Somatic Systems

Tuesday, May 19 at 7:30 PM, Steven Aronstein of Somatic Systems Institute will be interviewed about Somatics and the upcoming Somatics training program. This informal dialogue is a must listen for anyone interested in Somatics! If you are in the Western Massachusetts area then tune into 103.3 FM at 7:30PM for a live broadcast. If you are further away then please go to http://antidoteradio.com to listen to it streaming over the web.

Somatic Systems Institute is excited to announce the dates for the next Clinical Somatic Education Professional Training Program in Northampton, MA! This three-semester, 500-hour class will follow a nine-day, modular schedule. Class will meet twice per semester for nine days at a time.  The dates for the first semester are Saturday, June 20 - Sunday, June 28, 2009, and Saturday, September 19 - Sunday, September 27, 2009.

Free Somatics clinic available to the public, one day only, Saturday, January 31, 2009. If you have wanted to try Clinical Somatics or have any chronic pain, postural issues, or discomfort that you would like to try to approach from a different way, now is a good chance! This is also very helpful for dancers, athletes, or those engaged in other wellness practices to enhance those experiences.

A Special Series of Somatic Exercise Workshops in Boulder, CO at The Shambhala Center The Somatics teachings of Thomas Hanna PhD with guest teachers Jon Aronstein from Somatic Systems Institute and Mary Ann Voorhies These classes are appropriate for beginners to advanced practitioners, dancers as well as those who can barely move. The challenge of the movements is internal, so a simple movement can be approached in different ways by different people. Somatic exercises are slow, gentle and pain-free. They bring about great improvements in flexibility, coordination, bodily awareness, athletic performance, posture, chronic pain, injury, stress-management, and embodiment.