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I don't teach somatic yoga, but I am a Somatic movement teacher and practitioner


I get a lot of messages asking when and where my somatic yoga classes are. Or, "I have never tried somatic yoga before, what is it?"


Firstly, I am not offended by being mistaken for a yoga teacher, but if someone comes to my class expecting yoga, they will be disappointed. So, I write this for clarity and to reduce any confusion.


So what do I teach? I am a qualified clinical movement teacher and practitioner. I was taught from the lineage of Tom Hanna, who developed somatic movement using a variety of pandiculations.


These pandiculations start by identifying muscles that we struggle to feel or move properly. This is known as sensory motor amnesia (SMA), whereby the muscle is so tight and taut that the motor neuron that moves the muscles has no range to fire in as there is little elasticity left. Consequently, the sensory neuron that feels the movement has little to feel or sense.


This results in the person experiencing SMA, not being able to move certain parts of their body well, or they feel pain when they do. Clinical somatics classes are perfect for anyone experiencing muscular pain or having mobilty issues. But how do you pandiculate?


So we pandiculate the SMA away by:


1. Activating the muscle you want to move. Begin to create tension in it—just enough that you can feel it. Locate it and then notice what other muscles are involved in this pattern. What else has to move?

2. Slowly releasing the tension by moving back out of the tension and noticing the changing length of the muscle as you do this.

3. Completely melting, relaxing, letting go, and noticing how you no longer need to move that muscle. You may also notice how challenging it can be to fully relax. This is part of the magic. We are learning to let go, not push harder.


We then pattern these movements back into the rest of the body. For instance, if you were moving the muscles in your shoulder, we would then pattern it and connect it to the muscles of the back, down to the hip, and into the leg.


We are one whole being, so we move in that way and release tension from the whole pattern of the body without isolating just one area, as the pain often isn't where the problem is.


This appraoch makes the practise accessible to everyone. There is no ability restriction, and if you are urrently in pain or injured it can be the best time to get to a class so you get really experience the difference it can make to how you feel.


If you're intrigued and want to try a pandiculation, head over to my free videos and resources page and give one of my videos a go.


Discover the magic of somatic movement with me.


Sending softness and ease, April

people standing and moving in a somatic class

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