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What is Somatics?
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Somatic Education
Somatics is a gentle movement approach that helps you become more aware of how you move and hold yourself.
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— gentle • aware • efficient —
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By moving slowly and with attention, your nervous system can soften habitual tension and improve coordination, posture and ease.
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Somatics is not about stretching, strengthening or pushing through discomfort. It’s about learning how your body moves, so movement can feel lighter and more efficient in everyday life.
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Modern Somatics draws from the work of Moshe Feldenkrais, who explored how awareness and movement support learning and change, and Thomas Hanna, who developed simple movement sequences to help release chronic muscular tension.
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Somatics is suitable for all ages and abilities, and movements are always guided by comfort and curiosity rather than effort.
Dr Moshe Feldenkrais
The modern somatic approach developed in the mid-20th century. Moshe Feldenkrais (1904–1984), a physicist and martial artist, created the Feldenkrais Method® after a knee injury prompted him to explore self-healing through awareness and movement.
Influenced by judo, physics, and human development, he developed gentle techniques to reorganize the nervous system for better movement and well-being.
Thomas Hanna PhD
Thomas Hanna (1928–1990), a philosophy professor and Feldenkrais student, coined the term "somatics" in the 1970s to describe these mind-body practices.
He founded Hanna Somatics, introducing concepts like sensory-motor amnesia (lost muscle control from stress or habits) and pandiculation—a contract-and-release method to reset muscles and regain voluntary control.
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​Today, somatics includes methods like The Feldenkrais Method® and Hanna Somatic Education® (Hanna Somatics), empowering people to rediscover ease, flexibility, and embodied self-regulation.