Somatic Movement Therapy - Classes
What is somatic movement therapy?
Somatic movement is a gentle movement system that returns the body and the mind to a balanced state of ease, agility and alignment.
We work with the nervous system to re-pattern our muscular responses to stress, injuries, accidents and the accumulation of poor postural habits.
A gentle and empowering practice.
Through a variety of specific movements we learn to identify where we hold stress and tension, retrain muscle memory, relieve pain and return to an easeful sense of wellbeing.
"Somatic movement changes your muscular system by changing your nervous system"
Thomas Hanna
My teaching
Key to my teaching is integrity, connection and developing a deeper understanding of the 'self' with care, awareness and wisdom.
My somatic movement teaching has enabled me to see with greater clarity and offer lasting solutions to enhance your awareness. helping you to avoid repeated injury and to free yourself of pain; instead to find ease, fluidity and vitality.
Monday class - 9.15 - 10.30am
Yoga and Somatic movement
A gentle yoga class exploring the principles of somatic movement. A class to make time and space for breath and stillness, to move with fluidity and greater awareness. To improve posture, coordination and energy, and release tension and pain from common musculoskeletal conditions.
Wednesday evening 6 week courses:
- Somatic movement therapy -
Address our imbalances - rebalancing the whole system
13 November - 18 December
7.30 -8.45p
Our bodies reflect everything that has happened to us throughout our lives. Imbalances occur when the nervous system adapts to protect the body from injuries, trauma and habits that may not serve us. The brain is an adaptive organ and so unfortunately, the body often stays stuck in the adaptation and doesn’t know how to move back to a more neutral, efficient, and supple place.
Somatic movement guides us into these ‘stuck’ places to move completely and permanently away from them. With repeated gentle ‘somatic’ movements we remind the body how it feels to move efficiently and energetically, retraining the body and rewiring the mind back to a sense of wellbeing and balance.
In this course we will look at common areas of imbalance from the centre outwards, the waist, low back, and belly. We move from the centre of the body where powerful muscles attach the spine to the ribcage and pelvis. From here we can move upwards to the shoulder girdle and down into the legs and feet.
This course will give you a greater understanding of your body ‘type’ and likely habits that lead to imbalances. Once understood we can manage these imbalances with gentle sequences and re-find fluidity, ease, and alignment.
Please note. Each week I will share a recorded practice for you to take home and practice 10 minutes each day.If you are unable to attend a class, I can send you more information to ensure you stay fully connected.Please only book if you know you can attend at least 5 of the 6 classes.
additional courses:
- Somatic movement therapy for -
Feet, ankles and legs
dates to be confirmed
6 week course: In our first 3 weeks we will explore fluid somatic movement and various complimentary techniques, including release with soft balls to improve mobility. Here we begin to notice and understand our compromised movement patterns so we can make positive changes improving foot and leg function, hip mobility as well as breath quality and shoulder tension.
In the second part of the course, we will move through specific somatic practice techniques to rebalance, realign, and re-educate the body and mind.
Somatic movement is an empowering practice that enables us to come back to our own body and mind and become fully and present by addressing and learning to self-correct neuromuscular and skeletal imbalances.
Each week I will share practice sheets and recordings for you to repeat at home and so integrate this into your everyday movement and make lasting beneficial change.
This course is suitable for anyone who practices yoga, intense sports that require leg strength, or those with discomfort or instability.
Testamonials
"My experience has been magical and transformative both physically and mentally. I am already amazed at how the pain disappears from my shoulder every time I practice the exercises you gave me. It is such an interospective experience that I started to notice small signs and niggles that I would normally ignore, not only in my body but also in my mind. I now pay more attention to these signs so that I can safely improve my mobility in my shoulder. This would not have been possible without your guidance. Thank you"! Maki
"I’m in London at work today and have just laid down on my meeting room floor to do the pelvis / lower back curls – the tension they are releasing in my upper back (that I didn’t even realise was there) is astonishing." Helen
"Thanks for the opportunity to practice Somatics. It's been a great experience learning and bringing awareness to my postural habits and finding gentle movements that help undo areas that I could never quite get rid of. I loved last weeks class with the hip hikes, never have my rib cage and hips felt as much space. I noticed the difference after the class as soon as i started walking. My left hip felt freer and more inline with my right. Can't wait to learn more about cogs and bring more awareness to my practice."
"I am blessed to have you in my life, thanks for all your awasome tuition and sharing your knowledge."