Somatic Systems Institute is the worldwide clinical, academic, research, training, educational and resource center for Somatics, including Clinical Somatic Education, but also the general realms of Somatics, healthcare, science, and philosophy. For three decades, we have carried on the work of Thomas Hanna, and based on that work expanded & developed the field, practice, and method of Clinical Somatic Education™ practiced and known today.
We are the exclusive source of training in Clinical Somatic Education, including qualified clinical practitioners and movement & exercise teachers.
Somatic Systems Institute was the first and only program authorized to conduct trainings on behalf of the work of Thomas Hanna. We are also the only authentic authorized program in professional training of Clinical Somatic Education practitioners and exercise teachers. Our faculty are working, senior practitioners and founders as well as other leaders in the fields of Somatics and specifically its flagship body of work, Clinical Somatic Education.
Somatic Systems Institute also offers additional third party accreditations, including being an Approved Provider of Continuing Education by the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork ("NCBTMB").
We are proud of our training programs and educational methods, which utilize leading edge & advanced research and best practices in education and learning theory. Our innovative curricula has been developed actively, extensively, and constantly over the past 3 decades to use the best methods and most comprehensive material to create the best practitioners in the field of Somatic health care & education..