All Practitioners

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

Juliana Locklin, a former dancer, is also a yoga teacher and Certified Ayurvedic Nutritionist from Bioticare.

She holds a certificate from Integral Yoga Institute to teach Yoga for Beginners, a Personal Trainer certificate from ACE (American Council on Exercise), and has also studied the Feldenkrais Method.

Movement and anatomy has been an intrinsic part of her life from an early age, and Clinical Somatics has helped her own development as well as how she can teach others to stay healthy and vital. Read more about Juliana Locklin

After an accident that left her severely incapacitated, Mary Ann discovered the healing power of Clinical Somatic Education. As a result of being restored to health by this wonderful modality, she has become devoted to bringing this "new" education to as many people as possible. Mary Ann became a Certified Clinical Somatic Educator in August, 2008 after a two-and-a-half-year training period. Read more about Mary Ann Gray Voorhies

Steven Aronstein is the founding Director and President of the Somatic Systems Institute. A certified Clinical Somatic Educator trained in the second program ever conducted, he has been in practice in Western Massachusetts and the Northeast for 14 years. Steven is the first person to develop and operate a Somatics training after Thomas Hanna's original class. He is President of the Clinical Somatic Education Society, the official professional guild of CSE. Read more about Steven Aronstein

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

Natasha Boldireff is a certified Therapeutic Yoga Teacher, and Clinical Somatics Practitioner and Educator who has enjoyed teaching globally, virtually and in her community since 2005. She loves to teach people of all ages, abilities, and stages of life who would like to move and feel better physically. Read more about Natasha Boldireff

Ily Shofestall graduated from the Florida School of  massage in 1984 and over the next 30 years it became her mission to improve the quality of life for those who suffer from unnecessary chronic pain. Ily's approach is quite eclectic, greatly influenced by Dr. Raymond Nimmo and his Receptor-Tonus Technique (a man way before his time), Dr. Janet Travell, a pioneer in Myofacial Release and Thomas Hanna a Somatic Educator. These three people shape the lens through which Ily looks at her clients. Read more about Ily Shofestall

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

John Loupos is a 2007 graduate of the Somatic Systems Institute, and founder of The Pain & Mobility Clinic (www.painandmobility.com), located in Cohasset, Ma. where he maintains an active clinical practice and offers frequent classes in CSE movement patterns. Read more about John Loupos