Improving and Supporting Health with Somatic Exercises | 4 themed modules

This introductory somatic exercises online four-week course is designed to enhance and improve health and wellbeing. The course is suitable for people of all ages, abilities and health levels.The course consists of four live online sessions, each of which is followed by a tutorial video that outlines and explains every technique covered in the session. This enables you to practice and perfect the exercises in your own time.

What are the benefits of somatic exercises?

This practice helps to eliminate the ongoing tension, aches, and discomfort in your shoulders and neck and all body.They improve the flexibility of your spine and freedom of movement in your body.They help to soothe lower back tension and pain.It also increases one’s overall flexibility and joint suppleness contributes to fluidity in one’s connective tissues and balances the respiratory and nervous systems.Somatic practice helps to improve the body’s postures and a sense of balance, strength, and stability.It contributes to the fight against anxiety, supports stress relief, and regulates the nervous system.Best of all, somatic exercise is a simple, accessible, and relaxing path to better health.

How does it work?

Somatic exercise techniques such as Feldenkrais, Alexander technique, and somatic yoga use repetitive, gentle movements in order to rewire the brain and nurture the brain-body connection. People who suffer from chronic pain for example can find that these gentle motions can help to ease their symptoms.The process of using the simple motions of somatic exercise to create new, less troublesome pathways in the brain is known as sensory-motor learning. It’s a rejuvenating and refreshing way to be present in your body. People who practice somatic exercise can expect to reduce stress and feel fresh.

The course

Each week will focus on a different part of the body:Module 1- Finding and improving flexibility and freedom of movementModule 2- Restoring the health and flexibility of the spine in movementModule 3- Reducing tension and discomfort in the neck and shoulders.Module 4- Dealing with lower back health and comfort.

The essentials

The course is four weeks long and online via Zoom. It runs on Thursday evenings from the 17th of March until the 7th of April 2022 between 19.00 and 20.00 (GMT).You will need a chair (not a sofa or armchair) and a yoga mat or soft blanket. Wear loose and warm clothing that you feel comfortable moving freely in.