Hanna Somatic Education:
A Revolutionary Approach to Pain Relief and Mobility
About HSE
“If you can feel it and sense it, you can change it.” -Thomas Hanna, PhD
HSE is an intelligent approach to the re-education of the body/brain through the first person experience of the body. This is based on the perspective that human beings are ultimately self-sensing, self-monitoring, and self-changing. By re-calibrating the brain with the muscles, range of motion increases to restore intelligent motion to the torso which begins to correct imbalances and postural distortion – the source of most chronic pain and poor movement mechanics in the whole body. Restoring balance to posture and increasing mobility can have a positive effect on every system of the body including cardiovascular, blood pressure, digestion, headaches, lymphatic health, oxygen intake and more. HSE is available in a private (hands-on session) or group (workshop) setting.
The Movement Practice: Workshops
See Workshop Schedule page.
Come learn effective techniques for self-care and repair and discover relief from tension, stress, pain, old injury, and post surgery. The workshops include Thomas Hanna's gentle, slow motion movement sequences along with illustrated take- home materials for your continuing home practice. The sequences tend to calm the nervous system, can lower blood pressure, and promote better quality of sleep - to name a few of many benefits. The process is so gentle that it is also safe for aging adults or for people recovering from injury, surgery, or trauma. This work is extremely helpful for anyone of any fitness level, and including athletes, dancers, actors, physical therapists, bodyworkers, Yoga teachers, Pilates instructors, and anyone wanting a more intelligent body. Everyone will work relative to his/her own comfort zone. Instructors of other modalities will find useful ideas and techniques to enhance their practice. Physical therapists certified in this work report that the HSE techniques are revolutionizing their practice. One should wear comfortable, flexible clothing.
See Workshop Schedule page.
Private Sessions: Hands-on Work
HSE hands-on work offers some of the most effective techniques available today for long lasting, and potentially substantial change in the body. Each session addresses different muscle groups, working from the core outwards. Re-patterning the major core muscle groups takes about 4 sessions. It may take 4-8 sessions for major changes depending on the issues. Each session includes the learning of movement sequences for daily use specific to the muscles re-patterned in that session. The client's daily somatic practice creates new habits on a neurological level that replace old movement habits and help promote long lasting change. The techniques are a collaboration between practitioner and client to re-educate the muscle/brain connections and improve voluntary control of and sensation in the tissues. The client remains dressed during the session in comfortable, flexible clothing.
Cost: $125 / first session which includes the book “Somatics,” by Thomas Hanna plus an evaluation. Subsequent sessions are $100 each and last about 90 minutes. A package of 5 sessions may be purchased for a 20% discount, costing $425.
Questions about the work may be directed to Laura Gates, email Laura@fullmovementpotential.com or call 718 350 0637.