It’s all about pandiculation…
This is not physical exercise as we normally think of it, this is sensory motor training. Training designed to help you function better so you are able to participate with more ease and comfort in all the activities of your daily work and lifestyle and to do this late into your life.
“Somatic movement is deeply relaxing, meditative and has helped with my sleep. I love the sense of connection I feel with my body and the presence I feel with my mind” Tanner May.
“Your body hears everything you mind says.”
Classes run for 60 minutes and are a blend of Yoga and Hanna Somatics and run for 60 minutes. In Hanna Somatics, you move slowly with the breath and with a focussed awareness on various parts of the body. You will feel comfortable, deeply relaxed and a sense of moving with ease after a session. Regular daily practice is encouraged between to commit movement patterns to muscle memory.
In a nutshell, it’s about:
Teaching you how chronic muscular tension and the stress reflexes that are the root cause of many of your aches and pains, stiffness, immobility and fatigue.
Experiencing how to sense and then release your tight muscles.
Getting back control of your body allowing you to function better.
Using a safe gentle technique to effectively release muscular tension.
Calming down your nervous system.
Moving away from the dominant sympathetic state of fight, flight and freeze that is so prevalent in our modern lifestyles.