Laura M Gates
Laura M Gates, CHSE, CCSE
Laura Gates is a Certified Hanna Somatic Educator (CHSE) and Clinical Somatic Educator (CCSE) and practitioner living in New York City. As a former professional dancer, she toured internationally with the Lar Lubovitch Dance Co in the 70s and 80s and earned an MFA degree in dance from Bennington College. She brings 30 years experience as a movement educator to her work and has training in deep tissue body work with Tyr Throne, anatomy and arthro-kinematics with Irene Dowd, and Clinical Somatic Education at Somatic Systems Institute, Northampton, MA. She is also certified by Novato Institute, CA.
Ms. Gates has worked with people from all walks of life, including dancers, athletes, musicians, and actors. She was movement coach for Harvey Keitel on the set of “A Crime,” filmed in 2006.
Contact Laura at 718 350 0637 orLaura@fullmovementpotential.com with questions or to schedule a session.
Thomas Hanna, PhD
The late Thomas Hanna, PhD, was founder of the field of Somatics, director of the Novato Institute for Somatic Research and Training in Novato, CA, and editor of “Somatics: Magazine-Journal of the Bodily Arts and Sciences.” He authored seven books, perhaps best know for “Bodies in Revolt: A Primer in Somatic Thinking” (1970) and “Somatics: Reawakening the Mind’s Control of Movement, Flexibility, and Health” (1989).
Hanna often referred to F.M. Alexander and Moshe Feldenkrais as important teachers who influenced him. Many aspects of the Feldenkrais technique can be found inside Hanna Somatics but Hanna continued on to develop some innovative methods for brain/body recalibration that are unique to HSE. Feldenkrais had said, and Hanna reiterated, that there is no limit to human learning potential.
