“Somatic Movement changes your muscular system by changing your central nervous system.. ”
DISSOLVE STUCK STRESS, CHRONIC TENSION
& PERSISTENT PAIN QUICKLY & EASILY.
MOVE BETTER, MORE EFFICIENTLY IN BETTER ALIGNMENT.
What is Clinical Somatic Movement?
A holistic, full-body, functional movement system that helps you unlock ease, mobility & alignment in your body.
Somatic movement works with the nervous system, repatterining the brain, to change the messages sent into the muscles of the body.
Somatics empowers you! Through Somatics, you learn to release and relax tight muscles, reduce tension and restore muscles to their optimal resting length without stretching.
Somatic Movement helps to release mental & emotional stress as well!
“I’m really surprised that such subtle movements had an almost immediate effect! I slept so well and felt the difference the next day! ”
SOMATICS TO ENHANCE BODY MOVEMENT
Is Somatics for me?
Clinical Somatic Movement is for anyone, of any age, who wants to live pain free, or to move better with more skill, mobility or strength.
The root of all pain, or stuck stress, is in the brain. Just as the brain learns to play music, drive a car, or ride a bike, it learns to hold muscles in permanent contraction around weak and injured areas, or in bad posture. Thus you lose the ability to move or relax certain areas of your body.
This creates pain or limits movement.
Somatics re-patterns the brain, giving you back the ability to move as your body was originally designed to move.
Somatic techniques are simple gentle, yet powerful, and can be done by anyone.
“I haven’t had a Personal Best all year. After 3 private Somatics sessions, I ran a 400m PB of 58.9s in 35 degree heat on Saturday!
I felt stronger running & my legs didn’t go into lactic. Much faster recovery too! ”
WHICH CONDITIONS CAN somatics HELP TO ELIMINATE?
Plantar Fasciitis
Tension headaches
Accident traumas and whiplash
Breathing problems
Anxiety
Frozen shoulder syndrome
Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction (TMJ)
Joint and muscle pain
Neck, shoulder and back pain
Sciatica
Sacroiliac Joint Pain
Hip, knee and foot pain
Sacroiliac dysfunction
Repetitive use injuries
Postural imbalances
BENEFITS OF SOMATICS MOVEMENT
“I definitely felt a difference the next day with my balance. I was walking better. I also had a really deep sleep after the workshop!”
Relieve chronic pain & tension
Breathe more easily
Age more comfortably
Improve energy
Increase balance, flexibility & strength
Have better posture
Create more calm - Reduce stress & anxiety
Sleep better
HOW IS YOGA DIFFERENT FROM CLINICAL SOMATIC MOVEMENT?
Somatic Movement is a tool that compliments any yoga practice or sport by improving alignment, range of movement & quality of movement. In fact, Somatics benefits anyone with a body.
““I think of it like this: If yoga is like reading, then Somatic Movement is the alphabet that makes the words.”
It is impossible, in today’s world, to live without experiencing mental stress or physical tension. Stress creates ‘footprints’ on the body in varying patterns. Through Somatic Movement, you learn to dissolve these stress patterns so that you move better and feel better.
Though yoga is also helpful in reducing mental & physical stress, I have found that Somatic Movement short cuts the process, dissolving tension significantly faster and re-patterning the brain pathways so that the body moves differently without reverting back to the old stress patterns.
What are Clients Saying?
“I’ve done the Shoulder and the Back & Hip workshops and the 6 week Somatics Everyday course. My back is feeling remarkably good despite spending too many hours sat in vehicles!”
“Somatics is surreal. I genuinely know that this type of work is not my norm. But it made all the difference in just one session! My pain was undone with very little movement. Crikey! ”
“Denise is very skilled at seeing & explaining which muscles to access, guiding gently and showing how to get the most out of each movement. It has made me think a lot about where & how I hold tension in my neck & shoulders. Somatics has given me a new understanding of my tension and how to release it!!”
I felt very chilled on Thursday evening, (after the workshop) and despite a rather stressful Friday, was somehow able to keep that stress out of my neck!!”