All Practitioners

As my life, body experiences and body needs have shifted throughout the years, my training has delved deeper to include Therapeutic Yoga, movement focused childbirth education, Somatics and Trauma-Informed Resilience Practices.

My personal practice and approach to teaching has changed over the years as well. I’ve slowed down – which allows me to turn off the auto-pilot switch and learn to pause, notice and listen in new ways.  The continual practice helps me notice when I push too hard and helps me remember that there’s strength in softness. Read more about Amy LePage

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

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

Kim attended Smith college where she studied Psychology, Neuroscience, and Gender Development. She is a member of the Clinical Somatic Education class of 2007.

Areas of special interest include: working with children and individuals with neurological complications or conditions. She has also worked closely with members of the GLBT community. Read more about Kim Saumell

In addition to being a Clinical Somatic Educator, Dave Bilyeu has been a life-long martial artist, starting in judo at the age of 6, then migrating into other traditional martial arts, and then Chinese arts in the late 60s. Sifu Dave holds a variety of black belt ranks including some high level rankings in Chinese arts. Sifu Dave founded Nei Gung Chuan Fa “Internal Fist Way” which is a martial art focused on the hidden potential of internal connection in all martial arts. Read more about David Bilyeu

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

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