All Practitioners

Karen Hewitt is a certified Somatic Educator trained in the first program ever conducted by Thomas Hanna. She was the first Training Coordinator of the training program after Thomas Hanna. She has an extensive and distinguished background in classroom education, professional training, corporate training, and mathematics education. Karen is a founder and senior member of the Somatics Board of Accreditation, the international organization responsible for licensing and certifying Somatics programs and practitioners. Karen is a founding and Charter member of the Clinical Somatic Education Society, and has been in private practice in San Jose, California since 1990. Read more about Karen Hewitt

Noreen discovered Somatics when she had both upper and lower back pain, achy legs, painful feet, tight shoulders, and numbness in her arms…symptoms that all manifested during a particularly stressful time in her life. She initially sought the help of a chiropractor, starting with several times a week, with some relief, but new pains kept emerging. She began getting deep tissue massages once a week in an effort to relieve her discomfort, but again, found the relief to be very temporary. Read more about Noreen Owens

I was drawn to Clinical Somatics as a way of sharing the gift of physical freedom with others who are frustrated by the limitations caused by health problems. Having been injured as a child, I spent the majority of my childhood and young adulthood trapped by my condition and limited in the activities I wanted to pursue. I spent a decade looking for a solution, trying numerous different modalities in both mainstream and alternative medicine. Read more about Patrick Flanagan

Evi Hofmann is a certified Clinical Somatic Educator. She is a graduate of the Clinical Somatic Education Professional Training Course at the Somatic Systems Institute in Northampton, Massachusetts. She also attended a three-year, full-time training at the Loheland Gymnastics Academy in Germany where she graduated as a state-certified physical educator. Read more about Evi Hofmann

Nancy Nesyto-Freske (ne-see-toe fres-ke) is a Certified Yoga Instructor and Certified Yoga Therapist and a member of the International Association of Yoga Therapists. Read more about Nancy Nesyto-Freske

Laura Gates is a Certified Clinical Somatic Educator (CSE) practitioner living in New York City. The teaches and works with clients regularly in northern AL and often in Norway as well. As a former professional dancer, she toured internationally with the Lar Lubovitch Dance Co in the 70s and 80s and earned an MFA degree in dance from Bennington College. She brings 30 years experience as a movement educator to her work and has training in deep tissue body work with Tyr Throne, anatomy with Irene Dowd, and Clinical Somatic Education at Somatic Systems Institute, Northampton, MA. Read more about Laura M Gates

I have had a lifelong interest in the human mind and body, beginning with ten years of intensive study of ballet and modern dance at Boston Ballet School and Boston Conservatory. After leaving dance, I decided to explore my interest in the visual arts, and received my Bachelors in Interior Design from Boston Architectural Center. I loved interior design, but after working in the field for six years I felt that the physical aspect of my life was missing. Read more about Sarah Warren

Carrie has been studying and practicing dance, yoga, and movement awareness techniques for the past 25 years. She received a BFA in modern dance performance from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, and then moved to New York to pursue a professional dance career. While living in New York City, in addition to dancing and performing she began working as a lighting designer and technician for dance and off-Broadway theatre. Working in such physically demanding fields, Carrie observed how people handle different levels of stress, and how they hold that stress in their bodies. Read more about Carrie Day