flexibility, or other common complaints, it could very well be SMA. Sensory Motor Amnesia occurs when you learn to hold yourself tightly in reaction to pain, injury or emotional stress - causing your brain to forget how to sense or experience muscles in your body. Your muscles function improperly because strong reflex messages from the brain cause them to involuntary over contract. Chronically contracted muscles become sore and painful, weak from constant use, or cause general fatigue. Tight muscles that often hurt, or cause joints to ache. Tight muscles that distort posture, cause stiffness and contribute to chronic fatigue. There are a number of ways. An injury or surgery may have caused you to tighten muscles as well. And the passage of time takes its toll on all of us. The good news is that with Somatics, the effects of SMA are often reversible and freedom of movement is restored. How Does Somatics Work? Somatic Education reverses the effects of SMA and restores flexibility through pain - free movements that increase your brain's motor output and override reflex patterns. All of the Somatic Movements are within normal limits of the body's range of motion, and under your control. You are never asked to complete any uncomfortable movement. Somatic sessions are filled with gentle, comfortable, specific and naturally occurring movement sequences. A Trained Somatic Educator Will Conduct Your Somatic Sessions...
Somatic Educators are trained in the renowned Novato Institute for Somatic Research & Training in Navato, Ca. (founded by Thomas Hanna and Eleanor Criswell Hanna). They'll work with you to help you develop a more accurate sense of your body, and recondition your muscle control. for most people, this mind-body experience relieves pain and improves freedom of movement. How Many Individual Sessions Are Recommended? We recommend you commit to four sessions, and reevaluate as your program progresses. Somatic's goal is to move you toward your own self-care program. What Can You Expect?
1. A series of one hour individual private sessions, where you are guided through slow-motion movements that relax tight muscles, strengthen weak ones and improve coordination. Unlike a massage session, you are fully clothed during the Somatic sessions. We suggest you wear loose, comfortable, non restrictive clothing for ease of movement.
2. You'll be given specific movement exercises to do at home. They're designed to continue your improvement and help prevent the recurrence of problems. The self-care program takes about 15 minutes a day in the privacy of your own home, and requires no special equipment. But it makes a big difference in the way you continue to feel, and is the key to long-term results. People Tell Us, " Somatic Works"
