What is Somatic Awareness Through Movement?
“Somatic Awareness Through Movement” is an advanced course that explores how awareness of our posture and movement patterns impact our holistic health”, says Neha Curtiss, Founding Director for Healing Hands School of Holistic Health. “We think it’s essential for Massage Therapists to understand this correlation, which is why its part of our curriculum.”
When and where will the next course begin?
Healing Hands’ next Somatic Awareness Through Movement course is happening at their San Diego campus located at 9025 Balboa Ave Suite # 130. Classes start March 16 and run through April 13. The course will be led by Guest Instructor, Dr. John Economos, on Sundays from 9am to 3pm. The enrollment deadline for this ‘must-have’ course is March 3rd so don’t delay, call Healing Hands’ San Diego Campus today (858) 505-1100”.
Why take a course in Somatic Awareness Through Movement?
Somatic awareness is used to guide changes in disease/illness beliefs, body schema, coping styles, interpersonal dynamics, sleep, and medication dependence. It is much easier for the patient to accept, experience and alter the impact of previous trauma, personality, stress and emotions if they view the body as the mediator of these experiences. Somatic awareness serves as a powerful clinical tool to facilitate communication between the Practitioner and patient. It involves directing a patient’s attention to their body’s experience and associated feelings. Its purpose is to activate self-healing and promote holistic health.
What will I learn?
Students learn to identify movement patterns and postures that are inefficient or unnecessarily tense, contributing to chronic pain and postural problems. This class will introduce Students to the work of Thomas Hanna, founder of Hanna Somatics. It will include the many varied modalities that meet the criteria for somatic education and repatterning. These include modalities such as Labanalysis, Bartenieff Fundamentals, The Alexander Technique, and The Feldenkrais Method. Students will also learn about integrative therapies such as Rolfing and Aston Patterning, PNF, and Cranial Sacral Therapy.
This advanced course imparts knowledge and techniques that get to the root cause of clients’ issues. Students learn a variety of techniques to evaluate and reduce chronic pain and physical dysfunction, long-term. The goal of Somatic Awareness Through Movement is to empower students to create lasting change through a customized care routine that addresses their clients’ individual needs.
Healing Hands is a trailblazer in the education of Massage and the Holistic Healing Arts. Since 1992 they’ve prepared more than 8,000 graduates for successful careers and can do the same for you! To find out more visit us online at www.HHS.edu or call us at 949 305-2722 in Laguna Hills and 760-746-9364.