videos & graphics Archives - Somatic Movement Center https://somaticmovementcenter.com/category/videos-graphics/ Discover the secret to living pain-free. Thu, 30 May 2024 20:07:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Q&A 4: Why do we work with the core of the body before the extremities? https://somaticmovementcenter.com/core-of-body-first/ Thu, 30 May 2024 19:55:25 +0000 https://somaticmovementcenter.com/?p=17793 Q&A Video #4: Why do we work with the core of the body before the extremities? Today I want to address a topic that I know a lot of students wonder about and sometimes get frustrated by. And that is, why in Clinical Somatics do we focus on working with the core of the [...]

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]]> New Video: Why Stretching Doesn’t Work https://somaticmovementcenter.com/new-video-why-stretching-doesnt-work/ Mon, 15 Mar 2021 14:36:42 +0000 https://somaticmovementcenter.com/?p=15012 In this video, I explain the two reasons why static stretching isn't effective for releasing muscle tension and relieving pain: Because static stretching activates your stretch reflex (myotatic reflex), and because it doesn't change the learned messages that your nervous system is sending to your muscles to stay tight. You can learn more in these [...]

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]]> How Muscles Contract in Scoliosis C Curve https://somaticmovementcenter.com/muscle-contraction-in-scoliosis-c-curve/ Fri, 20 Nov 2020 16:05:52 +0000 https://somaticmovementcenter.com/?p=13146 How Muscles Contract in Scoliosis C Curve Learn how chronic, involuntary muscle contraction pulls the spine into a C curve, and how muscles on the opposite side of the spine contract to stabilize posture. Click here to watch this video in Spanish. Click here to watch this video in French. [...]

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]]> Video: Your Pain and Injuries are Caused by the Way You’re Using Your Body https://somaticmovementcenter.com/video-pain-injuries-caused-way-youre-using-body/ Wed, 05 Jul 2017 18:19:54 +0000 https://somaticmovementcenter.com/?p=8225 The post Video: Your Pain and Injuries are Caused by the Way You’re Using Your Body appeared first on Somatic Movement Center.

]]> Somatic Relaxation Exercises https://somaticmovementcenter.com/somatic-relaxation-exercises/ Wed, 29 Jun 2016 21:03:38 +0000 http://www.somaticmovementcenter.com/?p=7257 In this short Somatics class, you'll learn gentle movements that release chronic muscular tension in the lower back, abdomen, shoulders, chest, face and jaw. Did you know that chronic muscular tension is directly linked to psychological stress? Human beings are naturally well equipped to recover from short-term, life-threatening stress. Unfortunately, long-term, psychological stress stays with [...]

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]]> Thomas Hanna Quote: The human body is not an instrument… https://somaticmovementcenter.com/thomas-hanna-quote-2/ Sat, 23 Jan 2016 20:29:52 +0000 http://www.somaticmovementcenter.com/?p=6848 "The human body is not an instrument to be used, but a realm of one's being to be experienced, explored, enriched and, thereby, educated." -Thomas Hanna, founder of Clinical Somatic Education

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]]> Video: What is Somatics? https://somaticmovementcenter.com/video-what-is-somatics/ Sat, 23 Jan 2016 18:33:16 +0000 http://www.somaticmovementcenter.com/?p=6839   Click here to start at the beginning and learn the basics of Clinical Somatic Education. To better understand how Somatics is different from other methods of movement and pain relief, click here.

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]]> Somatics Infographic: What Conditions Can Somatics Help? https://somaticmovementcenter.com/somatics-infographic-what-conditions-can-somatics-help/ Sat, 09 Jan 2016 17:10:11 +0000 http://www.somaticmovementcenter.com/?p=6724 This Somatics infographic shows the common musculoskeletal conditions that can be prevented, alleviated and eliminated with Clinical Somatic Education. To start at the beginning and learn the basics of Clinical Somatic Education, click here. Click here to learn how you can get the most out of practicing Somatic Exercises. Ready to download classes and start [...]

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]]> Video: Learn the Most Effective Somatics Exercise for Back Pain https://somaticmovementcenter.com/somatics-exercise-for-back-pain/ Tue, 05 Jan 2016 18:52:33 +0000 http://www.somaticmovementcenter.com/?p=6667 Learn the Most Effective Somatics Exercise for Back Pain Most back pain is caused by chronically tight muscles. As we age and build up learned muscular patterns, our back muscles get increasingly tight. Most of this muscular contraction is involuntary, so we can't easily release it. Chronically tight back muscles are sore [...]

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]]> Thomas Hanna Quote: As We Grow Older… https://somaticmovementcenter.com/thomas-hanna-quote-1/ Sun, 03 Jan 2016 17:52:02 +0000 http://www.somaticmovementcenter.com/?p=6514 "As we grow older, our bodies--and our lives--should continue to improve, right up until the very end." -Thomas Hanna, founder of Clinical Somatic Education

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