Somatics Exercises

How's your upper body rotation doing and feeling these days?But first a word on: Range of MotionROM or range of motion is not the point of doing this upper body rotation check. See,

by Edward Barrera

Health and Fitness

Shoulder and Neck Pain

Somatics Exercises

Head Movements [Making the Connection]

Wouldn't you agree that your neck, shoulders and head oughta move freely, easily and without pain or discomfort? Simple, easy head movements done with a certain level of awareness can give

by Edward Barrera

Pain

Somatic Exercises

Hip Pain and a Somatics Exercise Class Experience on Crutches (2nd Edition)

It's not a big deal, unit it happens to us, right? What we might think of as an uninteresting movement where we throw out our back from reaching for something. Or when

by Edward Barrera

Pain

Recovery

[Case Study] A Mover and Shaker on Pain and Recovery

My name is Carol. I’ve always been a mover and a shaker, and lucky to have actively moved through more than six decades without any chronic stiffness or pain. Well, okay…there is

Home Based Exercise Program

Movement

Sleep

Somatics

Cat Stretch – Daily Maintenance Somatics Exercises Program

The Cat Stretch is what Thomas Hanna called the daily maintenance somatics exercise program in his book, Somatics. The cat stretch is a misnomer even though we often see our furry

by Edward Barrera

Health and Fitness

Sleep

Help Me Get to Sleep

Are you awake at night wondering, "help me get to sleep". There are any number of strategies for sleeping well, yet nature has already set it up for us to

by Edward Barrera

Health and Fitness

Letting Go

The art of letting go Letting go of tight, restricted, stiff, tense muscles is easier said than done. While the advice to just let go sounds like a good idea, our muscles

by Edward Barrera

Flexibility

Somatics Exercises

Coordination Exercise (Revised Edition)

Did you laugh while trying this coordination exercise? It might have been easy for some of you. If it was, trying doing it with your eyes closed. Could you do it with

Hamstrung by Hamstring Exercises

Have you been hamstrung and tried all sorts of hamstring exercises lately? Hamstring Exercises Those muscles behind the back of the legs can be tight and stiff in spite of our attempts

by Edward Barrera

Health and Fitness

Somatics Exercises

Exercises for Feet

Can exercises for feet bring back the love? Don’t you love your feet? As a soccer player, I’ve got no choice but to love the feet since I rely on them

by Edward Barrera

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