can change the feelings in your muscles by yourself or when you personally work with a Hanna Somatic Educator®. This Mind Body Approach can be considered a rather unique form of Brain Exercise, which will allow you to further your connection between your Mind and Body. Restablishing the connection provides you with vibrancy and effortless ease in using yourself to accomplish whatever you want with your body.

If you’re interested in the Clinical Approach to Hanna Somatic Education, look here.