Somatic Movement Center®
Student Testimonials

“I just wanted to express my gratitude for giving me my life back! After suffering from sciatic pain caused by a chronically tight iliopsoas muscle and uneven hips for almost a year, I have finally gotten relief. After about two to three weeks into the program, I started noticing a reduction in pain, and it just continued to decrease from there. I’ve spent thousands of dollars seeing chiropractors and multiple physical therapists, none of which were able to figure out my problem, let alone help me recover. Your program is truly remarkable and the results I got from such simple movements still astonishes me. I’ve been able to get back to running three to four times a week as well as strength training. I wasn’t even able to go for a mile or two walk with my wife and our dog after work prior to your program.

Gracias de nuevo por un programa increíble. ¡No puedo agradecerles lo suficiente! "

“Just wanted to send you a note to tell you that your Somatics course has absolutely changed my life! I feel like I have a new body – it’s amazing. It’s like my body is a puzzle that I’m unlocking, piece by piece. In 3 weeks I’ve made the kind of progress I’ve been trying to make in my yoga practice for 3 years. Your explanations are so clear, and I love the way you send reminder emails every day. I feel so accountable. I appreciate you so much!”

“In 2003, I was in my early 20’s. I weighed 150 pounds and was in phenomenal shape. I had no history of back issues and was leading a normal life.

One day I was doing some landscaping at my parents’ house and decided to go full superman while creating a rock staircase. I was at the bottom step, and knew I needed a big base. So I chose a rock that was way too heavy and decided to just go for it. That’s when I heard the pop. The first pop that changes our lives as back pain sufferers.” Read the rest of Greg’s emotional story of how he recovered from chronic pain in My Journey to Hell and Back.

“My daily Somatics practice with Sarah’s instruction has changed my life. I cannot remember a time my muscles have felt so relaxed and loose. I’ve tried chiropractic care and physical therapy in many modalities. Nothing has made a difference like Somatics has. My current chiropractor says she can feel my body unraveling due to my Somatics practice and she has adapted how she treats me due to the incredible changes Somatics has made in my body. Recently, I told my husband that my Somatics practice is a meditation for my mind and body.

Es difícil describir la increíble liberación que siento en mi práctica de somática nocturna. Si bien mi dolor a lo largo de los años no me había eliminado el ejercicio físico, ahora siento una nueva libertad en mi cuerpo cuando camino, camino y raquetas de nieve. Durante años, mis piernas, caderas, espalda, hombros y cuello alternativamente mantenían la tensión y experimentaba dolor. Mi dolor era tan frustrante, porque se movía constantemente y parecía ir a donde quería. A lo largo de los años, mis músculos crónicamente tensos aumentaron mi ansiedad y mis sentimientos de depresión mientras buscaba una solución. Créame, lo he intentado todo, incluso que un médico me disparara ceniza volcánica en los músculos crónicamente tensos. Ahora que descubrí la somática para mi cuerpo, también sé cómo practicarla para ayudar a aliviar mi estrés emocional (especialmente durante COVID y la agitación política de nuestro país).

I am a healthy, 59-year-old woman who was in chronic pain for almost 15 years. Because no professional could provide me with any lasting relief, I couldn’t help but feel that much of the pain must be “in my mind”. My daily Somatics practice has shown me how I can retrain my nervous system and relieve the tension in my muscles on my own. Somatics is a practice I can continue throughout my life. Honestly, Somatics is my “golden ticket” to feeling good and youthful. Besides alleviating my pain and tension, my practice of Somatics has created a new love and appreciation for my body. I more proud of it now than I’ve ever been in my life.

Las palabras no pueden expresar mi gratitud, Sarah. Su instrucción cuidadosa y específica me ayudó a guiarme hacia una vida nueva, más feliz y más saludable. Siempre estaré agradecido y siempre practicaré somática para mi cuerpo y mente ”.

“He sido atleta toda mi vida, no en el nivel de élite, pero quizás algunos dirían justo debajo de eso. Al crecer, se puso muy poco énfasis en fortalecer las modalidades y, como saben, todos los niños son invencibles. El béisbol era mi atasco, pero lo hice todo. Cuando tenía 16, me golpeé el hombro en el juego de campeonato y eso fue todo, por el béisbol de todos modos. ¡Allí se fueron mis esperanzas y sueños! Nunca lo rehabilité, en realidad solo me dupliqué en ser más terco con mis niveles de dolor. Me dijeron que era normal para un jugador de pelota como yo, y que eventualmente lo superaría. Jugué durante otros 2 años, pero nunca fui el mismo jugador.

A few years later (2006) saw me in boot camp, USMC, another two years after that began my single deployment overseas. Young military men are not known for showing pain, weakness, emotions, whatever, and I of course was no different. It was very hard on our bodies, but we were young and dumb, and we liked it that way.” Read the rest of Chris’s amazing story Recovering From 19 Years of Chronic Pain.

“Thank you so much! I have a scoliosis that was noticed when I was a child, but apparently didn’t warrant treatment (my mother has a very severe scoliosis). As I’ve got older (now 45 yrs), I have experienced more and more back and right hip pain. I really didn’t want to end up where my mother is in terms of pain, so I came across your program when googling how to release your psoas muscle. I’m *so* glad I did.

I have done the exercises in Level One every single day since the start, and it has made the most incredible difference to my feelings of discomfort, confidence, stiffness, and flexibility. I feel like it’s changed my life! I have visited many physiotherapists over the years and have insoles in my shoes, and have sometimes had to resort to painkillers. But I have found this program fantastically liberating, calming and helpful. I look forward to doing the exercises every day and now spent 30 minutes on them. As I am the primary carer for my daughter, carving out the time for this has meant getting up even earlier, but it is so worth it! My daughter said to me the other day that she noticed – and feels relieved that – I’m not mentioning being in pain anymore. I apparently look much stronger! I’m returning to swimming. Having lived with my mother’s chronic illness, I can’t tell you what this means to us as a family. I really didn’t want her to worry about me, and now I feel I have the tools to care for my body, so I can just focus on being her mum. Thank you.”

“Encontré su sitio web de Movimiento Somático el invierno pasado cuando estaba en medio de un espasmo de espalda bastante serio. Soy una ex bailarina de ballet profesional que siempre pensé que tenía los flexores de la cadera extremadamente apretados. Aún podría, pero hay otros problemas de rigidez estructural que pueden haber contribuido a los 3-4 espasmos de espalda habituales que experimenté durante un año como bailarina. Pensé que el yoga ayudaría, y después de obtener mi certificación de 500 horas con un maestro en Nueva York, pensé que sí. Luego, un año antes de encontrar su sitio web, tuve el espasmo más debilitante de mi vida. No podía poner peso en mi pierna derecha en absoluto. Toda mi pelvis y la parte inferior de la columna gritaban en resistencia y luego se rendían. Tuve que arrastrarme hasta el baño, lo cual fue insoportablemente doloroso y me causó un sinfín de sentimientos de impotencia. Tenía contracciones regulares dentro de la pelvis inferior que incluso cuando estaba en decúbito supino con las piernas apoyadas, la única posición con un mínimo de liberación, estrangulaban mi sistema nervioso con dolor en cada onda. Afortunadamente, tengo un socio que pudo ayudarme a llegar a un quiropráctico que se negó a ajustarme hasta que me llevó a través de semanas de fisioterapia para tratar de aliviar el dolor. Después de unos seis meses de trabajar con él, hacer puentes, estirar la planta de mis pies y entrenar mi cuerpo para hacer una sentadilla adecuada (nunca lo dominé del todo porque mis tobillos también están bastante tensos), pensé que estaba fuera de lugar. el bosque.

Luego, un año después, mientras estaba de vacaciones visitando a mis padres, sucedió el espasmo con el que comencé esta historia. Una vez más, caminar fue difícil, pero no imposible. Pensé, esto es todo, tengo que encontrar alguna forma de salir de esto. Pensé en algunas alternativas al yoga que no funcionaban, el fisioterapeuta que no funcionaba y los analgésicos que ya no eran lo suficientemente fuertes, que habrían sido permanentes para mí y después de casi 20 años de espasmos regulares. , donde ahora parecían estar llegando a un crescendo, sentí que eran mis únicas opciones, porque vivir con ese tipo de dolor estaba comenzando a derrotarme.

After the first exercise I did of the Somatic movement, almost all thoughts of ending my struggle were over. I stood up and walked around the room, and for a few steps, had less pain that before I started. I stuck to the exercises, doing them several times a day at intervals, and was able to walk again with minimal pain. Now, ten months later, I have not had a single new spasm since January.

I can’t begin to tell you the gratitude I feel for you and the work you’ve put in to make these exercises accessible. I don’t think it’s an overstatement to say you’ve helped save my life.“

“I am absolutely amazed by the immediate and consistent results I have experienced since day one of course one. I have had chronic lower back pain for over seven years now that would vacillate between a 4-7 in pain and after day one of the arch and flatten – that number has been between a 0-1 with one flair up (I overdid it at the gym) with a 3 and I was able in one day with the course one practices to get it down to 0 again. Along with that – there are remarkable and noticeable improvements in my stress state. My heart rate is slower, blood pressure lower, and I feel generally more relaxed and able to respond to life differently along with things that used to give me extreme stress – feel bearable – like my neighbor’s playing loud music. I am amazed. Completely.”

“I have completed Level One. I have no words. At the beginning of this course following each short and super comforting movement I was frequently in tears – most likely trauma release – but holy smokes this is the most life altering thing I have done for myself since I began meditating 4 years ago. I can’t thank you enough for this super accessible series. I look forward to it all day. And sometimes do the videos multiple times a day because I’ve never felt such quick release before – specially in my lower back and hips…and I’m QUEEN of rolling on lacrosse balls, rollers, you name it! But this would only give me temporarily relief and I would wake up the next morning as if I had not stretched or rolled. Now, although I feel much better when I do Somatics daily, the release stays with me MUCH longer. My next phase is to figure out how to incorporate more movement and exercise while maintaining my Somatics practice and the progress I have made. Anyway – just wanted you to know you are making a difference in my life :)”

“My personal experience practicing Clinical Somatics has been life changing. I have noticed many changes in myself – three of which I would like to highlight.

First, the chronic pain in the left side of my neck, jaw, shoulder and hip that had been plaguing me for the greater part of two years was reduced drastically after my first experience practicing the exercises. My pain level was reduced to zero after about three or four weeks of continued practice with the exercises and my range of motion was restored to what it had been many years prior.

Additionally, I noticed that with continual practice of the exercises, I began to feel an overall sense of wellbeing and calm throughout my daily life. A feeling of ease and stillness that is often hard to obtain and return to living amongst the hustle, bustle and chaos of New York City.

Lastly, I have developed a new confidence in my ability to manage my experience of musculoskeletal pain, should it arise again. Prior to learning Clinical Somatics exercises, I would have relied on physical therapists, chiropractors, massage therapists, etc, to help manage injuries that occurred, often finding short-lived relief or none at all. This created a fear of movement and exercise (things that give my life great joy!) as I was always worried about causing more damage and pain to my body. Now I feel confident in my ability to reduce and prevent musculoskeletal pain without the help of those professionals. My fear is gone.“

“Hace 3 años, salí cojeando del campo de golf después de 5 hoyos, simplemente no podía continuar, el dolor era demasiado intenso. Durante los siguientes 2 años y medio, por más que lo intenté, no pude hacer swing con un palo y usé un aparato ortopédico para la vida diaria. Probé con fisioterapeutas, acupunturistas, masajistas, quiroprácticos, médicos, cirujanos, ninguno de ellos ayudó. De hecho, algunos de ellos empeoraron las cosas.

Me encontré con el curso de Somática de Sarah por pura casualidad. Leí su historia y pareció coincidir con todo el ejercicio que había hecho a lo largo de los años. Entonces, sin nada que perder, comencé en el Nivel Uno. Durante algunas semanas, no pareció hacer ninguna diferencia, pero luego, aproximadamente en 3 semanas, noté un poco menos de dolor. Llevé un palo de golf al jardín y descubrí que podía balancearlo. Seguí con los ejercicios. Me excedí en un momento, pero Sarah pronto me enderezó, señalando que podía relajarme mientras hacía ejercicio. No tenía por qué ser difícil. Con ese conocimiento, el progreso se aceleró. Regresé al club de golf y jugué un juego completo.

Ayer, en lugar de transportarme en un carro, recorrí el campo y jugué bien. Tengo que pellizcarme. Todavía tengo algo de dolor, pero no es nada comparado con lo que era y cada semana que pasa estoy recuperando mi vida. Con el tiempo, espero que mi dolor desaparezca por completo.

This Somatics course has been a Godsend. I can steadily regain control of my mind and body, of my life. Each afternoon, I listen to Sarah’s voice as I do the day’s exercise and I grow stronger. I love the sessions, they’re a highlight of my day. My life has been so wretched, but now at last I can live again. Sarah – thank you so much.”

“Your Level One course helped prevent me from having carpal tunnel surgery on my right hand! In early April I began utilizing your excellent classes. A few months earlier I’d been diagnosed with moderate to severe carpal tunnel syndrome and prescribed Gabapentin for the extremely problematic symptoms. On the scheduled list of exercises, I saw a “Bonus Exercise” for CTS. The results were immediate Sarah and as I continued doing that exercise daily, I slowly began tapering off the medication as well. I’m happy to say I was able to cancel the appointment with the surgeon and be free from the medication within a couple of weeks!!! I’m forever grateful for finding your website Sarah. I thank you and my 76 year old/young body thanks you too!!!”

“It’s taken me a while to write this testimonial because I’ve been so overwhelmed with the experience, I wanted to make sure I did it justice with my words but still fear I will not be able to. Being a Massage Therapist/Bodyworker for 20+ years, I’m no stranger to chronic pain conditions that I see in my clients and unfortunately in my own body. In addition to reading books and professional publications, I’m always searching on YouTube for new information from reputable sources on various conditions. When I came across Sarah’s video on “Why stretching doesn’t work”, I was immediately intrigued because of my own frustration from injuring myself years ago while practicing yoga as my main form of exercise, stress and pain management; causing what I believe to be fascial adhesions and scar tissue in my hamstring.

I had other occasions of minor injuries, pain and even motor skill disruption, all originating from a spinal curvature that created uneven hips and functional leg discrepancy. I understood that pathology to be the cause of my injuries and pain but lacked the tools to unwind the deep-rooted pattern that caused the “idiopathic” scoliosis in the first place. Along with my own training and education, I sought out advice and help from doctors, received MRI’s, X-rays and PT referrals; none of which ever offered insight or education on the root cause of my scoliosis or any encouragement that I had the power to reverse its effects. I then watched Sarah’s video, “How tight muscles cause and contribute to scoliosis” and I immediately signed up for her Level One & Two Courses. Light bulbs of understanding went on and on with each new exercise and as my body became more fluid and felt less pain.

I can only say how grateful I am to now feel fully empowered in my own healing journey and inspired to share this knowledge with anyone who will listen. My massage and bodywork practice has shown me again and again that however profound and helpful a session with a practitioner can be, true, lasting healing and change can only be made from within. I am so grateful and excited to continue this journey by enrolling in Sarah’s certification courses so I can bring this simple but sophisticated movement therapy to my clients. Thank you, Sarah for creating such a concise and comprehensive collection of courses!”

Best money I spent all year! I learned I had chronically tight psoas muscles after a minor car accident greatly aggravated the existing condition. The sciatic pain, discomfort and numbness were debilitating. After practicing the first exercises…on the first day…my pain was reduced by 50%! Going through the exercises I discovered that my body started to crave or let me know it was ready for the next exercise; my muscles were telling me ‘now that I remember how to move THIS way, I want to learn how to move THAT way’. For me this experience has been life changing.

Después de leer algunas de las publicaciones del blog de Sarah y experimentar una liberación emocional mientras realizaba los ejercicios, me di cuenta de que mi psoas crónicamente tenso se debía a un trauma infantil. Como resultado de este programa me siento más estable emocional y físicamente, y ahora puedo ver un futuro en la "vejez" que no incluye una disminución de la calidad de vida relacionada con mis habilidades de movimiento físico. ¡Gracias!"

“I have had both rheumatoid and osteo-arthritis for years, suffer from IBD, and I am an insulin-dependent diabetic, so finding the right exercise has been a real challenge. To top off everything, I developed virally-induced ME/CFS (aka “chronic fatigue”) early in the pandemic. I became very anxious about deconditioning, which is an ever present threat with ME/CFS. I friend convinced me to do Somatics in a local class, and I found a great solution for me, at last. Unfortunately, after a few months, my instructor moved across the country to the other coast, and I had a lot of trouble keeping up and progressing through books and random on-line videos.

I had just decided to give up, when I happened upon this series of courses, and I am grateful that I did. I signed up and contacted Sarah to ask about how my conditions might affect how I progressed. The sessions offered are “chunked” nicely, so that you are always learning something new and never overwhelmed. When I have crashes (my doctors call them ‘relapses’) I can go right back to the beginning, and on a bad brain fog day I can always do the same lesson as the day before. I have far fewer symptoms of pain, inflammation, and my mood always improves. It is like getting a massage from the inside out. I move better, and have more energy. I can’t recommend these courses enough for giving me back some important aspects of my life.”

“I discovered Clinical Somatic exercises when I was traveling and was tired of the chronic pain I have in my hips, back and shoulder do to my idiopathic scoliosis. I had been routinely seeing a chiropractor at home, which had improved my curvature, but not the chronic pain. These somatic exercises for scoliosis have changed my life. I got relief from the first exercise. I can do them anywhere and anytime. I am a marathon runner and very physically active and with chronic pain, I was worried that my only path to stay mobile was medication or surgery. I know now I can control my pain, by training my body to release and activate my muscles. My pain is virtually gone, and my daily activities and running are back to my normal levels. I have truly been transformed by these exercises and have encouraged my friends and family to try the Somatic method to relieve their pain and they have had amazing results as well. Clinical Somatics is a game changer to staying active as a senior and having a better quality of life.“

“I have been diligently doing your programs for almost three months now. And even though I have tried Somatics before (even read Thomas Hanna’s books), I have to say, the results are absolutely stunning and spectacular. I am literally 100% pain free again and starting to bring more athletic activities back into my life. Sometimes during the day tears started to come up because of a bodily feeling that I thought I would never feel again! I will be forever grateful.”

“Somatic movements are such an amazing self help technique!! I was in a constant state of severe lower back pain for half a year, when I was lucky to find one of Sarah’s Somatic movement videos on YouTube. I had these lower back problems on and off for about two decades, but had somehow learned to live with them. Practicing Hatha Yoga daily, exercising several times a week, plus occasionally getting chiropractic adjustments and Bowen treatments helped me keeping the pain at bay. Lately, however, nothing seemed to work anymore. On the opposite: the stretching exercises I was given were extremely painful, aggravating the pain even more. I even gave up my beloved Yoga, as I couldn’t tolerate the pain anymore. The pain was so strong, it restricted my daily life heavily. I was desperate: a healthy diet, sleeping well, exercising, what did I do wrong to get to this point? So when I came across Sarah’s Arch & Flatten video, I lay down on my yoga mat and did the exercise along with her. The result was nothing short of a miracle! My pain level had come down by 50%! Unbelievable! And so simple!

So I practiced just this exercise for about 2 weeks twice a day. By the end of week two, my lower back pain was pretty much gone. Now convinced that Somatics would get me to zero pain, I signed up for the Level One and Two Courses, and I am so glad I did! By the end of Level One, my posture had changed completely. The uneven hips I had since my childhood, piriformis syndrome since I was a young woman, knee pain since my teenage years, scoliosis, tight psoas muscle, shoulder & neck pain, all of this discomfort I had been living with and tolerating most of my life, and having been told by doctors, chiropractors and physio therapists that my condition was not curable, needed constant treatment and was likely to worsen as I would get older, just gone within 2 month’s time! Thank you so much, Sarah, for all your great work! Learning from you why stretching doesn’t work plus all the other valuable insights make so much sense! I am now halfway through the Level Two classes and I just love Somatic movement, as they not only work on the level of pain relief, but the exercises are completely pain free, deeply relaxing, releasing negative emotions in a gentle way, strengthening the core and toning the muscles to name just a few positive side effects. Some of my family having the same postural problems I had before I learned the Somatic movements, got surgery, being impaired in their lives now or still in constant pain. I feel blessed to have found such a precious tool I can put into practice anytime anywhere. So empowering!“

“49 years of running had left me with numerous overuse injuries especially after age 50. You name the injury and I had it. Traditional treatments only seemed to be short term fixes before the problem would resurface or be replaced by a different injury (my guess compensatory).

After missing a big race last September, I finally decided to try your course as a last resort. I had looked and tried other somatic YouTube videos in the past but following your detailed plan and explanations were game changers. On completion of Level Two my legs/ hips are feeling 99% better. Was able to run 9.5 miles the other day with minimal tightness.

I try to spend an hour a day doing those movements that I feel benefit my running the most (especially after my runs). I would highly recommend your course to aging runners. Fall and winter months are the perfect time for serious runners to incorporate this as they are only doing base training with no or little intense speed work. Thank you for helping me to run injury free again!“

“I have just finished the Level Two Course, including the individual downloads at the end of the course, after almost a year. There are really no words to describe the benefits I have received both physically and emotionally. I am so grateful to Sarah for offering such unique and personalized courses that allowed me to do the exercises at my own pace. Sarah was also always available to answer questions, help with accommodations to specific exercises, and encourage me to take my time, which was so helpful and necessary considering my special needs. I am 70 years old, and now I know how to release the pain in my neck, upper back, shoulders, arms and wrists. It’s quite amazing that I’m learning this wonderful skill at this late age. My stress and anxiety has reduced considerably, and I am able to see the benefit in my day-to-day interactions. I am walking straighter and with more ease, my posture has improved, and my pain decreased. Somatics has become part of my daily routine, and I’m learning to recognize how relaxing my muscles is key to my health and well-being. I am becoming more and more aware as I continue to practice; and I am eternally grateful.“

“Tengo 48 años y he sido atleta toda mi vida. Hace aproximadamente 7 años, mi pierna derecha comenzó a entumecerse cuando estaba de pie o caminando. Me sometí a una resonancia magnética y descubrí que tenía una curva escoliótica de aproximadamente 60 grados. No me interesaba en absoluto la cirugía, así que me remitieron a un quiropráctico especializado en escoliosis. Me puso un aparato ortopédico caliente y engorroso que debía usar tantas horas como fuera posible (incluidas las horas de sueño). Estaba devastado. Mi vida como la conocía había terminado. Fue un ajuste muy difícil para mí. No más deportes, no correr, no más jugar a la pelota con mis hijos. Todo lo que podía hacer era caminar. Soy maestra y tener que usar el aparato ortopédico para ir a la escuela fue vergonzoso.

Después de muchas semanas de sentir pena por mí mismo, decidí que necesitaba cambiar mi forma de pensar. Tuve un lapso difícil de 5 años. Muchos días en los que gritaba de dolor al levantarme de estar sentado o acostado. Me dolía lavarme el pelo y ponerme loción. Cada movimiento dolía. Luego tendría días en los que el dolor disminuiría. Mucha gente trató de convencerme de que me operara. Me reuní con un cirujano que calmó un poco mis temores. Me dijo que hasta que mi dolor ocurriera todos los días y afectara mis actividades diarias, no vio ninguna razón para la cirugía. Cambié de quiropráctico y ella me ayudó mucho. Encontré un fisioterapeuta que me dio algunos ejercicios que también me ayudaron mucho. Veía a estas dos personas 2-3 veces a la semana.

I came across Sarah’s Somatic Movement Center by accident. I was searching for what to do for a tight QL muscle. I was elated to see the scoliosis movement exercises. I thought, “What could it hurt?” I had tried so many other therapies. I was encouraged by Sarah’s blogs and testimonials. I paid for the course and felt results almost right away. My back seemed to even out. The tight muscle spasms on my right side lessened. My back felt stronger. Movements that were painful before, were not any more. I went from wearing my big, bulky brace almost 24/7 to only wearing it when I walked. What a relief.

Cambié de quiropráctico nuevamente; este estaba asombrado de cómo mi espalda estaba cambiando con los ejercicios. Empecé viéndola dos veces por semana y poco a poco he reducido ese tiempo a una vez cada 3 semanas. Ella ha dado a conocer el sitio web del Centro de Movimiento Somático a muchos de sus pacientes, quienes ahora han informado que se sienten mejor después de la primera semana.

También encontré un nuevo PT que me dio una nueva forma de pensar sobre la participación de mi núcleo. Me dijo que intentara caminar sin mi aparato ortopédico. ¡ÉXITO! No he usado aparatos ortopédicos en absoluto durante aproximadamente 2 meses.

With the help of Sarah’s scoliosis exercises, my chiropractor, and physical therapist I have my life back. I am still not back to playing sports, but I am walking 2-4 miles a day brace free. I can wear cute clothes again! I am back to feeling strong instead of fragile like if I moved the wrong way, I would break. I am doing planks and pushups. I am kayaking and paddle boarding brace free. I am planting flowers and carrying things I couldn’t carry before. I know I still have a significant curve, but I feel confident that I can reduce it with Sarah’s help. Even if the curve stays the same, I am a stronger, more confident person. Thank you, Sarah, for offering these courses online. You were my life saver!!“

“¡No puedo agradecerles lo suficiente por su dedicación para compartir estos ejercicios increíblemente autocurativos con el mundo en un formato de video y audio tan fácil de seguir y entender!

He tenido una pérdida progresiva del cartílago de la cadera bilateral y un estrechamiento del espacio articular que bordeo con todo tipo de estiramientos, yoga, etc. Cuando llegué a un punto bajo en octubre pasado, apenas podía agacharme, tuve que levantar las piernas. para entrar en el coche, y definitivamente estaba retorciéndose de dolor toda la noche mientras trataba de dormir. Finalmente fui a ver a un cirujano ortopédico que me dijo en cinco minutos que necesitaba que me reemplazaran ambas caderas y que no iba a mejorar y que era mejor que no engordara. ¡Eso fue todo!

Well, I thought I had to at least try to work on releasing all of the chronically tightened and weakened muscles before any surgery so I searched the internet until I found Hanna Somatics and your Somatic Movement Center. At first I was not committed to doing the exercises every day, but when I decided to keep a log and track my progress, I saw and felt the shift in reversing all the problems that were resulting from altered gait, the lack of mobility from the locked hips, and the weaknesses in muscles that were no longer being used due to altered postures and pain avoidance movement patterns. By listening to your clear instructions as I watched and learned each exercise, and by finally doing them diligently, I saw a steady improvement in my range of motion, decreased pain, and improved ability to sleep. I started swimming laps to keep my cardio activity up and whole body feeling toned and pain free. I’m walking without pain and without my hiking poles and when I get out of whack from doing heavy yard work and sometimes neglecting my somatic movement exercises, I can always restore my function and mobility after I start doing them. Even just the mindful Arch & Flatten releases back spasms better than any foam roller or massage! It is now 8 months after that dreadful visit to the surgeon.

¡Estoy guardando la cirugía, las cirugías bilaterales de cadera para el último recurso absoluto y sin duda estoy buscando un cirujano diferente sin dejar de ser fiel a su programa de ejercicios de autocuración! Debo agregar que escuchar sus señales de audio hace que la práctica sea mucho más efectiva que simplemente acelerar los movimientos por mi cuenta. ¡¡¡Gracias por todo!!!"

“Nerve pain is gone!! Absolutely gone. I am a 60-something female who’s been a couch potato most of my life. I have raised 9 lovely children and now that the last one is about to turn 18, I have been slowly transitioning to an empty nest. Getting more active has been paramount but since I have been relatively inactive, my body hasn’t known fitness. I have attempted different forms of exercise throughout the years but didn’t enjoy any of them for very long. I have had chiropractic adjustments throughout my adult life as well.

Hace unos 5 años, comencé a notar que mi dedo meñique izquierdo parecía cojo mientras escribía. Además, comencé a sentir mucho dolor en el talón derecho. Esto progresó durante los siguientes años hasta el punto de que no solo el meñique cojo estaba sintiendo un hormigueo en la parte exterior de mi mano izquierda. y el dolor en el talón se agravó con entumecimiento y hormigueo en los dedos del pie derecho. Esto me había asustado hasta el punto de que busqué la ayuda de mi fisioterapeuta quien me dio varios movimientos para probar (movimientos no somáticos). Ayudaron solo temporalmente.

Hace unos dos meses estaba hojeando Facebook y un anuncio del libro o curso de Sarah entró en mi feed. No dudé en hacer clic en él. Compré y leí el libro antes de buscar su sitio. Compré el curso incluso sin terminar el libro.

Permítanme decirles que me senté en el campo durante algunas semanas, después de las cuales vi mi NP debido a mi creciente alarma por la sensación de madera en mis dedos del pie derecho. Escuchó mis quejas sobre el dolor en los nervios y me recomendó que buscara lo que resultó ser otro instructor de Hanna Somatics. En pocas palabras, inmediatamente comencé el Nivel Uno de Sarah en serio. Llevo una semana y he experimentado nada menos que un milagro, en mi opinión. Primer día, cosquilleo en el meñique SE HA IDO. La cojera desapareció y el dolor en el pie derecho desapareció en un 50% después del día siguiente. Este es el 8 día consecutivo que hago la práctica diaria 1 y el entumecimiento en los dedos del pie derecho casi ha desaparecido. Sigo pensando que necesito favorecer el talón después de tantos años de cojear, pero sé que desaparecerá pronto.

Otro beneficio secundario encantador es que la tensión que tengo en mis pectorales también está cambiando. Mi postura ha mejorado a pasos agigantados y me alienta que no terminaré con una espalda alta cifótica como mi papá y mi abuela.

The human body is amazing! Even after 60 some years, it can learn. Thank you Sarah for giving me more functional years to my life.“

“I am 13 years old and recently diagnosed with right Thoracolumbar Idiopathic Scoliosis. My mum and ! came across Somatic Movement Center sometime in August during the Pandemic as we were looking for treatment options for my scoliosis. Based on how I was feeling and the fact that I was determined to get myself to a journey of healing, I began the course and for sure from the 1st day, I knew I was on the road to recovery. Never did I miss to do my daily course, I began feeling and experiencing a difference in my feeling. The course has made me feel amazing. Since the first time I tried it I felt a huge difference with my posture, pain and I felt soo relaxed that all my stress was gone. I have had such an amazing experience and I am grateful that I got to find Somatic Movement Center.

Muchas gracias Sarah por este curso. Me siento más parejo y simétrico y me he estado sintiendo aún más relajado y cada vez que siento dolor hago los ejercicios somáticos y alivia todo el dolor que siento. Incluso me he vuelto más flexible y mis músculos no están tan tensos como antes, muchas gracias Sarah, no tienes idea de cuánto has mejorado mi calidad de vida y estoy deseando continuar con los ejercicios del Centro de Movimiento Somático para eventualmente. Aspire a tener una columna vertebral normal nuevamente y músculos más relajados. Todavía tengo que hacerme una radiografía para comprobar el ángulo de la columna, pero estoy seguro de que hay alguna mejora ".

“THANK YOU. You’ve given me my body back.

I adore my Level One practice. I do the full program each morning. I play around with micro movements and my breathing. Sometimes I focus on how slowly I can go, and other times I just flow with the natural rhythm of my breathing.

I love how my body feels and enjoy touching base with it each day and letting it show me how it’s doing. Then I adapt my reps of each exercise depending on how I feel or what I’ve asked my body to do in the previous 24 hrs.

It makes me smile each day when I hit the mat and my body just arches off the floor in its own version of a pandiculation. I just go along for the ride and feel what it does. Then we begin the formal moves.

I’m three months in and haven’t needed to see my Bowen therapist or any therapist since I started your program. I love that the movements require no props or special equipment, and that I can do them on the carpet in a motel room or a friend’s spare room.

I now have about 98% range of motion in my right shoulder, which was how I stumbled onto you…..trying to find ways to fix it, after both surgery and physio garnished sup par results.

Anyway, could rabbit on for hours but it just all boils down to THANK YOU…Eternally in your debt.”

“I love these exercises! I have completed the level 1 course and can’t wait for the second! I practice almost daily and at 53 find I am feeling better than ever! I bike, run, and hike fairly often and just have accumulated tension in my upper back, neck, and shoulders over the years from these activities, stress, and imperfect posture. I have had so much relief and am trying to get my husband to do the exercises too. May purchase the chair exercises for my parents!”

“I know I’ve still got many exercises to go to help release my muscles but I’ve recently experienced HUGE release in my buttocks and I cannot believe how much that impacted the rest of my muscles. I cried in such gratefulness to feel like I have gained control of my body again. I cannot thank you enough for making these affordable for how much it helps. You are an answer to so many desperate prayers. I can only pray that many more try them.”

“I’m a massage therapist and by helping other relieve their pain I’ve increased my own. I was getting chiropractic care, massage, foam rolling, stretching, icing, massage gun, anything to relieve the pain. It was all temporary! After giving a couple massages, all the pain came back. I was throwing money out the door! The pain was so intense in my right leg (leg discrepancy and scoliosis) it was difficult to walk without limping, the pain so bad I couldn’t sleep more than a couple hours at a time. It was when both my psoas went into spasm and I could barely move, even after 3 trips to the chiropractor and a couple massages, that I found Sarah and Somatic Movement Center. What a Godsend!!! Just after a week, my pain had greatly reduced and after completing Level One, all my leg pain is gone, I’m sleeping all night, my posture has improved, my body feels balanced, I’m aware of how I’m moving and I’m able to do my job better. I HIGHLY recommend using pandiculation and the Somatic Movement Center to anyone reading this. I even tell my massage clients. Thank you, Sarah.”

“I felt compelled to reach out and offer my sincere thanks for two videos I found on your website… the one about how to release the iliopsoas, and the one about how to release a frozen shoulder. To provide some history, I have had low back pain that has ranged from inconvenient to debilitating since octubre 2019. I’ve been seeing a chiropractor for a year, and while the pain has improved a bit, that improvement is nothing compared with what I’ve experienced in less than a week practicing the movements from those two videos every day.

The first injury I remember to my low back occurred when I was 9 or 10 years old. I attempted a cartwheel and landed squarely on my bum. My tailbone hurt terribly, and I remember that I couldn’t sit directly on my bum for at least a week or two. I felt incredibly stupid about how I had hurt myself, so I never told my parents and was therefore never seen or treated for the injury. The pain mostly subsided within a month or two after that incident, but all the way through my childhood and into my mid to late teens, there were times where I would sit or move in such a way that I would feel sharp pain in my tailbone and need to readjust.

I had a random attack of low back pain when I was 18 or 19. It resolved after I saw a chiropractor twice and then took 800 mg of ibuprofen three times in a row. I was essentially pain-free except for occasional stiffness, but in abril 2014, I fell roller-skating – I basically tripped over my own feet and flew forward like superman, bellyflopping onto the floor, hitting the floor in the order of left knee, left hip bone, right hip bone, right shoulder. I injured my right shoulder so badly that I could not raise my right arm above waist level. I couldn’t afford to be seen by a doctor for an MRI, so I’m not exactly sure what the damage was (I deduced that it was a tear or strain of some component of my rotator cuff based on research). I saw physical therapist twice, but I had never had PT before so I was convinced she was trying to kill me. However, I purchased an arm bike and an arm pulley, and performed those two exercises along with walking my fingers up and down the wall every day at home, and then iced my shoulder, until I regained basically full function of my right arm (about two months later).

Then in septiembre 2019, I was rear ended and suffered a case of whiplash. I didn’t feel like I was in a lot of pain until I attended a myofascial release course for my massage therapy license continuing education in octubre 2019. One of the instructors released my neck, and I felt like a million bucks… until the next morning, when I woke up with excruciating pain in my sacrum. The worst of that pain lasted about 3 days. I used myofascial release techniques I learned in the class to relieve the pain, but it would flare up every few months or so and knock me out of most physical activity for a week or two each time. By the summer of 2021, at age 39, I was waking up in terrible pain almost every day. The pain had begun to interfere with my life, so this is when I started seeing a chiropractor. As mentioned earlier in this message, I have received a bit of relief doing that. But after a recent flareup (that I also believe involved emotional distress), and also after noticing that my new insurance plan barely covers chiropractic, I realized I better start trying harder to take my healing into my own hands.

I knew from the x-rays from my chiropractor that my pelvis is twisted and tilted higher on one side. I researched online what often causes this, and learned that a chronically tight iliopsoas is often the culprit. I’ve been performing the exercises from the iliopsoas video and the frozen shoulder video (on both sides) for less than a week, and I am not exaggerating when I say I feel better than I have felt in my entire adult life! This work, and what you’re teaching, is life-changing!!! I have already shared the videos with multiple people I know that have complained about low back pain, or shoulder pain, and I feel elated thinking about all the people who are in pain that this work could help… without surgery, and without narcotics!

I felt immense relief after the very first time I followed these videos, and the improvement that has continued to happen each day is nothing short of remarkable. (I had heard of somatic movement for the purpose of releasing stuck emotional trauma from the body, but ironically, I had never considered it for releasing my chronically stuck physical ailments.) Thank you so very much for the work that you’re doing! I appreciate it more than I can express.”

“Me imagino que mi historia es muy parecida a la de cualquiera que esté investigando la somática como una posible solución. He utilizado tantos programas / técnicas de estiramiento para mejorar mi flexibilidad que ni siquiera puedo contarlos. También tengo 2 máquinas de estiramiento y nunca he realizado mejoras duraderas en mi flexibilidad. Soy muy activo y practico muchos deportes, por lo que la flexibilidad es muy importante.

Descubrí que los estiramientos típicos son un dolor. No era algo que esperara con ansias porque generalmente me dolía y solo me ayudaba a relajarme lo suficiente para hacer cualquier actividad en la que participara ese día. Por lo general, al día siguiente me despertaba más apretado y necesitaba hacerlo todo de nuevo solo para mantener mi nivel actual de flexibilidad, que por cierto, estaba disminuyendo cada año. Ahora soy 58 y estaba desesperado por encontrar una solución mejor. Fue entonces cuando mi búsqueda me llevó al sitio web de Sarah. Le escribí a Sarah y ella compartió que tampoco había tenido mucho éxito con los estiramientos típicos y explicó brevemente su historia. Ella me dijo que nunca se había sentido mejor que usando Somatics y decidí intentarlo.

It’s been 6 weeks now where I’ve practiced everyday but 3 days. When I first began, I must admit I was still trying to feel a stretch (even though Sarah warns against that) and wasn’t going nearly as slow as is suggested. About a week in, I started to feel a bit better in a major problem area for me which is my hips. This got me excited and I decided to focus solely on my core and hips before moving to my legs which are worse than my hips as far as flexibility goes. I also decided to keep my eyes closed the whole time and go even slower than Sarah suggests. Since that day, the progression has been nothing short of amazing and it’s inspired me to make my sessions longer and longer because I almost find the practice to be like a kind of meditation. That might sound strange, but when you practice with your eyes closed, you really feel things internally that you wouldn’t with your eyes open and it’s also very relaxing and allows me to focus on the movements which slows my mind down too thus why I say it’s like meditation, at least to me it is.

Los movimientos son tan fáciles de hacer que lo hacen divertido, a diferencia de los estiramientos, que fueron una lucha y NUNCA esperé hacerlo como lo hago con Somatics. Lo bueno es que la relajación que sientes no disminuye como yo experimenté con los estiramientos básicos, así que cada día puedo mejorar ligeramente. Eso es emocionante y me inspira a hacerlo al día siguiente. Incluso cuando me perdí los pocos días que me perdí, todo lo que tenía que hacer era estirarme en la cama como lo haces cuando eres un bebé y cualquier tensión que acababa de desaparecer. Casi suena demasiado bueno para ser verdad, e incluso creo que suena ridículo escribirlo, pero eso es lo que sucede.

Yo describiría la diferencia como similar a cómo se mueve una telaraña. Si tira de una telaraña desde un extremo, toda la tela se mueve en relación con el tirón del otro extremo. Esa es la sensación que empiezo a tener en mi cuerpo después de solo 6 semanas. Si llevo mi brazo por encima de la cabeza como ejemplo, puedo sentirlo hasta la rodilla ... como si mis músculos estuvieran sincronizados en lugar de aislados como si estuvieran usando estiramientos típicos.

Sarah has been very helpful, and her program is well done and easy to follow. I hope my experience with Somatics helps you decide to give Somatics a try…you won’t be disappointed!!!“

“I am LOVING your Somatics Level One Course!!!!! I am a dance teacher and have been living with constant pain and tension for the past 4 years that has been throughout the left side of my body. (I had a right knee injury in my 20’s that resulted in 4 surgeries, and I am now 48 years old.)

He probado quiropráctica, masajes, acupuntura, ayahuasca, EFT, Healing Touch, Reiki, Pensamiento Positivo, Yoga, Hipnosis… y NADA ha funcionado para aliviar / reducir la tensión y el dolor durante más de 1 hora. Algunos amigos habían sugerido que la fibromialgia podría ser la causa y yo me NEGUE absolutamente a aceptar esa sentencia de muerte.

Y luego, por algún tipo de casualidad sincrónica, encontré el libro Somatics de Thomas Hanna y supe que había encontrado la clave. Era la respuesta a por qué estaba tan cansada todo el tiempo, y por qué me despertaba con dolor, me pasaba el día con dolor y me iba a la cama con dolor, y por qué no mejoraba.

I just completed day 22 of your course. In the waking hours, I am feeling better and better every day. My neck doesn’t click anymore. I am walking more upright. I can BREATHE deeply again!!!! The pain and tension have DRAMATICALLY improved and continue to do so and I can’t thank you enough for your online courses!“

“I thank God for having led me to your classes! I have had nothing short of miraculous results. Numbness in the left hand disappeared practically overnight. The nagging pain and numbness in my legs have reduced significantly. I have a consistent strength in my core that allows me to continue my caregiving job with confidence. I haven’t visited my chiropractor in months. I don’t need to! Oh, by the way, I am 60 years young! and plan to live well for many years to come. Thank you, Sarah, for such excellent teaching.”

“I know I was divinely led to your website when I was desperately looking for something I could do to naturally heal a hip injury. I had tried several other modalities with no success. When I started Somatic Movement it was an answer to prayer. The hardest thing for me to learn was to slow down and take my time. Now I relish it. Thank you again for putting Somatic Movement out here. It has saved my body.“

“I landed on your website after typing “thoracic outlet syndrome” in the search engine. I started somatic movements in diciembre 2019 by doing the movements included in your book, El Secreto del Alivio del Dolor. That book is very informative and insightful, so it kept me motivated and confident about Clinical Somatics. I started feeling the benefits (albeit small) about a month after my very first Somatics session (enero 2020). Being convinced that Somatics works for me and looking for more benefits, I decided to enroll in the Level One and Two combo by febrero 2020. I am glad I enrolled in your course before the lockdowns because it kept my mood regulated during these trying times.

Estos son los beneficios que gradualmente se hicieron más palpables mientras hacía los cursos y hacía mi práctica habitual:

· Soy significativamente más sensible a mi movimiento y propiocepción.
· También tengo una mejor imagen mental de mis patrones de movimiento disfuncionales.
· Mis articulaciones están más flojas y puedo sentir partes de mi cuerpo que antes eran difíciles de controlar.
· Puedo respirar mejor con mucha menos congestión de nariz y garganta.
· Tengo menos retención de agua en mis extremidades.
· Duermo de mejor calidad.
· Mis síntomas de alergia nasal han disminuido significativamente.
· Me resulta más fácil hablar / hablar.
· Puedo controlar mejor mi estado de ánimo y estoy menos estresado.
· Me siento menos fatigado por la noche.
· Puedo sentarme con poca o ninguna tensión.
· Me siento más fuerte, más equilibrado y relativamente más simétrico.
· Tengo mejor postura. Le garantizo que cualquier persona que use teléfonos inteligentes y computadoras se beneficiará enormemente.

Sí, todo eso me pasó a mí, que soy 29 y hombre (más joven que la mayoría de las personas en los testimonios). Decidí compartir mi testimonio ahora solo porque sé que el tratamiento del hombro congelado lleva mucho tiempo. Después de casi 14 meses de realizar somáticos, si hay algún dolor, es muy pequeño (escala de 0.1 - 1 de 10 frente a un 4-6 de 10 anterior), por lo que está muy cerca de la eliminación del dolor. Mi hombro derecho se siente casi normal ahora (si no estoy haciendo algo extenuante) gracias a los ejercicios para el reflejo de trauma / escoliosis, hombro congelado, síndrome del túnel carpiano y síndrome de salida torácica. Las publicaciones del blog para esas condiciones fueron muy útiles para mí. Los ejercicios de las extremidades inferiores también fueron útiles para aliviar el dolor de mi cadera izquierda. A veces, la liberación de la pantorrilla y la liberación de los isquiotibiales sentado aliviarán el dolor de mi hombro. Puedo sentir mucho mejor los músculos de la cadera y los muslos, especialmente los glúteos. Debido a la efectividad de los movimientos, siento que no necesito tomar analgésicos en absoluto (nunca los he tomado desde el inicio del dolor); y me he vuelto alérgico a los estiramientos estáticos.

Estas son algunas de las razones por las que tenía dolor antes de haber oído hablar de Somatics: En mi pierna izquierda, me caí en las escaleras de mi escuela cuando tenía 14, lo que me puede haber dado un patrón de amnesia sensorial motora del reflejo del trauma. / Postura de escoliosis en mi lado izquierdo. Siento que el patrón de SMA provocó un dolor leve en la cadera izquierda y molestias en la articulación sacroilíaca derecha. También había adoptado una mala postura al nadar y correr porque mi lado derecho de mi torso siempre estaba tenso como persona diestra. Después del ejercicio aeróbico, tuve una rutina de estiramiento estático. También hice un programa similar al yoga (Foundation Training) de una manera que no implementé correctamente (lo cual solo me di cuenta mientras hacía los cursos de Somática).

I found that the more somatic movements I do, the more I enjoy involuntary pandiculation in bed. The variety of movements in the course will eventually make the impulse to release something feel complete, so I allow my daily practice to change if needed. Not only there is a variety of movements but as you progress, the individual movements will feel better if you keep yourself aware, so do not be discouraged if it feels like there is no progress (I had only less than 8 “down” days, the rest are “up” days). As I keep doing the movements in the Level One and Two Courses, I feel I am still improving. This is a stark contrast to static stretching and the way I practice the yoga-like exercises, which lasts up to 12 hours for me with feeling I am cumulatively getting tense. With regular sessions, I witnessed the gradual release of the “master” tension pattern in my body. I can say as a whole that before doing Somatics, my body felt like a bag of tension, but now it is almost as if I am as light as a feather and I feel I am moving younger.

Con lo que he experimentado anteriormente, los cursos tienen una gran relación calidad-precio y están bien elaborados. La voz de Sarah es tranquilizadora y te ayuda a mantenerte de humor para hacer los movimientos somáticos. El énfasis en hacer los movimientos pequeños también es útil. Los cursos son fáciles de navegar y el tema del sitio web es agradable a la vista. El curso de Nivel Dos fue intenso. Terminé los cursos de Nivel Uno y Dos a tiempo, incluidas todas las clases de audio largas. ¡Las largas clases de audio dejarán todo tu cuerpo relajado! Desde que terminé el curso, normalmente hago 2 sesiones al día, a veces una o 3 veces, cada sesión 30-50 minutos. Puede haber días en los que no tenga ganas de comenzar una sesión, pero una vez que haga un movimiento simple, se sentirá lo suficientemente tranquilo como para terminar una sesión.

Regarding muscles, I notice that in the fitness world, the words “activate” and “stretch” are commonly used, but I find myself thinking of the words “release” and “pandiculate” every time. This means Clinical Somatics is a paradigm shift to muscle management. As a mechanical engineer, I can see that muscle tension affects the shape of blood vessels, nerve transmission, the lymphatic system flow, and oxygen distribution. Due to my experience of the cumulative effects of Clinical Somatics, I can say that movement is also medicine!

Muchas gracias a Thomas Hanna por establecer Clinical Somatics. Los cursos de nivel uno y dos son una gran herramienta para ayudarme a resolver el rompecabezas del alivio del dolor. ¡Muchas gracias también a Sarah por ayudarnos a proporcionar esa herramienta! ¡No te arrepentirás de inscribirte en los increíbles cursos de Sarah!

¡Mis mejores deseos y apoyo de Filipinas! ”

“It took me a while to get here but your Clinical Somatics course has been nothing short of life-changing for me, both in postural remediation as well as biomechanical recalibration. Having suffered a number of major separate injuries in the past few years alone, your course has been instrumental in helping to ‘reset’ me. My sleep, movement (including my yoga practice) and pain management has all been helped from what I’ve done on your course.

As mentioned in other correspondence, in the shorter-term I am intending to send my counseling clients to this course to help with pain management and down-regulate stress, but I think in the longer term I would really like to return and do the certification course – it really is that good! Thank you again.”

“Ever since I have started somatic movement my body and life has changed.

Tengo c-PTSD y EDS hipermóvil con escoliosis y una discrepancia en la longitud de las piernas. Desde la escuela primaria he estado tambaleante y débil en la mayor parte de mi cuerpo y, sin embargo, estaba tan rígido que ni siquiera podía tocar mis dedos de los pies. De niño se burlaron de mí por ser una anciana lisiada. Me colapsaba y me desmayaba y sentía que apenas podía transportar mi cuerpo. Los médicos me dijeron que era vago y débil y claramente no quería participar en la vida. Mi cuerpo tenía tanto dolor y mi pelvis estaba tan hundida que ni siquiera podía sentarme en los huesos de mi asiento. Sentarme quieto en clase era doloroso, mejor si pudiera sentarme sobre mi pie. Si un maestro no me dejaba sentarme sobre mi pie (muchos no lo hacían) tendría calambres y dolor cegadores. Lo tragué y fingí que estaba bien. Como puedes imaginar, mis días fueron increíblemente duros y comencé con ideas suicidas. Me encontré en depresiones masivas a lo largo de mi vida. En mis 30 s obtuve un diagnóstico de c-PTSD y en mis 40 s obtuve mi diagnóstico de EDS. Ahora estoy recibiendo ayuda y me creen. Solo tengo un 7 por ciento de capacidades digestivas, por lo que también estuve desnutrido la mayor parte de mi vida. Ahora tengo mucha compasión por mi yo de infancia.

Here is a blog post from a flareup https://lisaismightybrave.wordpress.com/2019/10/03/art-saves-my-life-every-day/

El año pasado pasé más de 4 meses completamente en la cama, y solo pude estar de pie durante 15 minutos dos veces al día. Moví mi estudio a mi habitación y dos ayudantes hicieron todo por mí. Dos cosas realmente me ayudaron a recuperar mi vida la App Curable Pain y tu curso diario de movimiento somático.

La somática se sentía como un viejo mejor amigo perdido y comencé una práctica diaria. Hago una hora por la mañana dos de cada movimiento y 20-40 minutos por la noche en mi lado más apretado. Soy diferente. Yo soy yo Más yo de lo que nunca he sido. El tiempo también me aclara por completo la mente, por lo que es como una meditación larga cada día. Voy a comprar el siguiente nivel, pero quiero seguir haciendo los deliciosos movimientos básicos durante al menos un mes o dos antes de agregar más.

I’m three months in, and even the day I had to spend at the hospital, I came home and did a full hour. My body craves it and in less then three months I have a better body than I ever have. By the time I’m 50 I’ll have the best body of my life. Thank you.

Soy un artista de performance y el año pasado planeamos mis presentaciones para que las pudiera hacer otra persona si yo no pudiera. Me gusta tener esto como respaldo, pero ahora siento que podré hacer mis propias actuaciones en el futuro.

Here is a blog post from three years ago, https://lisaismightybrave.wordpress.com/2017/04/25/road-to-human-realignment/ I’ve been craving this muscle release actively for many years. I had googled “leg length discrepancy” hundreds of times and I so glad three month ago it sent me to your website.

I’ll be in touch again and look forward to taking Level Two.
Lisa
www.mightybraveproductions.com“

“Short version: This course in Clinical Somatics has helped me reduce my pain and gain awareness of my own body in a way I have never felt before.

Siempre he luchado con el ejercicio, a veces disfrutándolo, a veces forzándome con la disciplina y largos períodos de no hacer ejercicio en absoluto. Hace unos años comencé a tener dolor en mi hombro izquierdo y simplemente empeoró. Tuve un fisioterapeuta que me dio un plan de gimnasio para equilibrar la fuerza de mi espalda. Supongo que era bueno activar los músculos y el dolor se aliviaba cuando hacía ejercicio, pero siempre volvía y mi motivación inicial se desvanecía. Al final, además de inclinarme hacia adelante, ahora también tensé los hombros. Dos errores no lo hacen bien.

I found Somatic Movement Center online and decided to get both the Level One and Two Courses. I have a way more relaxed body now. Imagine the difference when I for the first time in my life can activate my deeper core muscles and do squats with the right muscles. I used to wonder if I lacked muscles in this region completely. This also explains my previous aversion to exercise. When the running trainer said ‘lift the hip, don’t drag it behind you’ and I just couldn’t change it.

El dolor aún no ha desaparecido por completo, pero el primer día pasó de insoportable a manejable. Creo que el hombro es la punta del iceberg y necesito trabajar en todos los ejercicios. Los ejercicios en sí mismos son agradables para mí, y la voz tranquila de Sarah me ayuda a reducir la velocidad. Ahora estoy emocionado de ir a esquiar, de ver cómo está mi trabajo de cadera hoy. ¡Gracias por esto, Sarah! "

“I’ve spent many years trying to understand why I had problems with the joints in my body. After a few years of triathlon training and working as a spin instructor, I wasn’t taking care of my body or joints in the way I was supposed to be. Sarah’s compilation of various resources into one book has completely changed my perspective on what it means to have a healthy movement pattern and life. I cannot recommend El Secreto del Alivio del Dolor enough, especially for health professionals that are open to another perspective and a new type of learning. Being a personal trainer and athlete, this has changed the way I look at the body and healing, so I thank you for that!”

“On febrero 10 of this year I woke up in intense pain from my waist to my knees radiating from my right hip. Before that, healthy active 72 yr old female. I attribute the change to poor gardening skills. The first PT diagnosed misaligned pelvis with psoas spasms. Since I was unable to sleep due to the pain, I researched and came across Somatics. It made so much sense! I ordered Hanna’s book and Sarah’s and started doing the movements…slowly. I just finished level one and two of the Somatic Movement Center’s courses and I am so pleased with the results. This system is just what my body needs. I was further diagnosed with bursitis in my hip and a protruding lumbar disc. These, along with my arthritic knees which I had been keeping healthy with Tai Chi and cycling have made this journey back to pain-free living five months long. Somatics has been a daily part of that experience. I am now grateful that this painful event brought Somatics and Sarah Warren into my life.

I practice Somatics daily and have started the lessons from the beginning. I feel like I have had a session with a private coach whenever I do a lesson. Sarah’s voice is so soothing and sincere. I can honestly say that Somatics will be a part of my daily routine. My pain is almost totally gone and I have returned to my normal activities with a better sense of my body and posture and an improved knowledge of healthy body mechanics.

I would encourage anyone with or without pain to read the books and take the course, an incredible bargain, and so well done and easy to use. This revolutionary science should be a must for all body workers and practitioners. Thank you, Sarah for sharing your experience and knowledge.”

“I have been practicing the Level One Course since August. I started this journey with major psoas issues (iliopsoas syndrome) and pain in my lower back, hips, and SI joints due to arthritis, bone spurs, and slipped disks in L3 and L4. After a few days the pain began to subside, my posture was better, and I could walk for longer distances than a few blocks. At this time I live relatively pain free. When I feel pain I practice the necessary exercises and that usually does the trick. Some days now I can miss a practice session and still be OK the next day.

For three years I lived with high levels of pain and could not walk longer than a few blocks as stated above. This practice is amazing! I have practiced and taught Yoga for many years and feel that Yoga was not suitable to help heal the pain I was in, in fact I believe that Yoga hindered the healing process. I now practice the somatic movements exclusively, with a downward dog and child pose thrown in here and there.

Muchas gracias por tu enseñanza. El video y el audio son de primera calidad y facilitan el aprendizaje y la práctica de los movimientos. Espero con ansias el nivel dos ".

“Google brought me to your site after I searched for “why does one hip feel higher than the other”. I searched for this after months of recovery after a back spasm that pinched the sciatic nerve and led to a strain on both left and right hip flexors. For a while I had trouble walking and couldn’t go up or down stairs without hanging on to a rail for support. I am a very active and healthy person so becoming this addled so quickly was tough physically and emotionally. After months of physio, stretching, yin yoga, I still couldn’t get back up to where I was before the back spasm. And one hip now felt higher than the other. So the Google search, which brought me to your courses. They changed my life. Really. The pain is gone. My hips feel even and I have more power while hiking and biking than I did before the injury. And the best part is I learned a whole new technique that I can use for any sort of tension that crops up. It has truly reset my nervous system. I’ve recommended your course to so many people. Thank you for making it. Thank you for making it so accessible.”

“Well, of course, the first thing I love about Clinical Somatics is that it works! Before taking Level One I had parts of my body I just ignored and worked around, never mind all the movements I could no longer do, I was functional. Now I use those parts of my body as they were intended–to help me move through my day more easily, gracefully and with less discomfort. I am 68, I live and work on a farm, and having my body work with me is big!

And the first thing I like about both the Level One and Level Two classes of Clinical Somatics is Sarah! She is truly the perfect teacher–she knows her subject, imparts it with love, precision and patience and is always encouraging. And her regular directive–let your one side of the body learn from the other side–offers astonishing possibilities.

But Clinical Somatics and Sarah have done more than just help me to get my body in a better working order. This process and Sarah’s approach to it has given me a kind of moving meditation that has permeated all parts of my day, I am in my body and in my day in an entirely more present and more fluid way. No wonder I am sleeping better at night. Thank you, Sarah!“

“Tengo 53 años y he sido muy activo practicando muchos deportes variados y haciendo ejercicio toda mi vida. Desde que era niño, me dolía la parte posterior de las piernas al sentarme y correr/montar en bicicleta largas distancias, además de dolor en los hombros, a pesar de años de estiramientos, masajes, pilates, yoga, etc. También vi quiroprácticos, osteópatas, fisioterapeutas, lo que sea. lo vi. Al estar en forma, también noté a lo largo de los años que mi cuerpo tenía una definición muscular muy visible, pero no necesariamente en todos los lugares correctos obvios (no es que me importara, ¡solo quería estar activo sin dolor!).

Hace dos años, un podólogo dijo que caminaba/corría usando los isquiotibiales, así que me sugirió volver a Pilates. Empecé a ver a un profesional de fisio/pilates. Durante 18 meses hice absolutamente todo lo que me instruyó y practiqué con ella 1:1, clases grupales y diligentemente por mi cuenta todos los días. Durante este tiempo me sentía increíblemente frustrado porque sentía que ciertos grupos musculares estaban atascados y simplemente no se relajaban lo suficiente de forma permanente para encontrar los músculos correctos que estaban siendo instruidos, simplemente no estaba funcionando.

Entonces, el pasado octubre 2021, me inscribí en un curso en línea certificado de aprendizaje a distancia de ACS, Músculo y movimiento. Solo quería entender qué músculos estaba tratando de trabajar para poder imaginarlo. Honestamente, ¡era como si mi cerebro estuviera tratando desesperadamente de hacer aquello para lo que su sistema nervioso somático lo había diseñado! ¡Estoy a dos tercios del camino a través de mi curso y me encanta! El funcionamiento del sistema nervioso y los músculos es uno de los mundos más increíblemente inteligentes y fascinantes en los que he entrado y me siento muy privilegiado de haberlo descubierto.

Cuando me inscribí en el curso, busqué en Google "ejercicios de liberación del psoas" y apareció el sitio web del Centro de Movimiento Somático. Leí y luego investigué un poco más sobre somática y pandiculación, luego me inscribí. Aunque al principio solo incursionaba en los ejercicios, haciéndolos aquí y allá entre mi régimen de Pilates. La idea de dejar ir toda una vida de hábitos entusiastas aprendidos de la actitud de "si no duele, no funciona", fue difícil de procesar y realmente dejé que mi cuerpo se relajara y lo intentara.

Durante unos meses, realmente comencé a darme cuenta de que eran los somáticos los que estaban haciendo cambios reales y, al aprender de mi curso de ACS, estaba haciendo que todo el movimiento somático tuviera un sentido increíble.

Luego, a principios de año mordí la bala y dejé el Pilates / fisio y me puse a trabajar con el movimiento somático diario y actualmente estoy a la mitad del Nivel Dos. Y tengo que decir que los cambios han sido increíbles!!!!

Descubrí que el Nivel Dos es de gran beneficio como continuación del Nivel Uno para continuar desentrañando mis músculos confusos y tensos y ayudar a encontrar patrones musculares posturales naturales. Me doy cuenta de que este será un proceso continuo. Tengo mucho camino por recorrer y esto no soluciona las cosas de la noche a la mañana, pero la parte increíble de todo esto es que mi cuerpo sigue mejorando y desmoronándose todo el tiempo y seguirá haciéndolo mientras sigo usando mi "caja de herramientas" de ejercicios. . Encontrar este curso ha sido el salvavidas de mi cuerpo y ahora no tengo miedo de envejecer porque sé que si cuido mi cuerpo, él me cuidará a mí.

He pasado mi vida amando el deporte y el ejercicio pero con dolor y veo a tantos contemporáneos de mi edad sintiendo lo mismo. Y quiero ayudar a las personas como yo a cambiar eso y ayudarlas a hacerse cargo de su cuerpo y mente para una existencia activa y sin dolor. Somática Clínica está muy por delante de su tiempo y de todo lo que está disponible donde vivo. Quiero compartir ese regalo”.

“Hi Sarah, this note is way overdue. I started Level One 6 months ago and after my first Arch & Flatten I was hooked! I went out the next day for a 5 hour mountain bike ride and noticed a huge difference in how loose my body felt. I felt so good after a few weeks I decided to take my friend up on his offer to go back East for the summer to do tree work which had been my occupation for decades. I had semi-retired though because of how my body felt, so the fact that I was ready to commit to another season speaks volumes as to the effectiveness of pandiculation! I have had trouble with carpal tunnel for years from running chain saws and a slew of other issues from decades of climbing trees and extreme mountain biking in the off season. Anyway your program has changed my life drastically as I alternate between carpal tunnel exercises and a few other exercises one day and then about 7 of the other exercises on the next day for a total of about one hour a night. I haven’t missed a day in months and I continue to see great results all the while being extremely active every day. Thank you so much for creating this amazing product and sharing it with us all! I had been on Tom Brady’s TB12 method for 5 years prior to your program along with strict changes in my diet etc. but nothing came close to the effectiveness of your program! Thanks again, Matt.”

“¡Felicitaciones a Sarah y al Centro de Movimiento Somático!

Después de sufrir varias lesiones en mi cuerpo, incluida una lesión en la espalda, mi columna en forma de S se volvió más severa y dolorosa. Probé varios ejercicios, fisioterapia y un curso de postura en línea para la escoliosis. Aparte de someterse a una cirugía de espalda, recomendada por un médico ortopédico, nada funcionó. Empecé a ver a un quiropráctico tres veces a la semana durante seis meses, ahora tengo una vez cada dos semanas. Me ayudó a aliviar el dolor de espalda severo para que pudiera funcionar, pero siempre fue una solución temporal. No pudo ayudar con el dolor de la ciática.

Continuing my search for scoliosis courses/exercises, I hit the jackpot with the Somatic Movement Center. After the first month of doing exercises in the Scoliosis Course, my back and sciatica pain are basically gone. The sciatica pain only flares up occasionally if I lift a heavy object or sit on a hard surface. If the pain persists, I immediately do one of the somatic exercises with fairly quick results. My chiropractor told me to keep doing the Somatic exercises, which I have incorporated into my daily routine. In fact, after three years of chiropractic treatment, I no longer need to continue my visits. Thank you, thank you, thank you, Sarah, for this gift that keeps on giving!“

“I AM BLOWN AWAY by these exercises!!!!!! I was a ballet dancer during my developmental ages through college. I do Pilates, yoga, PiYo, and workout with weights at least 3x/week. I have always had pain but recently it started getting to the point I couldn’t walk, I couldn’t sleep, had trouble breathing and started to have to take some sort of ibuprofen or whatever I needed for that day. I do outside sales so I walk a lot and have bag on my shoulder 90% of the day. It was becoming unbearable and I didn’t know what I was going to have to do. I am also a single mother on top of that. Stretching failed, back surgery failed, chiropractors failed, acupuncture failed. I was at a wall. My lower back, neck and my right hip were becoming excruciating painful.

Mi madre, que sufre de dolor de espalda y cadera derecha, te encontró en Internet y me dijo que probara este programa. Incluso pagó por el primer nivel porque podía ver el dolor que tenía con cada paso.

Since I have completed Level One, I sleep better, I walk better, I breathe better, I no longer have to take anti-inflammatories or pain medication. I still have a ways to go, but I now have my life back. I have given your name to my pain doctor and pray he gives your information out to as many people in the same kind of pain I was in. I have never been in pain like that in my life and now I feel blessed that these movements and your website fell into our laps. I do the exercises every day now and am slowly returning to a very light workout as I am beginning to understand my body more and what it needs.

Esta ha sido una experiencia maravillosa, espiritual e iluminadora para mí. Tus blogs también son maravillosos. También me ayudan a sumergirme más profundamente en mis profundidades para que pueda entender cada vez más mi cuerpo.

Gracias desde el fondo de mi corazón mientras las lágrimas ruedan por mi rostro mientras les escribo esto. ¡No puedo agradecerles lo suficiente! Mucho amor y bendiciones para ti y tu familia ”.

“Thank you for the course! I was looking for the way to align my posture for a long time. Many years of yoga, taiji and Tensegrity didn’t really help on a long term. My shoulders were locked, neck was in pain, tired eyes, my lower spine in pain and I tried to live my life ignoring this pain, which was only increasing with time, making me nervous, unhappy and isolated. After following your courses, I finally have very flexible body, which doesn’t click loud every time after movement. Even taiji feels now like more pleasure! I know, I should continue in this direction further. I even want to take the next step and sign up for the CEI Level 1!”

“I greatly appreciate the love and care that has been put into this program. The pacing was perfect and allowed nice transition times between the exercises. I have made progress with my upper muscle tension but I still have a ways to go- but I notice I am sleeping better and I am also able to catch myself tightening up my problem areas during the day. The last cumulative daily practice is so wonderful, putting all the exercises in such an easy flowing sequence. I could not do that on my own and with that audio I was able to use that time very efficiently yet slowly enough to be present with my body. Thank you Sarah!!”

“Como bailarina profesional madura, he seguido diferentes prácticas de entrenamiento y conciencia corporal. Clinical Somatics me ha vuelto a familiarizar con la poderosa respuesta transformadora del cuerpo a la suave aplicación combinada de trabajo, respiración y concentración. En los dos meses de práctica diaria en el Curso de Nivel Uno, he experimentado la liberación de hombros persistentemente tensos y, como resultado, un mejor sueño, el rango ampliado de movimiento de la cadera, el equilibrio de la acción del núcleo del lado derecho e izquierdo, mayor facilidad en atletismo avanzado y entrenamiento de fuerza, una sensación general de bienestar, así como una profunda relajación. En mi experiencia como un motor profesional de toda la vida, la Somática Clínica se encuentra entre aquellas prácticas que requieren muy poca disciplina mental para realizar el trabajo diario. Esto se debe a que es el propio cuerpo el que parece impulsar el deseo de practicar y la recompensa de la práctica es tanto inmediata como duradera. El material del curso se entrega de manera experta y estoy agradecido con Sarah Warren St. Pierre por la minuciosidad y claridad de sus instrucciones, así como por su disponibilidad para intercambiar correos electrónicos sobre temas de seguimiento particulares. ¡Nivel dos aquí vengo! "

“I have lived with significant pain all my life after a near fatal hit and run accident. No amount of yoga, physio or pilates ever really enabled me to access the muscle tension and lack of alignment in my body as years of compensatory movement patterns had covered over the original trauma. This course has been life changing for me on many levels. The design of the course is perfect for introducing your body to the experience of releasing tension/stress layer by layer in such a way that you begin a whole new dialogue with your body and a brand new life experience. I now wake up refreshed and ready for the day instead of dreading it. I hope everyone who may be pushing themselves to achieve a life of ease and comfort finds somatic movement and in doing so gets to enjoy a healthier life and greater peace of mind. Thank you so much for such a wonderful course.”

“Thank you for sharing an extensive practice that has significantly helped to reduce the pain and tension associated with fibromyalgia. I remember in the beginning I struggled with intense chest pain and nausea, this soon eased after a couple of days. I found as time went on the exercises became effortless and I eased into the movements. A lot of the chronic pain has disappeared especially in the joints. I shall continue to practice the exercises as my day routine. Thank you for creating such a transformational content that is affordable and accessible to all. Much gratitude.”

“¡Estoy taaaan feliz con el programa y los ejercicios!

The stiffness in my lower back IS GONE!! And the sharp pain I was feeling at the left sacroiliac joint went away the first time I did the One-side Arch & Curl exercise! 15 years of pain and discomfort released! It’s really the first time I practice exercises that can go really deep inside the body to define a new awareness, releasing tension at the same time.

La parte superior de la espalda y los hombros tienen menos tensión y las articulaciones de la cadera mejoran con los últimos ejercicios. Aún me queda trabajo por hacer para liberar las rodillas, cuádriceps, pantorrillas y pies, ¡están en camino!

¡Muchas gracias por este maravilloso programa! ”

“The first day I started my Clinical Somatics course I knew it would be good for me. Within days I started to feel relief from a longtime lower back issue that had flared up. After a week the pain was gone. I also have had issues with a frozen shoulder for almost two years. The exercises started lessening the problem immediately, and I now have full range of motion with the shoulder. After expensive physical therapy and other attempts to remedy the shoulder, I was delighted to have actual help.

Aparte de la ayuda con los problemas, me encantan los ejercicios por la forma en que influyen en mi atención a mi cuerpo. Realizo tareas y otros ejercicios a lo largo del día con más conciencia y centrado. Soy practicante de yoga desde hace mucho tiempo, y el Somática Clínica añade un nuevo enfoque y profundidad a mi práctica. Debido a que el programa es tan suave, incluso pude hacer los ejercicios durante una enfermedad prolongada, lo que hizo maravillas en mi moral.

I’m very grateful for this program with its well-presented videos, clear and thorough course layout, and of course the effective content. I consider it a huge bargain compared to other paths I’ve tried, and recommend it to anyone who has even a slight pain. Thank you for all the time and expertise that went into this. It’s a game-changer for me.“

“Cuando practico Somatics con regularidad, realmente siento todo mi cuerpo relajado y mucho más flexible. Es un placer estar “en mi cuerpo”. Cada vez con más frecuencia, hay momentos en los que no siento más dolor ni tensión en mi cuerpo. Y si trabajo demasiado algunas partes de mi cuerpo como resultado de mi vida diaria o trabajo, lo siento de inmediato y sé qué ejercicio debo practicar para deshacerme de esa tensión. Especialmente cuando trabajo duro físicamente. En realidad, estaba trabajando duro cuando estaba aprendiendo los ejercicios del Curso de Nivel Uno y Dos (9 horas de trabajo físico duro todos los días) y noté que cuando dejé de practicar durante una semana, tenía dolor y cuando comencé a practicar de nuevo, me sentí inmediatamente mejor. Creo que pude realizar este trabajo sin daño gracias a los ejercicios de Somatics.

Realmente lo recomiendo no solo a todos aquellos que trabajan físicamente duro o usan siempre los mismos músculos sino simplemente a todos porque necesitamos cuidar nuestros cuerpos si queremos ser felices y Somatics es una de las mejores maneras. ¡Realmente funciona!
¡¡¡Gracias, Sara!!!”

“Soy una mujer de 54 años que pasó la mayor parte de su vida practicando deportes de alto nivel (principalmente natación y rugby). El rugby era mi pasión y durante 15 años abusé de mi cuerpo jugando el juego que amaba. Fui miembro del equipo canadiense de rugby femenino que asistió a la primera Copa Mundial de Rugby femenino en 1991, mi posición era un pilar suelto. He tenido 3 cirugías de rodilla y he experimentado dolor crónico de cadera, cuello y espalda la mayor parte de mi vida adulta: degeneración extrema en mi cuello.

En 42, estaba encantada de convertirme en mamá, después de haber dado a luz a una hermosa niña. Después del nacimiento de mi hija, mi dolor crónico se volvió casi insoportable: gasté mucho dinero y tiempo en diferentes terapias y, aunque algunas funcionaron, el alivio nunca duró. Asistí a clases de yoga durante años y experimenté algo de alivio, pero de nuevo no duró mucho. A pesar del dolor crónico, he mantenido un estilo de vida activo y saludable.

Hace aproximadamente 5 años le mencioné a mi esposo, que es kinesiólogo, que me encantaría encontrar un programa de ejercicios que me mantuviera en movimiento a medida que envejecía. ¡Él encontró Somatic Movement Center! :). Empecé Somatic Movement Center's Curso de Nivel Uno En 1}!! Un año y medio después, tengo menos dolor físico que en mis 30 y 40 mucho después de que terminara mi carrera en el rugby, y mi flexibilidad y funcionalidad física han mejorado mucho. Practico ejercicios de Nivel Uno 4 veces a la semana y es suficiente para mantener mi cuerpo bajo control: memoria muscular.

Ahora, cuando me levante de la jardinería, sé que podré pararme derecho sin dolor. Cuando salgo a caminar, siento que estoy usando los músculos apropiados para la actividad: mis glúteos están trabajando ahora, lo que quita estrés a los otros músculos que solían compensar. Puedo realizar posturas de yoga que nunca pensé que mi columna torácica estaría lo suficientemente abierta para hacer. Además, nunca he tenido un núcleo tan fuerte como ahora: puedo sentir y ver mis músculos abdominales (esta nunca ha sido mi realidad, a pesar de que he estado activo toda mi vida). Ahora tengo tanto control sobre estos músculos, ya quién no le gusta el control ;).

My daughter is almost 13, and I feel I will be able to participate in at least some of the physical activities she enjoys doing. This program has made my future brighter – I now feel that aging is not going to be the horror show I thought it was going to be. I have much more hope for a long active life. I have directed many of my friends to this program, all those who participate, have experienced improvement. It has been the most effective and affordable way I have found to keep my body going. IF YOU HAVE CHRONIC PAIN, I URGE YOU TO GIVE THIS A TRY!“

“Soy una exbailarina de 50 años, actual maestra de danza de preescolar. Soy un graduado de 1992 BFA Dance Boston Conservatory. Comencé su curso de Nivel Uno hace 34 días y no puedo creer lo mucho que ya me está ayudando con mi dolor. Después de una semana o dos comencé a sentir la diferencia. Esta pandemia realmente hizo un número en mi cuerpo y mente. Guardo todo mi trauma en mi cuerpo y como bailarina siempre he sido muy consciente de eso.

El Conservatorio de Boston fue una época agridulce. Hice algunos amigos increíbles para toda la vida en el departamento de danza y recibí una buena capacitación, pero para mí era un lugar muy poco saludable emocionalmente y debido a que fue hace solo 30 años, no había sistemas de apoyo para cuidar a los bailarines en torno a la salud emocional. , lesiones o trastornos de la alimentación. Después de graduarme me fui directamente a Nueva York. Me enamoré de la energía de Nueva York y seguí bailando de vez en cuando, tomando clases cuando podía y enseñando clases para niños y de camarera para ganarme la vida. Trabajé duro y festeje mucho y mi cuerpo comenzó a descomponerse. Acabo de leer su artículo en “Medio”: “¿Siente que su cuerpo se está desmoronando? He aquí por qué” y básicamente contaste “mi” historia. Estaba de camarera y me incliné con las rodillas estiradas y recogí una bandeja pesada y mi espalda simplemente se derrumbó. Tenía un dolor insoportable que casi me enfermaba del estómago. La acupuntura ayudaría, pero por lo general una vez al año se apagaría nuevamente y me volvería a lesionar y sería un desastre. Siempre he estado en un viaje de sanación, a veces un paso adelante, un paso atrás. Nunca tuve muchos recursos o finanzas en la ciudad de Nueva York para quiroprácticos o médicos, así que siempre intentaba curarme y, de manera similar a su artículo, hacía mis propios ejercicios y estiramientos todos los días para ayudar, pero siempre era una solución temporal.

Vivo en Toronto desde 2003. He tenido una carrera maravillosa enseñando y creando un plan de estudios para la danza preescolar. Como dije, ha habido muchas capas por descubrir y años de curación de traumas emocionales. Tengo 19 años limpio y sobrio, que es algo que realmente necesitaba hacer por mí mismo. Fui bendecida con mi hijo a los 41 años después de problemas de fertilidad y ahora es un niño descarado de 9 años. Desde el parto mi cuerpo ha pasado por muchos cambios. De todas formas, a mitad de esta pandemia me encontré con un dolor crónico producto del estrés, la ansiedad y los movimientos repetitivos. He tenido problemas continuos con mi psoas y siempre supe que era lo que estaba causando mis problemas en la parte inferior de la espalda. Cada vez que visitaba a un quiropráctico u osteópata, me preguntaban sobre mi escoliosis y las diferencias en la longitud de las piernas. Nunca había hecho esto ni le había contado mi historia a nadie de esta manera... Me sentí tan obligado a decirte que tuve ese momento en el que todo tuvo sentido y yo también quise gritarlo desde el techo.

Apenas estoy comenzando con estos ejercicios, pero realmente siento que me gustaría comenzar a estudiar y, con suerte, algún día enseñar esto a otros y ayudar a las personas a vivir sin dolor. Has construido un programa tan hermoso. Tu voz es tan relajante y tranquila y espero con ansias mi práctica todos los días. Voy a leer su libro y continuar con mi consistencia y espero ver a dónde me lleva esto.

“A la edad de 10 tuve una lesión en la espalda de la que me recuperé. Luego, cuando tenía 17 años, tuve una conmoción cerebral que me provocó dolor en todo el cuerpo todo el tiempo. No podía concentrarme y nunca me sentí cómodo. He probado y he estado involucrado directamente con muchas técnicas, incluyendo masajes, fisioterapia, yoga y algunos Feldenkrais también.

Reading Sarah’s book was so relevant to me, so I started trying the exercises and it was like discovering a new level of understanding and clarity. Initially I was still doing stretching too, but after re-reading the book and commencing the Level One and Two Courses I haven’t done any stretching at all and I am having the best results of my life. I am getting function back in my body that I have never had the privilege of having as an adult. It’s all about retraining the brain. Sarah’s approach is a revelation for me. I have found the most important method that I have been searching for my whole life. It is like I am gradually unraveling the confused body I have been living in for 27 years. So grateful. Thank you!”

“He tenido rigidez y dolor en el cuello y hombro derecho durante los últimos seis años. He visto quiroprácticos, fisioterapeutas, acupunturistas y médicos. Tuve un accidente automovilístico en 1983 cuando tenía 23 y me rompí el húmero derecho, la muñeca y me rompí parte del fémur derecho. Estuve en coma durante 12 días y en el hospital durante 2 meses. Me recuperé bastante bien porque estaba bastante en forma. Hubo complicaciones cuando me quitaron las placas de mi fémur en 1985 - meningitis y eso fue tratado, luego tuve un quiste cerebral que fue removido en 1987. ¡Un historial médico complicado que es una historia demasiado larga para entrar aquí!

Doing Clinical Somatic exercises has solved the problem. I started about three and a half months ago. I do between 20 mins to an hour of exercises almost every day and now there is only a little stiffness left and no pain! I am relaxed and so is everyone around me! Thank you and thanks to Thomas Hanna!”

“I am just writing this because I want to say THANK YOU a million times. And I’m sure there are so many people out there sending you emails like this.

I am so grateful I found your website in the middle of frustration, negativity, depression and loss of hope. I have tried so many things in the past year and half, spent thousands of dollars in exams, scans, massages, chiro and physio sessions and the relief was only temporary unfortunately.

I was diagnosed with leg discrepancy since I was 15yo back in Italy (I am now 43yo) so the podiatrist recommended me to use a lift on the right so I could raise the hip, so I went on with that for years and my back was sore at times. Mind you, I was young and not really into sports back then so I could manage that easily.

I then moved to Australia in 2006 and got into gym, running, cycling and so on. I decided to go see a podiatrist here in Sydney so I could get better orthotics for my running but this podiatrist told me that I didn’t need any raise as it’s normal to be asymmetrical and that I would be fine just by be aware on what muscles to use and stretch properly.

So I managed to go on for years with no problems or just a slight back pain maybe 2-3 times a year that would go away in days anyway.

Comes diciembre 2020 everything collapsed. It started with the usual lower back pain so I took the usual pills for pain and few days after the pain was still there so I went to the doctor and asked for stronger anti inflammatories but didn’t work. I started seeing a chiro that told me that my pelvis was out of place due to the leg discrepancy. Spent thousand of dollars for so many sessions and the pain was still there so I decided to see a physio so I could get some rehab and exercises so I could speed up recovery and finally after 6 months I was back at the gym with a PT so I could learn how to do proper form.

Comes septiembre 2021, I am in pain again. Can’t walk, can’t lift even a box, can’t sit for long, sleeping only on one side. It was terrible.  I was depressed and angry with the world. So I decided to see a chiro that was recommended to me by my colleague. Went to see him and straight away I got told to wear orthotics. I wasn’t happy but got told by the chiro that if I  didn’t use them, I would get worse. So I spent another $700 for new orthotics that gave me lots of pain when I didn’t wear them which was at home or at the gym or when I was wearing sliders only. Went back to the chiro and told him that I was still in pain and he said: if it keeps going like this we might have to do cortisone injections….and that’s when I decided not to see him anymore.

I went back to my doctor and explained my situation and the doctor suggested to see this physio who specializes in men’s health because I was having problems with nerve pain too. Anyway I started seeing this physio who told me to get rid of these orthotics straight away and he has given me few exercises to do which they were making me feel better but still temporary.

So I have decided to go on Google and doctor myself and figure what I was doing wrong till one day your website came up so I read a lot about it and decided to give it a go. And here I am after 3 weeks, feeling the best I ever felt in a long time. I can’t explain how I feel, I just know that I feel good. My body feels different. My muscles, my legs, my core, my pelvis. I am just happy. I look forward to do your exercises everyday. I also bought your book which I am devouring it as it’s good and it just all makes sense now.

Sorry for the long email but you really deserve to know that you are helping me a lot mentally and physically. THANK YOU SARAH.”

“I’m young and have a terrible body with horrifying back pain. Somatic Movement Center’s Level One and Two Courses, and especially the Illiopsoas Release, Side Curl, Lower Back Release, and Back Lift reduced and removed my pain more than anything I’ve done over the last 3 years. Below is a chronicle of most of the things I’ve done for treatment and learned that helped me over the years. Hopefully it helps someone else.

I am only 31 years old but I have had issues and pain since around 13. I got a stress fracture at 13 at L5 due to genetic imbalances in my body. In 2011 my issues were amplified by tendonitis/tendinosis caused by Cipro. Every tendon in my body was destroyed and I was almost bedridden for 9 months. I was told the Cipro actually damages DNA in regards to tendon growth. With ESWT (extra corporeal shockwave therapy), slow pool based exercise and finally returning to weight lifting/high impact, I was able to recover enough to get off disability and return to life a few years later. This is when I learned tendons must be loaded to heal and stay healthy. Tendons must be loaded gently at first after an injury but as pain reduces they must be loaded harder and surprising to me must be loaded faster and explosively to fully heal. I used the anger and mental determination from this event to get through a 4 year software engineering degree with a perfect 4.0 and graduated in 2017. In 2019 my pain became unbearable mostly back pain from sitting for software engineering, lifting too much, bad diet and years of stomach sleeping even after I had switched to side sleeping.

During the pandemic I attacked my body and diet issues with 5-8 hours of effort a day. After 6 months I had chipped away about 30-40% of the issues and pain with Ben Patrick knees over toes exercises and the ATG program, a stretching routine, standing desk and a full diet change. I removed sugars, gluten and any inflammation causing foods (different for everyone), Started Turmeric Curcumin supplementation, getting more sunshine, etc. I started going to a structural massage therapist that helped but could not relieve the back pain very much. They determined it was likely the psoas. I had thought hip flexors just lived in the hip at the time, and no doctor I had at the time knew the psoas attached at the spine.

During a sleepless night due to pain I found Somatic Movement Center’s Iliopsoas Release video researching the psoas on Google. I read the brief on pandiculation on the website and why it worked while stretching did not. For 1 year I did the Arch & Flatten and Iliopsoas exercise daily. The pain relief and release was like a cooling wave over my body and mind. I had reduced the pain in my back by 80%. Finally some real relief, I was hopeful for the first time in my recovery.

In 2022 I started seriously with physical therapy for a knee injury. Started adding hip strengthening to my weekly workout routine and got dry needling with electrical current on my paraspinals and hips to help release the muscles there which was like a key unlocking muscles that wouldn’t release. I got ESWT on my right shoulder which was radially locked since childhood and it released, I still get weekly ESWT treatments on various areas that get spot injured or are chronically locked. I concurrently started the Level One and Two Courses here at Somatic Movement Center. The 5 months of the daily exercises really helped with pain all over my body and reduced it dramatically. It was hard to do some of the exercises at first because I was so tight even while being very flexible from stretches. The Back Lift caused me crazy headaches so I had to do it very gingerly at first. Over the 5 months I identified the exercises that helped my issues the most. Now I do about 30-45 minutes of pandiculations in perfect darkness before bed daily, not only does this help with pain but the focus and breathing in darkness at night help dramatically with sleep. I alternate days between Side Curl, Illiopsoas Release and Inversion & Eversion one day and Back Lift, Lower Back Release (amazing after Back Lift) and Washcloth or Big X. I will throw in other exercises depending on sore areas that get stiff less frequently.

Later in 2022 I had a 10 series of Rolfing which helped with posture in ways I wasn’t able to with just the release exercises, standing awareness and proprioception exercises. At this time I also started taking daily ice baths for 1-3 minutes. Between these two things all of my minor daily aches and pains were removed and my serious pain was removed with Somatic movement pandiculations. I have recommended the Illiopsoas Release and Level One and Two Courses to anyone with back or hip pain and all who have heeded the recommendation have removed their pain.

Starting 2023 I still get injured in a few areas occasionally or have pain/stiffness like hip adductors, Achilles, quadratus lumborum and psoas. But have no chronic pain and am daily 100% pain free which is still mostly due to the nightly pandiculations, diet and ice bath. I am able to sit, stand and lie down without the terrible pain I had before. I am likely 1 to 3 years to having a normal and optimal body that doesn’t get injuries/tweaks from normal exercises and activities. But, in no small part from the Somatic Movement Center, I am out of pain, sleeping better at night, feel strong and extremely hopeful. Removing the pain has created a beautiful glowing sunrise on the horizon of the rest of my life.”

“Sarah es una excelente maestra ya que su enfoque es metódico y preciso. Ella anticipa cualquier problema que el estudiante pueda tener al realizar los movimientos somáticos. El formato del sitio web es conciso y completo en su inclusión de video, audio y texto, lo que lo convierte en una experiencia educativa virtual más íntima. También aprecié que los movimientos se presentaran en una línea de tiempo en la que no se podía seguir adelante en el entrenamiento. Tener unos días para cada ejercicio o práctica diaria me ayudó a concentrarme y mantener el rumbo.

El trabajo de Hanna Somatics es brillante, y estoy muy agradecido de haber encontrado este curso en particular que es impartido por un maestro experto y ¡a un precio increíblemente asequible! La práctica somática ha fortalecido mi confianza, ya que ahora tengo herramientas somáticas para brindar relajación y alineación a mi cuerpo. Con esta confianza, ahora empujo mi cuerpo más fuerte en la vida y en los deportes sin dudarlo. Lo seré 60 este año, por lo que me reconforta saber que puedo envejecer mientras evito los problemas habituales que tienen las personas mayores. Estoy trabajando para obtener mi Certificación Hanna Somatic Equine, por lo que hacer este trabajo en mí mismo me ha aportado un nivel completamente nuevo de comprensión del trabajo con los caballos. Además, ¡ya no estoy 'dolorido' después de montar a caballo! Los caballos también están más felices porque estoy más equilibrado y a gusto cuando monto o trabajo con ellos ".

“I’ve been to physical therapy on different occasions and these exercises have helped me immensely more than anything else I’ve tried. I have had back issues since childhood and it has been just a miracle not to be in pain daily, and I’m looking forward to feeling better and better and more at home in my body.”

“I have been a hairstylist for 60 years and still working. The last 4 years I suffer lower lumbar problems, discs and facet joints, in addition to that I also severed my Achilles’ tendon two years ago. I had radio ablation treatments and a steroid shot. The steroid injection worked, let’s say 50%. Luckily my pain specialist in the Nanaimo, Vancouver Island pain clinic took me aside and told me that this steroid injection most likely will help me, BUT if you want to be pain free, you have to do it yourself, with the Clinical Somatics exercises. I just finished the first course and must say I feel so much better. I went from 6 T3 and 12 Advils a day to 2 of each per day. Hopefully soon none. The exercises are nothing short of amazing. I spend 1 hour or more every day doing them, and I can’t wait to wake up. Unlike before when I exercised I truly enjoy any minute doing them. Thank you Sarah Warren.”

“These exercises have changed my life! I saw my functional scoliosis on a dexa scan view last summer and it really hit home. (I had been told that I had it on plain xrays in the past, but no one thought it was even worth mentioning or any treatment!) The bottom line is, I think my vagus nerve had impingement as well. But the symptoms have SUBSIDED since those first few exercises and HAVE NOT RETURNED. I have recommended Clinical Somatics to others who are suffering with musculoskeletal issues even though they are receiving physical therapy and chiropractic care. As someone who has had both in the past, sometimes it does not get to the root of the problem when it truly is muscular and we need to change our muscle memory and retrain our brain. I just needed to tell you how important this has been to me this past year. Thank you so much!”

“I am very thankful someone asked me to check somatic exercises when I was in pain. I took strong medication the first week of diciembre 2018. They made me pain free but I thought about my future under drugs and decided to quit the medication and exercise. I am a strong athlete but my spondylolisthesis diagnosis made me not do much. I was given shots early 2019 but it did not help much. I have lived in pain with only OTC medications. My Dr. had scheduled for ablation in May but due to COVID I could not go in. In desperation searching for alternatives I stumbled upon somatic exercises and immediately my life changed. I enrolled in the Level One and Two Courses. I have been sleeping and eating well. I have continued with my daily 2 mile walking and occasionally running. I am glad my pain has decreased from a 10 to 3. I am hoping it completely disappears. I have also read The Pain Relief Secret, Somatics 101, and thinking and doing books to help with my mind set. I am an aggressive athlete and hopefully the exercises will keep keeping me strong. I was 189 lbs in diciembre 2018. I am down to 172lbs but the most success I am enjoying is less pain and peaceful sleep that I had yearned for. I am also hoping to gain more flexibility. Thank you Sarah Warren.”

“¿Por dónde empiezo con tanto que decir sobre mi experiencia hasta ahora con este curso? Acabo de terminar el nivel uno y ahora estoy trabajando en el nivel dos, en el que estoy emocionado de profundizar mucho más, ser específico y ver a dónde me lleva.

Soy 45 (aunque a veces me siento como una anciana) y desde hace muchos años he tenido algunos dolores a lo largo de mi vida, algunos de los cuales se remontan a 17 años de edad, y más recientes durante los últimos 5 años.

A lo largo de los años he probado muchos tratamientos, terapias, técnicas, masajes, etc, etc ...... He encontrado varias cosas en el camino para ayudar a aliviar mis síntomas, expandir mi conocimiento y aprendizaje, dándome una mejor comprensión de mi cuerpo, pero aún así sentí que algo andaba mal. Tenía una sensación real de pérdida en cuanto a qué y cómo podría ayudarme a mí mismo y qué puede funcionar, habiendo probado tantas cosas pero no siempre sintiendo un cambio duradero.

Muchas veces terminamos poniendo nuestros cuerpos, nuestra curación, en muchas manos de otros, ¡esperando que ellos puedan y nos arreglen! Lo que he descubierto y me encanta de Clinical Somatics es que tienes más poder del que piensas para crear cambios y cambios sorprendentes para ti, por ti mismo, obviamente guiado por Sarah.

Soy alguien que siempre se ha adelantado, trató de hacer siempre más y empujar !! Todo el tiempo con mi cuerpo también. También soy muy móvil, por lo que mi cuerpo, naturalmente, siempre parece querer ir más lejos. Esta práctica me ayuda a reducir la velocidad, hacer menos a veces y nunca presionar, nunca crear más dolor. Me ha ayudado a ser aún más consciente y presente, no solo con mi cuerpo, sino también con mi respiración y mis emociones. Como alguien que durante muchos años ha estado desconectado en tantos niveles, especialmente con mi cuerpo debido a una lesión / trauma, esto es algo que siento que puede y te traerá de nuevo en contacto y sintonizado. ¡¡Es la clave !!

¡¡Entonces todos nos encontramos encerrados desde marzo y yo estaba completamente por todos lados y en pánico y miedo masivos ante los pensamientos de no recibir tratamiento externo !! Sin masajes, del cual sentí que nunca podría prescindir, sin otros tratamientos para aliviar mis dolores y sin fisioterapeuta.

También un par de semanas antes, mi madre falleció tristemente. La razón por la que divulgo esto es que quiero dar una idea completa de lo mal que me sentí. Aunque mi cuerpo estaba medio bien con algunas de las cosas que estaba haciendo, sin dolor mientras pasaba las últimas 2 semanas de su vida en el hospital. Mi dolor luego regresó con una venganza.

En solo unos pocos meses, el Nivel Uno me ha abierto a un mundo completamente nuevo, ¡mi mundo! ¡¡Y la posibilidad de uno menos doloroso y sin dolor también !! ¡Ha sido un salvavidas constante! No solo me ha ayudado a aliviar el dolor, he encontrado algo que me ayuda a conectarme a tierra, me devuelve a mi cuerpo y a mi respiración y también a mi dolor para luego ayudarme a reeducar, aliviar y nutrirme a través de él.

¡Ya he tenido algunos cambios asombrosos! Y es una habilidad para la vida que ahora puedo ayudar a aliviar, ajustar y cambiar mi vida. Me ha ayudado a empezar a desenredar mucha tensión profunda, reconectarme conmigo mismo. Me ha ayudado a notar mis patrones de tensión y movimiento, y trabajar para cambiarlos, volviéndome más consciente del cuerpo, mostrándome qué partes de mi cuerpo puedo necesitar explorar más, qué y dónde en mi vida puedo necesitar cambiar. ¡Se siente como una revisión completa de todo mi sistema! ¡¡¡Y por eso no podría estar más agradecido !!!

Leer el libro El secreto del alivio del dolor junto con este ha sido muy beneficioso para ayudarme a comprender mejor el dolor también. El curso se establece muy fácilmente, los ejercicios se envían con tiempo suficiente para ir a un ritmo constante y cómodo, y más lento si es necesario. Aprenderá mucho sobre usted mismo, lo que seguramente solo puede ser una gran cosa.

Que esto llegue a más personas, que se regale este conocimiento, que encuentre tranquilidad y paz en su vida, libre de su dolor ”.

“The experience was one of moving through levels. At first, I was motivated to reduce pain. Then, I realized how much tension, sometimes micro tension, I held in my body. I began to recognize the somatic state of chronic fear. It felt so good to release and balance step by step. The course has been an experience of love in action, not only love of self, but increasing the capacity to love all. Thank you for creating these videos and for being you.”

“¡Los cursos de movimiento somático de Sarah son fabulosos! Se los recomiendo encarecidamente a cualquiera que necesite pensar y prestar atención a cómo se mueven en la vida diaria. La presentación de Sarah hace que este trabajo sea muy accesible, incluso para quienes no están coordinados, como yo. Su guía es muy clara y tiene un ritmo extremadamente bueno, por lo que seguirla se siente natural. Sus pistas y sugerencias son acertadas: está muy bien informada sobre cómo se siente este trabajo, y aprecio todo el cuidado y la consideración que obviamente se requirió para hacer estos videos y grabaciones de audio. Muchos de estos movimientos permanecerán como parte de mi rutina; se siente como un superpoder poder frenar mis movimientos, pensar en qué músculos están trabajando y volver a entrenar mi sistema nervioso. ¡Ojalá hubiera comenzado a aprender esto hace 40 años! Como beneficio adicional, encontré que estos ejercicios también son meditativos y refrescantes mentalmente. ¡Gracias!"

“I have very much enjoyed the Level One Course and plan in the near future to also take Level Two. I had no idea what pandiculation was until I ran across the word when researching Feldenkrais in preparation for an upcoming online workshop. I had recently begun treatment for a bulging disc in my lower lumbar. The more I looked into pandiculation, the more I was convinced this would be incredibly helpful for the healing process and beyond. This was mid July. After the very first exercise (done right before bed) the improvement in how my lower back felt was so obvious. Far less tension and pain. It was amazing!

Me complace mucho decir que no solo mi recuperación de disco / lumbar está completa, sino que pude identificar un músculo psoas izquierdo muy tenso debido a su curso. Mi rango de movimiento y fuerza con respecto a mi pierna izquierda y psoas ilíaco ha mejorado tanto que ha quedado claro que jugó un papel importante en ayudar a crear la lesión del disco en primer lugar. Si agrego demasiado estar sentado frente a una computadora todo el día y más allá durante 2 1 / 2 meses antes (algo que no es normal para mí), la receta para mi lesión este verano se vuelve bastante obvia.

Actualmente, simplemente estoy trabajando en lo que he aprendido en el Nivel Uno y realmente estoy trabajando para incorporar sólidamente estos ejercicios en mi rutina diaria. Una vez más, quiero simplemente trabajar con los ejercicios actuales y sentir realmente el impacto positivo muy suave que tienen en mi cuerpo. Me muevo mejor. Duermo mejor. Mi núcleo está mejor alineado y más fuerte.

Gracias por continuar con el trabajo de Thomas Hanna. Gracias por su instrucción suave y concisa. ¡Realmente fue un envío de Dios! "

“I’ve never followed through with exercise plans. But I actually looked forward to doing these exercises every day. I have experienced an uneven hip situation for many years, with no control from PT, regular exercises, chiropractic or massage. The difference now is that when I feel my hips need attention, I now know which exercises will help me. I feel like I am now in control, instead of being at the mercy of the pain, discomfort and fatigue. I also thoroughly enjoyed your book. I thank you so much. Also, I was amazed that you actually responded to my queries in emails. Thank you again.”

“I just wanted to give you my thanks and feedback on the Level One Somatics course. I started the program 2 weeks ago and have already made more progress on the chronic muscle tightness I’ve had all my adult life than I have in the last 10 years of doing regular yoga, stretching, massage and chiropractic. I tore the labrum muscle in my left hip about a year and a half ago and regained a lot of my mobility and strength through physical therapy, but I’ve never made any significant progress in releasing the extreme tightness in my hips, core and glutes. That was until I discovered your course. I had been looking forward to the iliopsoas movement ever since I started the course 2 weeks ago and I finally got to it yesterday. It was challenging to keep my back pressed against the floor but after just a few reps on either side I was able to feel so much release and relaxation once I stood up. I do deep breathing exercises as a way to stretch and often times struggle with deep diaphragmatic breathing but just this morning after one day of the iliopsoas movement, I was able to do deep diaphragmatic breathing with almost no effort or concentration. I am truly amazed with all the results I’ve seen in such a short time. I never really felt like living in a pain/discomfort free body was ever attainable for me until now. I’m sure you get messages like this all the time but I’m also sure it never gets old knowing that you’ve made a difference in other people’s lives and I just wanted you to know the difference you’ve made in mine. My only regret is I didn’t come across this program years ago!“

“I would just like to say how grateful I am to have been given complete care and understanding on how to care and bring healing to the body. I have learned how to listen to my body and how to take care of it when over-exerted in some way through work or play. I sleep well now and have better balance and better discipline in managing relaxing time each day. I look forward to continuing on in this new way of living life. Thank you for sharing this at a very affordable way.”

“Quería tomarme un momento para contar lo beneficioso que es este trabajo para mí. Soy una bailarina contemporánea de 66 años, todavía creando, actuando y entrenando. He tenido experiencia con todo tipo de trabajo de movimiento, y los patrones y procesos de Feldenkrais me son familiares, al igual que la Técnica Alexander, y algunos otros como la Técnica Mitzvah, que es un poco más oscura y creo que solo en Canadá. Ciertamente reconozco y aprecio la simplicidad, la conciencia y el enfoque mental del método Feldenkrais en Somática Clínica. Creo que ha diseñado el Curso de Nivel Uno de una manera muy inteligente. Me encanta que introduzcas lentamente conceptos y sentidos más sofisticados a medida que el alumno ejecuta las prácticas repetidas. Sus videos son muy claros y sus instrucciones de voz realmente ayudan al estudiante a concentrarse. Imagino que muchos estudiantes se sienten guiados por expertos por su atención a los detalles. He notado todo tipo de mejoras sutiles en los 10 días que he estado practicando. Y es un gran placer confiar y entregarse. Gracias por la calidad que aportan a este importante trabajo ".

“Sarah, yours is the most complete course in the whole category of healing of body (and the mind follows). I’ve scanned and reviewed many and bought into courses on neuroplasticity. Somehow, I found the combination of Somatic Movement, timing my eating (that was inspired by your blog post) and just eliminating the junk in between meals, almost daily gym time, CBD oil, swimming and meditation + writing….to become a re-engineered guy of 75 years of age.

I believe that had I not tolerated the uncomfortable parts, I never would have come this far. I’m convinced I would have been in much worse shape, heavier by 10? kg and depressed about my chronic pain.

Sarah, you were and are a big part of the solution I had been searching for. My thinking had to change from what the doc or med can do for me to what I need to take on directly for myself.

Anyway, as we say in the USA: you da woman now.”

“I enrolled myself here because I was desperately looking for ways to get rid of my right lower back pain. I think I overdid myself and stretched too much when I bent to touch the floor with my fingertips. I didn’t want to prolong my agony so I took a pain reliever, but my pain persisted until I found this on Facebook. I was still quite hesitant, but I did try it. The pain was suddenly gone even with just my first try. Unbelievable but true. For this, I am truly grateful. Thank you Somatic Movement Center. I have shared my joy and the relief I experienced of being pain-free.”

“Quite simply, I’ve got my life back! I cannot believe my luck having stumbled across Sarah’s Somatics website six months ago. I can’t pretend that I am totally cured, but I’m on the way and I finally feel I’m in control of my life again. I have good and bad days still, but understanding what is wrong is so important to recovery and I now have hope!

I have spent many, many thousands of Pounds getting scans, seeing specialists and having steroid injections, but I always felt that no one listened to me or even examined me properly. I had had a sore back for years but more than two years ago I deteriorated so much that I cried with the pain on a daily basis and my activities were so restricted. I now understand what Sarah means about really thinking about your body and how to focus on muscles and movement when doing the exercises. Despite how slowly I do them, I still feel that I should be even slower. I have found the extra articles particularly those about scoliosis very useful as this is my fundamental problem. It is that feeling of finally being in control and working towards pain-free days, that keeps me feeling optimistic. It’s funny that I now look at people in a totally different way and I see how most of us struggle with our bodies. My plan is to make Somatics a way of life now – a daily practice of stress relieving gentle movements to ease me through the rest of my life. Thank you from the bottom of my heart Sarah! Your gentle voice encouraging me daily has been my lifeline and will continue to be!”

“Sarah Warren’s book, ’The Pain Relief Secret’, was recommended by the pain clinic which I attend. After reading this book, I decided to enroll in the Level One Course. I’m 75 years old and have recently been suffering with chronic pain from sciatica and arthritis. I had Radio-frequency Ablation done on L3-L5, but this just seemed to make my pain worse. I started doing the daily Somatic exercises, and they have become a vital tool in helping me manage my pain. I have followed the exercises over the last 53 days and found them to be perfectly paced. Each day I look forward to being guided by Sarah’s calm voice and her clear and insightful instructions. The accompanying videos are also very helpful. Presently I cannot do the standing awareness at the beginning of the instruction, as it is too painful for me. I use this time to slowly start relaxed breathing on my yoga mat. At the end of the exercise session I am able to stand, pain-free. Thank you for introducing me to this healing program.“

“Sarah’s Clinical Somatics courses have been a total gamechanger for my body. I had a nagging rib pain that wouldn’t go away — yoga, Alexander Technique, it wasn’t budging for months. Within a week of Clinical Somatics exercises I no longer felt the pain and it’s never come back years later. In addition, these videos are deeply relaxing and soothing. I do the exercises with my infant in the room sometimes and he falls asleep. Thank you Sarah, what you offer is such a gift.”

“Soy un hombre de 61 años y sufro de problemas en la parte inferior de la espalda, a menudo bastante graves, durante más de 20 años desde que me sometí a una discectomía con láser en un disco prolapsado.

Durante la mayor parte de este período de 20 años más o menos, he podido manejar mis problemas de espalda con la excepción de los brotes periódicos causados por una cosa u otra: ejercicio excesivo, levantar objetos pesados, etc. Mi capacidad para mantener mi dolor de espalda "bajo control" ha sido en gran parte, creo, debido a que tengo un muy buen osteópata para los períodos de dolor agudo y también a través de mi "viaje de descubrimiento" para aprender a cuidar mi espalda mejor. Esto me ha llevado a practicar en varias ocasiones Técnica Alexander, Pilates, Método Egoscue y Foundation Training. Todo esto me ha proporcionado un alivio considerable y me ha ayudado en cierta medida a corregir una postura muy mala que he tenido desde que era adolescente. Sin embargo, durante todo este período, nunca he podido deshacerme de una tirantez que siento todas las mañanas y, a menudo, durante el día en la parte inferior izquierda (cadera, glúteos y espalda baja).

Hace unos tres meses, conocí el sitio web de Sarah y comencé a leer sobre el movimiento somático. Leí el libro de ella y Thomas Hanna y mientras leía esto, mentalmente sentí como si una bombilla se hubiera encendido en mi cabeza. La explicación de por qué tenemos músculos tensos que no se relajan parecía describir perfectamente mi condición. Como resultado, sentí que tenía que probar el de Sarah. Curso de Nivel Uno y me inscribí.

Literalmente en unas pocas sesiones, de repente descubrí que gran parte de la tensión en la parte inferior de mi espalda se aliviaba y luego casi desaparecía durante un período de semanas (todavía siento una punzada ocasional).

Puedo decir honestamente que los ejercicios de movimiento somático de Sarah han sacado a mi cuerpo del dolor de una manera que nunca antes me había sucedido. En general, también me siento mucho más descansado y más tranquilo después de hacer sus ejercicios. En general, también siento que estoy recuperando un mayor rango de movimiento y fluidez, lo que también se ve favorecido por mi práctica de Tai-Chi.

Concluiría diciendo que para mí el Movimiento Somático como principio de movimiento definitivamente funciona y ha tenido un efecto transformador para mí. Sin embargo, creo que los resultados que obtuve se deben en gran parte no solo a la naturaleza de los ejercicios, sino también a cómo Sarah los entrega en sus cursos en línea. La extraordinaria atención al detalle en sus videos y su voz tranquila hacen que sea extremadamente fácil y tranquilo de seguir.

Gracias Sarah por tu curso simplemente increíble. ¡Ahora voy a inscribirme en el Nivel Dos!”

“I will be turning 80 years old shortly. Since I have been doing the Somatic Exercises for two months faithfully 7 days a week, I no longer have any back pain. In the beginning I was afraid to do the exercises because I thought I would hurt myself but at your suggestion I modified all the exercises. I no longer need to use the electric cart at my supermarket and I cancelled an injection appointment. My girlfriend and I are able to take walks again. My stress level has been greatly reduced and I am much calmer. Pain is no longer waking me up at night and I am sleeping better. The whole program was very easy to follow. Thank you so much.”

“I’d like to profoundly thank you for the difference you’ve made in my life. I’ve suffered from chronic muscle pain for over 10 years and I’ve tried just about everything to find relief. Early on in the pandemic, I discovered Somatics. After learning some basics and practicing the movement, I purchased your Pain Relief book. From there I discovered your website and signed up for the Scoliosis Course. Your instruction made a significant difference in my practice with regards to slowing each release and staying mindful during my practice. The response in my body is nothing short of miraculous. Each time I practice, I feel the relaxation of my muscles and a change in my nervous system’s response.”

“Mi experiencia con los ejercicios somáticos ha sido muy gratificante hasta ahora. El ejercicio más importante ha sido la washcloth, que ha mejorado enormemente la sensación y la función de mis hombros. Algunos de los movimientos son muy similares a cosas que he estado haciendo durante años (he estado en la industria del fitness durante casi 25 años), pero esto me da una perspectiva diferente desde la que ver algo de lo que ya he estado haciendo. . Ya me ha hecho ser más eficaz al trabajar con personas con músculos tensos crónicos y otros problemas.

La presentación de esta información también es maravillosa y siempre me ha impresionado la calidad de la información y la consideración de la estructura y los recursos de la clase. Por mucho que me hubiera gustado aprender algunos de los movimientos antes, agradezco mucho tener que esperar a cada nuevo movimiento. Este proceso ayuda a dar suficiente tiempo para prestar la atención adecuada al aprendizaje y la práctica de cada nuevo movimiento. Además, tener el contenido de audio, video y texto es genial. Tanto contenido en la industria de la salud y el fitness en estos días se siente unido lo más rápido posible, pero se puede decir que se tuvo mucho cuidado al armar esto y la experiencia del usuario parece que fue importante en la creación de este curso.

Espero seguir aprendiendo más sobre los movimientos y usarlos para mejorar mi vida y la de mis clientes.

Gracias,
Ross ”

“He tenido dolor crónico toda mi vida debido a un defecto de nacimiento congénito en mi extremidad inferior derecha, desde la cadera hasta el pie. He podido reducir y controlar en gran medida el dolor mediante los ejercicios de somática clínica. También tuve un reciente brote de dolor en el cuello, la región de la escápula, los hombros y los brazos debido a la polimialgia reumática. Muy debilitante. Bueno, también pude usar ejercicios en el plan de estudios de Nivel Dos para controlar el dolor allí. Tanto es así que seguiré haciéndolos por mi cuenta sin la ayuda de esteroides ni antiinflamatorios.

These exercises done daily is my best prescription to manage pain!“

“This course has changed my life. While finishing Level One, I found out I had a stress fracture in my L5-S1 vertebrae. I had been dealing with what doctors told me was plantar fasciitis for over a year, but 6 months of physical therapy had made no progress and I was in pain daily and could barely walk. It was not until I started doing Clinical Somatics and working on the entire kinetic chain and releasing chronic tightness throughout my back and legs did I see any healing. Committing to these two courses taught me so much, helped me heal, and gave me my active life back. I am still rehabbing, but I always feel my best when I commit to doing Somatics regularly. When I have pain in my feet, I know I need to take care of tightness in my back and legs and listen to and observe my body. All I can say is THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart for creating this easy to follow course. I am so grateful.”

“The encouraging, instructive daily emails are my guardrails. This course is amazing and I feel the difference already! It’s a permanent fixture in my morning routine already. For years I had Thomas Hanna’s Somatics book but couldn’t make heads or tails of how to actually do the exercises. Getting to watch the video first and then listen to the instructions is perfect. Thank you for making this available at such a reasonable cost!”

“I want to thank you so much, for me you are really a gift of God! Half year ago I was in so much pain, I had a lateral posture pelvic tilt and a disc herniation or prolapse, I didn’t diagnose it but it felt like that. So over my entire body I had tight muscles, like right gluteal muscles, adductors and hip flexors, and my entire right side of lower and mid back and also my left neck. I just felt old even though I’m 22 right now. I tried strengthening the muscles, stretching and massaging over a long time, but nothing helped. Thank God I then discovered Feldenkrais Method which helped me better my habitual patterns, but the tight muscles were still there. Then suddenly from nowhere your video came on YouTube and it just caught me so I signed up for your two courses. In that time I just felt every one or two weeks how my muscles released more tension. Today after six months consistently doing the exercises I just feel like a new person in my body. I just feel young and loose again. You know, without you maybe my sports career would be done, I’m not professional but I love to train every day. I can do it now without pain, my mobility has gotten better too! So Sarah I can’t thank you enough, I really love you and wish you God’s bless for your life!”

“I signed up for Levels One and Two after this course was recommended to me by a friend who had also had prolotherapy done. Even though I completed my regenerative shots, my pain came back, and it was worse than ever. I have some health problems that complicate my recovery including chronic/persistent Lyme disease for over 40 years and a Fibromyalgia diagnosis. I can’t say enough about how much these classes have helped me, and will continue to help me everyday, as a part of my morning routine. My pain reached a peak this summer with a femoroacetabular impingement (right hip). Fortunately, a Kinesiologist who works with fascia was able to see that my nerve is trapped in the soft tissues that are twisted and tight. My problem, while extremely painful, is not something that can be fixed by surgery. Somatics has helped me get on track. Around the start of Level Two my body started moving on its own in response to the exercises to spontaneously loosen whatever needs to be loosened. The classes are amazing. The video lessons are easy to understand and the voice recordings are easy to follow. When I had questions I submitted them by email and Sarah answered within 24 hours. I would recommend this course to anyone who plans to stay active as they age.”

“En primer lugar, me gustaría agradecerle mucho por su dedicación para ayudar a otros con el programa que diseñó y proporcionó. ¡Sé que has ayudado a muchos, incluido yo mismo! He estado buscando durante más de una década y he tenido tantas condiciones diferentes en mi cuerpo que me han causado estrés, dolor y una espiral descendente de mi calidad de vida.

Me convertí en instructora de yoga, pero esto solo me trajo más dolor y desánimo. No fue hasta que me diagnosticaron polimialgia reumática que supe que mi cuerpo podría y se curaría solo si seguía buscando respuestas.

¡¡Y luego por la gracia de Dios encontré Somatics !! Definitivamente quiero continuar con mi progreso y curación. ¡¡Y me encantaría obtener la certificación para poder ayudar a otros !!

¡¡Gracias de nuevo!!"

“As a movement and yoga teacher I am aware of the importance of movement and structural alignment to manage my scoliosis, but nothing has been as beneficial and enlightening as this course. Somatic movement is a re-education for my body to release long held patterns and tension and allow greater ease. Like everything that is beneficial it takes regular practice and commitment but I can guarantee if you wholeheartedly practice this course will deliver.”

“I recently finished the Level One course after practicing daily for about 3 months, usually 20 minutes a day. I am so thankful to have found this course! I am in my 70’s and have had chronic pain on my left side for years and it only gets worse with exercise and stretching no matter what I’ve tried (physical therapy, rolfing, acupuncture, chiropractic, yoga, etc). What a delicious physical sensation to feel the release of muscles that have been frozen tight, I don’t know how else to describe it. The pace of the audios is very exacting and I feel so much more awareness of my inner body, it feels like a meditative experience. My biggest challenge has been to moderate my workouts and be patient with the healing process. I look forward to continuing progress with Level Two.”

“Thank you Sarah. I feel so lucky that I stumbled across your site at a time I had been suffering with chronic hip pain for so many months. It was a time when I was at my lowest ebb and the pain I was experiencing was absolutely excruciating. During this time, despite having 3 MRI’s and seeing 4 different consultants/surgeons and countless physiotherapists, but was getting nowhere. Every one of them was telling me different things as to what was wrong, but there was never a definitive diagnosis. Until my pain started, I had always been pretty fit and healthy so it was a real eye opener to find out that the best medical professionals available could not even tell me what was wrong with me. This was until the last surgeon I saw told me I needed a hip replacement! I have always been very active and I was stunned to hear this news…I just wasn’t prepared to accept it and decided to do all the research I possibly could to find a better solution….and I am still thanking my lucky stars I came across your site. I am a Personal Trainer and at the time I was doing a course so that I could specialize in the rehabilitation of stroke survivors. Therefore, I was already aware of neuroplasticity, but hadn’t actually made the connection that this might also be key to helping myself out of pain. I’ve got so much out of the Level One and Two Courses – I still can’t quite believe I’m out of pain!“

“Two years ago, I was involved in a vehicle accident. I was in chronic pain and unable to move with the same ease as I did prior to the accident. I was unable to find relief until coming across Sarah Warren’s website. Within a few days, I began to see a notable difference in my movement. Nine months later I have gained back much of my mobility, and I am thrilled to be earning my certification, so I can share the exercises with my community. Thank you Sarah Warren!”

“My daughter’s symptoms seem to line up with fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome. She has been through 3 rounds of physical therapy, acupuncture, cranial sacral therapy, chiropractic care, osteopathic treatments, 5 sessions of SOMA massage, and dietary modifications to try to treat her pain and fatigue. The only thing that has provided consistent results for pain relief is your Clinical Somatics program.

As her mom, it has been difficult to see her suffer for the last 4 years and not be able to find tools to relieve her pain so I am very grateful that you have made this program available! I purchased your book and look forward to reading more in depth about it and we have been mentioning your program to other friends we know who have various chronic pain issues. I wish more people knew about your program and how wonderful it is!“

“Me encanta este programa. Me ha ayudado mucho a recuperar mi fuerza y energía después de un período de enfermedad/agotamiento. Este enfoque era exactamente lo que necesitaba ya que había mucha tensión en mi cuerpo y dolor muscular. Empecé muy despacio al principio, y poco a poco lo construí. Siento una gran diferencia ahora, me he vuelto más fuerte, más relajado y casi sin dolor. ¡Gracias!"

“Thank you for being such a good steward of somatic work. This movement has helped heal my adapted ballet body and I am able to apply its concepts to my coaching. I noticed it immediately felt as if I were in a mindful “dance class” with a present/aware dance coach. I had been wary of taking a movement class online but have since discovered it is wonderfully accessible and fits into my schedule effortlessly. Thank you for helping me heal. Blessings to you and your work.”

“Tuve un accidente automovilístico traumático en 1992 en el que me fracturé el acetábulo, ¡gracias a mi cinturón de seguridad que me salvó la vida! Me quedé con una pequeña discrepancia en la longitud de las piernas que apenas noté. Nunca le atribuí mis diversos dolores y molestias hasta que visité a un quiropráctico especializado en "discrepancias en la longitud de las piernas". El quiropráctico me dio una plantilla para zapatos y así lo hice. Ni siquiera un año después, Somatic Movement Center comenzó a enviarme información sobre sus cursos que podrían corregir la discrepancia en la longitud de las piernas. Sonaba demasiado bueno para ser verdad, ¡pero pensé que por $45 valía la pena intentarlo!

I practiced everyday – unfortunately I was practicing in my shoes because I had a new insert I had trained myself to wear – and I started having knee pain. Then it occurred to me I should not be wearing shoes when I practiced – so I removed them when I practiced. The pain stopped and I was able to stop wearing the insert completely! It was a miracle! I never dreamed I could fix my leg length discrepancy – but I did thanks to Somatic Movement Center!“

“¡Solo una nota rápida para compartir mi experiencia hasta ahora y expresar mi gratitud!

I had acute lower back pain a few weeks ago. By chance I read The Pain Relief Secret. Doing the exercises since then – my pain is practically gone and back is much freer.

Durante los últimos años en el trabajo, he estado sentado más de 10 horas al día como escritorio, en el automóvil, en los aviones, trabajando bajo mucho estrés en ocasiones.

Mientras leía la publicación sobre el psoas ayer, el punto sobre la tensión crónica y la conexión emocional se registró conmigo. Calculo que mi psoas ha estado crónicamente restringido durante años, junto con la mayoría de los otros músculos de mi cuerpo. ¡Mi reacción fue ira y frustración por cómo pude haber dejado que esto sucediera!

Desde que hice el Iliopsoas Release ayer por la noche, he comenzado a caminar de una manera nueva, que se siente como si estuviera “más abajo o hundiéndome” y moviendo muchos más músculos de una manera muy suave. Se siente genial. Puedo sentir un movimiento por mi columna hasta mi cuello. Antes sentía que caminaba sobre zancos en comparación con ahora. Emocionalmente me siento mucho más relajado.

Lo más probable es que me lleve muchos meses relajarme por completo, ¡pero este descubrimiento de ayer me ha dado nuevas esperanzas y vigor!

Just to add – having worked in industry for years I can honestly say the Level One Course material is the best I have encountered.

¡Muchas gracias Sarah! "

“When I started these exercises there wasn’t a particular body concern that I had. After a while of doing the exercises I noticed that I had lots of body pain that I wasn’t aware of because I didn’t have hardly any body awareness due to lifelong trauma. I spent years of my life sitting in positions that were causing so much stress in my body without realizing it. There are lots of other exercises I do on a daily basis that have helped me in my recovery but I feel these exercises helped me the greatest in helping gain body awareness again which has been crucial in my recovery. Thank you for putting these together in such an easy, learnable format. It would have been difficult for me to learn these from the book in such a short timeframe. I feel stress in my body on a regular basis but when I do these I notice more calm. I feel significantly better than when I started these 6 months ago. I’m so thankful I came across this program!“

"Me siento genial. Los ejercicios no solo han relajado las áreas tensas de mi cuerpo, sino que también mi mente y especialmente mi sistema nervioso están tranquilos. Soy realmente consciente de lo que está pasando en mi cuerpo y he desarrollado esa conexión mente-cuerpo. La discrepancia en la longitud de mis piernas casi ha desaparecido. Solo siento la rotación en mi pelvis, pero eso también se está curando lentamente. Solía sufrir de lo siguiente: dolor en mi QL derecho cuando estaba sentado durante largas horas, dolor en mi hombro derecho y cuello, no podía dormir boca arriba sin levantar las rodillas debajo de una almohada, dolores de cabeza, migrañas, SII y no respiro adecuadamente con mi función pulmonar completa, entumecimiento en la pierna derecha al flexionar la parte superior del cuerpo.

I had a heel lift in my left shoe to balance my pelvis, but after doing the whole program of Sarah Warren’s – Clinical Somatics for Scoliosis and having read her book to understand exactly how Somatics works, I managed to almost heal all my symptoms! My scoliosis unwinded and I can clearly see myself more elongated and almost straight in the mirror. Thank you Sarah. I am very glad I stumbled upon your website. Life saver.”

“I have been working through SI issues and low back pain for many years with little improvement. But, I have found relief from these somatic movement practices! I have much more awareness of where I am holding chronic tension and I can now release those areas with these practices. The 20-35 minute daily practices are a great way to start my day, and sometimes end my day before bed. Thank you for such a comprehensive course that has jump starting me on the somatic movement path.”

“I’ve been practicing somatics since mayo 2020. A lot of testimonials I have seen this, being completely relieved of ailments seems to be the general consensus and I believe them. However, Somatics, like Sarah expresses, is a journey. Amongst the small benefits I have experienced on this journey for the past five months roughly, I have had my share of doubt. No before any one that maybe be reading this thinks “Oh no! This is a bad review!”, it is not. In fact, it is not. I merely wish to post a testimonial that I would like to have seen during my experience these past five months. Somatics has been great for my muscle tension relief, I’ve been enjoying the small benefits, day-in and day-out. Since mayo 7 I have only missed 5 days total of somatic practices. That being said I’m maybe 3-5% of the way to achieving the body control and relief that I desire. I’m 22, much younger than many of the people in these testimonials, and my progress has been that slow. Sarah mentions on numerous occasions and her book that this is can be a very slow, gradual process. That could not be more true. I’m saying all this to say, if you are like me, whose put diligent and thorough work into their somatic journey for x amount of time on end, aren’t anywhere close to where you want to be, and doubt may be looming, I implore you to keep going. You wouldn’t plant a seed in the ground, only to keep digging it up to see if it is growing, would you? Just keep tending to it, and eventually it will bud. Part of what makes a flower so beautiful is how long it took to grow. Be patient with yourself and do what you can to the best of your ability. I’ll continue on my journey, and I hope those who are in the same boat do the same.“

“Thank you so much for this wonderful course, so carefully thought out. I have loved receiving the daily emails and will miss them. Your delivery is so quiet, calm and consistent. I have had some lovely experiences learning to release muscles slowly. Before now I always concentrated on the stretching and it is so different to focus on which muscles are contracting and on the very slow release. It has helped me learn to relax other tensions that I thought I would never relax, tensions that I have held onto for years. My shoulders and neck have particularly benefited. I will continue to work with the wonderful supply of daily sessions that I have just received access to. Such generosity in sharing your knowledge at a reasonable price, I am so often unable to do things because they are just too expensive. I will certainly recommend you to friends and family. Thank you so much.”

“Soy una persona mayor y estaba experimentando un fuerte dolor ciático y descubrí que tenía escoliosis. ¡Estos movimientos han mejorado mucho mi postura y movimiento! ¡El dolor es mucho menor y puedo sentarme por períodos mucho más largos que antes sin dolor! ¡Tampoco me di cuenta de lo mal que estaba mi postura! No puedo creer lo bien que se siente estar erguido de nuevo. Todavía necesito trabajar en mi espalda baja y en la tensión de los glúteos, ¡pero la mejora se siente genial! ¡Gracias! ¡No puedo esperar para hacer algunas caminatas en la primavera!”

“Having been to an osteopath, 2 physios, and tried gentle yoga for over a year, with none of them giving me relief from my lower back and hip problems, I stumbled upon Clinical Somatics on the internet and decided to try it. My lower back stiffness lessened after 3 days of doing Arch & Flatten. I followed the first course with great results and decided to do the second course to give me a more holistic, rounded practice. I have felt so many benefits from this practice, even managing to do some digging in the garden without pain or stiffness. I will continue to practice to keep my body feeling better. I highly recommend these courses!”

“¡Casi he terminado el Nivel Uno! ¡¡Guau!! Hace dos meses, solo podía caminar unos 200 metros con mis bastones de senderismo. He estado activo toda mi vida, esquí de fondo, senderismo, natación, kayak, bicicleta… No podía hacer nada. Compré el libro de Thomas Hanna, tuve problemas para aprender los ejercicios, luego encontré su libro y su Curso de Nivel Uno.

I have progressed from 200 yards to 3-5 miles daily. Yesterday I climbed a mountain!!  I love, love the course, the daily email keeps me on track and the progress sheet. Thank you!!”

“Cuando llegué al Centro de Movimiento Somático estaba experimentando tanto dolor en el psoas que apenas podía caminar. Cuando llegué al ejercicio de liberación del psoas ilíaco, el dolor ya se había aliviado enormemente. Con ciática, de la polio cuando era niño, a la edad de 75 años, ahora estoy corrigiendo lentamente los problemas de postura importantes. He aprendido que se trata de propiocepción, utilizando movimientos lentos y concentrados. Aunque se obtiene una fuerza adicional, se permite en lugar de forzar. Estaré haciendo estos ejercicios con alegría y cuidado durante el tiempo que pueda ”.

“Soy profesora de qi gong y los ejercicios de somática clínica realmente me han ayudado a ser aún más consciente de mi cuerpo. Desde que comencé a practicar ejercicios somáticos con regularidad, también noto que el flujo de energía en mi cuerpo durante la práctica de qi gong es mucho más intenso. Siento mi cuerpo como uno, unido, pero antes no lo sentía. También practico la meditación trascendental y he encontrado una correlación entre la MT y la somática clínica en términos de reducción del estrés en el sistema nervioso. Sucede muchas veces que trascender durante los ejercicios somáticos ”.

“I am so thankful that I found Somatic Movement Center! I was looking for ways to reduce the pain in my right hip and found your website. The exercises in your Level One Course helped me tremendously to relieve tension and pain in my lower back, strengthen my lower back, relieve tension and pain in my neck, shoulders, trapezius, and hips. And…what is the most extraordinary is my overall relaxed physical and mental body. I have had a paradigm shift in my thinking about how to keep myself healthy. And…I can do it from home in my own time. Thank you for your online course.”

“I have been through some bad accidents in my life. One of them was very serious as I got hit by a car while riding my bicycle. Luckily I just broke 6 ribs and 2 vertebrae but since then I feel that something is wrong with my body. I become weak during the years, my hips are not even and my back is in constant pain. I’ve been to every therapist on the market. Chiropractors, Osteopaths, Healers, Massages, Chinese medicine styles and more. Some of them did help but just for a short period of time. I did Iyenger yoga which supposed to be the Therapy yoga but it didn’t help me as well. Then I discover Somatics and one month after I feel the changes already. I become aware to my posture, to my sitting pose and I started to feel muscles I lost contact with. My joints become smoothers and generally I feel hope and happiness.

La voz de Sarah me calma y disfruto escuchándola hablar. Practico todos los días, dos veces al día, ya que realmente siento y creo que este método es inteligente y único. Ojalá mucha gente se enterara de ello, ya que conozco a muchas personas que sufren y no encuentran una cura para el dolor. ¡Muchas gracias Sarah y mantén la buena onda! "

“I’m doing Level Two and I still can’t get past the 20-30 minute mark in the 60-minute Level One full class…. I end up falling asleep on the floor because so much tension is relieved! Hahaha. Every single time!

Los días que no practico cuando llego tarde a casa del trabajo, me despierto hasta que 3-4 estoy dando vueltas en la cama, apretando los dientes o la mandíbula, duermo un par de horas, me despierto con dolor de cabeza y luego me siento tenso levantado, cansado, hinchado y malhumorado en la oficina al día siguiente.

Antes de Somatics, estaba haciendo clases privadas de pilates 3-4 x semanales durante 3 años. Durante esas sesiones me siento genial, pero a las pocas horas de salir del estudio vuelvo a la tensión y el dolor. A pesar de las clases regulares y desafiantes (también caras), los resultados no se mantuvieron y todavía no podía involucrar correctamente mi núcleo o revertir mi postura encorvada que estaba afectando mi salud física y mental general. Comencé a odiarme por no lograr los resultados que necesitaba desesperadamente. Sentí que no tenía control sobre mis movimientos y las partes de mi cuerpo simplemente no cooperaron.

Two weeks into Level One, I could start activating my core and rolling back my shoulders on most days. It’s been over 2 months since I started Somatics and I look taller, slimmer, feel lighter, breathe easier, think clearer, handle stress better, move steadier on my feet and somehow also a bit stronger from regular practice.

I’m so happy to be falling asleep on the floor and look forward to what Level Two can do for me. Thank you for making Clinical Somatics accessible!“

- ¡Amor y apoyo de Filipinas!

“He luchado contra el dolor de espalda durante la mayor parte de mi vida adulta. Mido 6'6” y ahora 250 lbs. Pesé 290 libras durante la mayor parte de mi vida adulta desde el fútbol universitario. Me herní 3 discos mientras jugaba fútbol en la universidad. También sufrí una fractura de fémur cuando era adolescente. Durante más de 20 años he intentado todo sin éxito. A las 42 apenas puedo atarme los zapatos por la mañana. He hecho yoga, fisioterapia, cuidado quiropráctico que cuesta $1000 y mucha punción seca. Inyecciones de cortisona, epidurales, he evitado la cirugía pero en contra del consejo de muchos médicos. Lo que encontré es que todas esas cosas pueden haber aliviado el dolor por un momento, pero los problemas simplemente regresaron.

Lo que descubrí en los últimos años es que mi pierna rota se curó más tiempo que la otra. Esto ha agravado todos los problemas en mi cadera y articulaciones SI. El disco herniado se curó pero con cicatrices y artritis. Tengo atrofia severa en una pierna por el daño a los nervios.

The somatic movements have allowed me to cancel my SI joint fusion and prolong the cortisone shots. Time will tell if I can stop them all together. Being a former college athlete, I must admit it seemed crazy that such simple, small movements would work but I’ve stayed the course. To my pleasant surprise, I have a significant reduction in pain. Now, my mornings are much easier. 20 mins of somatic movements and I am moving better than I have in years. Being a contractor, I am very active. I can lift and move better than I have in years. I can even bring in strength training for the first time without feeling like I’m gonna have to just quit from the pain.

Gracias. Estoy agradecido de haber encontrado esta terapia y haberla recomendado a muchas personas”.

“Ha hecho un trabajo increíble al armar su sitio web. Eres un excelente maestro y me encanta que respaldes lo que dices con ciencia. Estoy agradecido de que hayas diseñado el Curso de Nivel Uno para ayudarnos a integrar un cambio de estilo de vida que incluye pandiculación voluntaria y conciencia corporal.

Thank you for all the work, love and devotion you put into your teaching. I feel truly blessed that you have come into my life. And I look forward to continuing with the Level Two Exercises upon completion of Level One.”

“Just had to write you to let you know how amazing these 30+ days have been to my posture and movement. Today, after finishing the Washcloth and Class 3, I went for my usual morning walk. Wow! What a difference in the motion/movement of my spine and hips! I had been trying to make my feet straight as I walked, but today, with the freedom of movement, everything was as it should be. Thank you, thank you! Can’t wait to see what the next 30 days brings!”

“Tuve polio cuando tenía 10. Fue un caso leve, pero aparentemente me dejó la pierna izquierda 1/2 pulgada más corta que la derecha. Hace poco me diagnosticaron un 12% de escoliosis, pero no creo que lo tengan todo.

Soy 77 ahora. En el curso de Escoliosis aprendí que mi cadera izquierda está más atrás que la derecha, y también más alta y un poco inclinada hacia atrás, mientras que mi cadera derecha está un poco inclinada hacia adelante. Mi hombro izquierdo está bastante relajado, mientras que mi hombro derecho está levantado y se curva un poco hacia adelante, por lo que no parece ser tan ancho como el izquierdo. Entonces, hay un giro diagonal que va desde mi cadera izquierda hasta mi hombro derecho.

Esta distorsión es el resultado de músculos tensos, diferentes en cada lado. Estoy realmente asombrado de haberme dado cuenta de todo esto con tanto detalle como lo he hecho, y he visto una gran mejoría desde que llegué por primera vez al Centro de Movimiento Somático con un músculo psoas tenso 2-1/2 hace años. ¡Los músculos que ni siquiera podía sentir, que están subiendo por mi cadera izquierda, están comenzando a relajarse ahora!

Sé que solo puede mejorar y ciertamente no empeorará, siempre y cuando continúe haciendo los ejercicios. Los veo como parte de mi meditación matutina diaria y mi patrón está firmemente establecido. Por lo tanto, espero realizar más realizaciones y aumentar la flexibilidad por el resto de mi vida”.

“En febrero me diagnosticaron ME / CFS (encefalomielitis miálgica / síndrome de fatiga crónica). He estado sufriendo una acumulación de estrés durante varios años, sufriendo dolores de cabeza y migrañas muy frecuentes y crónicos y neuropatía frecuente y grave en todo el lado derecho de mi cuerpo, en particular en el cuello, el hombro. y cadera pero también en mi brazo, mano, dedo meñique, rodilla, tobillo, pie y dedo meñique.

Cuando finalmente me remitieron a un médico especialista en SFC, ella me sugirió somáticos y encontré su sitio web y su curso. Me inscribí de inmediato.

Honestamente puedo decir que ahora tengo una cantidad significativa de días sin dolor, e incluso los días en que tengo dolor es menor de lo que era. Mi cadera y la parte baja de la espalda se han "despejado" y, a menudo, mis movimientos se sienten fluidos de una manera que nunca recuerdo haber sentido. El dolor en la parte superior derecha de la caja torácica (por leer su blog, creo que es el síndrome de la salida torácica) también es casi un 100% mejor.

I’m looking forward to continuing the exercises and hoping that as they progress they’ll ease the pain in my neck more than already, but I have to say that day-by-day you’re slowly changing my life. I have tried everything from medication to acupuncture, osteopathy, hypnotherapy and massage to get better. You’ve helped more than any of these things.

Gracias desde el fondo de mi corazón."

“Sarah, I am so glad that I found you. I became a somatic yoga instructor 2 years ago, and I am so happy I found you because I love the way you explain the movements. I have been very active all my life. I overuse my body. I was a professional Cuban marathon runner for 9 years, but I was a runner for 17 years and fitness and dance instructor since I was 20, and now I am 50. I’m still fit and strong, but I had a bad pain in my hips and after 4 days of practicing Clinical Somatics exercises I was fine. Now I follow your instructions every day, morning and night and still I feel more AMAZING. Thanks a lot Sarah. Every day I say you thank you in my mind. Thanks a lot again for your wonderful work. Your amazing website that I always learn something from. Almost every day I read one of your articles. You are awesome. Thanks again and again! I want to do your course to become a Certified Exercise Instructor so that I can help more people.”

“He pasado de no poder caminar 50 metros a entregar paquetes para UPS como conductor de temporada 6 días a la semana durante varias semanas sin problemas. ¡Tengo 65 años! ¡Realmente eficaz! "

“After a lifetime of minor mishaps, illnesses and sport injuries I suffer from poor posture and a number of chronic skeletal issues. Additionally, repeatedly broken ribs have impacted my lung capacity and breathing. I have undergone many physical therapies over the years and took this course out of curiosity. I have found this to be the most effective, reassuring and enjoyable set of exercises I have experienced. The delivery of the course is excellent. The pace and content of the lessons is great: giving you time to absorb the instructions and appreciate the effect that the movements are having the body…my posture has improved, I have experienced a marked reduction in chronic pain in my neck, ribs and knees. My diaphragmatic breathing has improved with a consequent improvement in sleep and general well being. I recommend this course wholeheartedly.”

“I have been doing somatic exercises for more than twenty years. My first teacher was Marilyn Warnock, who learned from and worked with Thomas Hanna. I had become lazy, hurried, all the things we become when we have only our own self as a teacher. I was hurting is more than one place. Sarah has brought me back to ground and keeps me on the path. I am still working some kinks out but I know this is the right way and I thank Sarah from the bottom of my heart for all these recorded lessons.”

“Uno se da cuenta de que la Educación Somática realmente se convierte en una parte integral de la vida. Es fácil olvidarse de hacer los ejercicios, o tal vez solo concentrarse en un Arch & Curl todos los días, pero luego, cuando se esfuerza en algo o comienza a sentir el estrés arrastrándose, un regreso reflexivo a la variedad de ejercicios que Sarah ha ofrecido, truco. Siento como si estuviera recalibrando mi paz interior y mi cuerpo me lo agradece. Muchas gracias por tu trabajo, Sarah ".

“I am so happy that I found this program before the Pandemic affected the United States with the Shut Down last February/March. I sustained a sprain injury while exercising in January. I was strongly considering going to the Back specialist once again but fortunately before doing that, my random google searches for pain relief resulted in finding your wonderful program. I am very grateful for the way you prepared your program to only allow a little at a time. I have Plantar Fasciitis/Gastrocnemius (very tight) and after the first 2 exercises I felt great relief within 10 minutes. That was faster than any other method I’ve tried such as: progressive ice dipping, physical therapy, cryotherapy, epsom salt baths with essential oils, heat therapy wraps/pads, etc and so forth. I’ve downloaded your exercises to my Dropbox and will continue to do the Daily Practice classes once to twice daily. Thank you, thank you, thank you for taking the time out to create such a wonderful program. It has helped me tremendously.“

“Después de haber trabajado en los niveles uno y dos desde principios de enero, el dolor, la tensión y el estrés generales en mi cuerpo se han reducido significativamente. Estoy durmiendo mejor. Me siento más suelto jugando al golf y la recuperación es más rápida. Habiendo comenzado con las Clases Largas (¡excelente!), ahora me resulta más fácil hacer los Curls y Arcos Diagonales y de Un Lado, también la Liberación de Isquiotibiales Sentado, por lo tanto, mi flexibilidad está mejorando. Ahora soy más consciente de dónde está la mayor parte de la tensión y puedo concentrarme en esto. Los efectos beneficiosos son acumulativos, es decir, cuanto más tiempo tomo Somatics, ¡mejor se vuelve!”

“Leí su libro y luego encontré sus cursos temprano marzo 2020 justo antes de Lockdown aquí en el Reino Unido. Sentí como si un regalo hubiera aterrizado en mi escritorio. Tu excelente consejo, para tomar el control de la recuperación de tu propio cuerpo y creer firmemente que puedes hacerlo, fue invaluable.

Al principio, solo podía caminar unos minutos antes de que mis músculos se pusieran rígidos y doloridos. Al final del segundo nivel, estaba dando una caminata diaria de una hora y media y sin dolor. Todavía hay algunas áreas de mi espalda baja que se beneficiarán de los somáticos y no veo ninguna razón para rendirme pronto. Los ejercicios, como dices, continúan ofreciendo cada vez más.

Las otras cosas que me han encantado de tu curso incluyen el correo electrónico diario y el hecho de que no ejerces ninguna presión para persuadir a tus clientes de que gasten más dinero. También disfruté de los blogs y los encontré muy útiles. Los mejores deseos y gracias."

“Recently I’ve suffered pain in my arms that was limiting my movement. Shortly after I signed up for your Level One Course, I received an email from you about Thoracic outlet syndrome. I recognized immediately that was my issue! The exercises have brought major relief, I’ve regained full movement in my arms; my posture is exceedingly better, I am more in touch with and appreciative of my 67-year-old body. I look forward to exercising daily, and experience heartfelt gratitude to you after each practice! Also, I have a deeper understanding of Thomas Hanna’s saying, “The human body is not an instrument to be used, but a realm of one’s being to be experienced, explored, enriched and, thereby, educated.”

“Quería hacerle saber cuánto mejor me siento cuando hago los ejercicios del curso. Pude aliviar el dolor de rodilla que he tenido durante 25 años. ¡Qué feliz por eso!

También me siento menos adolorido en general. Otro beneficio imprevisto: este verano tuve que someterme a mi tercera cirugía abdominal en 9 años. Pude mantener los músculos de la espalda mucho más relajados haciendo somáticos durante la recuperación. Hice versiones mini modificadas directamente en mi cama de hospital. ¡Muchas gracias por su voz tranquila y su maravillosa enseñanza! "

“I had a long standing issue with lower back pain and symptoms of pain related to compression of the sciatic nerve resulting in difficulty with walking any more than a few hundred yards before having to stop to let the pain subside; walking again soon caused the symptoms to re- start. An MRI showed a bulging disc, spondylolisthesis grade 2 and spinal stenosis. I am 69 years of age and have led a very active life, but also a lot of sitting in awkward positions as my occupation was dentistry. I have done the Level One and Two Somatic Movement courses in parallel with Pilates 121 and classes. I am pleased to report that a year later and after much hard work the symptoms are resolved and I can walk long distances again. Neck, shoulder, and posture problems along with pain on sitting have also greatly improved.

I have found the Somatic Education course very well executed and clear and easy to follow at all times. I cannot thank you enough for the help and improvements I have experienced over the year and intend to carry on with the exercises for the foreseeable future. I have also enjoyed Sarah`s book and am re-reading it again, it is so full of wisdom and insight.“

“I found Somatic Movement Center 7 months ago when I did an internet search for a stretch for the psoas muscle. After reading the testimonials on the web site I decided to try the programs. I am so glad I did!!!

I am 69 and have suffered a lifetime of muscle and back pain. I was a W sitter as a child and very shy. I developed poor posture and tense muscles from social discomfort. In my late 30s I sent through the series of 10 sessions with a Rolfing deep massage practitioner. My cervical, thoracic, and lumbar pain was much reduced. By doing yoga I further helped my posture and tight hamstrings. However over the next 30 years I continued to struggle with various noticeable muscle imbalances and pain.

Within 6 weeks of starting the Level One Course I noticed I no longer was stiff in the mornings when I woke up. It was quite a revelation as I thought it was an inevitable part of aging. I have now completed Level Two as well.

I have learned what muscles hold tension, how to release that tension, and how to focus better on individual muscles as I do strengthening exercises. Muscle strengthening exercises have improved dramatically for me. I regularly release tension in targeted muscles and have greatly reduced muscle soreness and muscle tightness. I knew some of my problem muscles before starting this program but am now better aware of many more including my face muscles. I am currently working on routines to target my problem areas and experimenting with reducing tension wherever I am. An example is doing a trapezius release while driving.

These two programs have changed my life for the better and I am confident that the techniques I have learned will benefit me for the rest of my days. These two programs are well instructed and appear to be useful for people of all ages with a wide variety of musculoskeletal problems.”

“Thank you, Sarah for a logical and knowledgeable explanation of how our muscles work and acquire tensions over time. Your exercises worked great not only for my muscular release, but also reduced greatly my stress level without taking any pills. Great thanks for your help to enter a new life without stress, Sarah.”

“It is amazing how quickly this series of movements had an effect. I have done Tai Chi & Yoga for 4 & a half years, neither had the same effectiveness as Somatics. I am feeling less pain & the kink in my spine is healing. Sleep has improved, I am enjoying walks again. When the release comes I have experienced juddering, tears, laughter. I never yawned so hard in my life. All part of the healing process. 10 out of 10 with a cherry on top.”

“I am in far less pain physically & mentally [after practicing Clinical Somatics]. Which is a blessing in and of itself. I recommend somatics unreservedly. The Level Two Course is more intense. The postures had me go back to my Level One Course to strengthen the basics. My hips feel more even, my spine is straighter. I feel younger in myself after just 5 months practicing somatics. I have practiced almost daily, listening to how I feel internally/mentally.”

“I have experienced a lot of different kinds of bodywork to reduce muscular tension, including home exercises. There simply has not been anything as powerful or as easy to go to as somatic movement. I talk to everyone about giving it a try and how feasible it is, and telling them Sarah is a top-notch online instructor. Enjoy!”

“Este curso fue muy bueno para mí.
En el nivel de la conciencia: me volví mucho más consciente de mi cuerpo; cómo me muevo, qué pasa cuando siento dolor ...
A nivel de flexibilidad: siento que mi cuerpo es mucho más flexible. De hecho, me volví mucho más flexible para hacer mi práctica de yoga.
Dormir: Mientras practico antes de acostarme, siento que mi sueño es tranquilo y profundo.
Dolor: Solía tener dolor en la articulación de la cadera derecha, la espalda baja y el cuello. Ahora me siento mucho mejor, e incluso si me duele, sé qué puedo hacer para sentirme mucho mejor.
Respiración: siento que estoy mucho mejor.
Estrés: La práctica diaria que me hace sentir bien, para mí es una meditación.
El entrenamiento no solo me está ayudando, sino que también utilicé algunos de los ejercicios para ayudar a mis hijos cuando tienen dolor, principalmente en la zona lumbar. También usé algunos de los ejercicios con mis estudiantes en la clase de yoga y fue muy bueno.
Muchas gracias por este maravilloso curso ".

“The instructions and videos is made very instructive and clear. I have now followed the scoliosis training instructions for about 6 months. I am a 64 year old male and have had scoliosis since I was young. The last 20 years the Scoliosis have introduced impingement of nerves down to right leg.and foot. In periods I have been forced to use crutches, for to be able to walk. I have of cause tried different methods to solve my walking problem. The instructions from Somatic movement center have been the best way to keep me walking and be able to do sports. But please be aware that it is no quick fix. I was doing the exercises for a long period, before I saw an clear improvement, I will assume that You will have to continue practise for to avoid to go back to the old problems. I can clearly recommend to do the courses.”

“I have tried different videos of somatics before, and it did not do much. But doing it the way you teach makes a difference in my mind and in my body. What I find the most efficient is to release as slowly as I can, to relax at the end of the movement and pause. Standing body scan is also very important. I feel physically more aligned and mentally more centered. relaxed and calm. The morning practice works better for me, as I feel tight after a night in bed.”

“I just wanted to share how much I enjoyed the somatic exercises. I come to them as a yoga therapist with a long history of a personal movement/meditation practice, so I don’t have pain, but I have seen a release of tension in areas where I didn’t even realize I was holding and gripping, and this has led to even greater feelings of ease in my body. I also really appreciate the slow and attentive approach to practice–in yoga and in life in general, I fear that we rush from one activity to the next, with scarcely any time to reflect on where we’ve been, where we are, and where we are going. The somatic exercises are a real antidote to that haste and an invitation to be present and attentive to what is happening right now and to become aware of patterns of movement that may not serve us. From there it’s just a short step to examining patterns of thinking that do not serve us. So I believe in these exercises whole heartedly as both a movement practice and as a philosophical approach to moving through the world. I appreciate your clear and careful teaching, and the way in which you break down complex movement patterns into chunks that are easier to learn. I intend to do your certification course, as I think it will be hugely helpful in my work as a yoga therapist for clients with pain.”

“El Nivel Dos ha sido tan convincente como el Nivel Uno en términos de descubrimiento personal, particularmente con muchos de los ejercicios de hombros y torso superior. Durante años, tuve la impresión de que tenía escoliosis del desarrollo; mi patrón postural incluía un hombro izquierdo elevado y una rotación en la parte superior del cuerpo. Pero cuando comencé a trabajar con los movimientos de la escápula y las direcciones de los hombros, mi omóplato izquierdo y todo el lado izquierdo de mi cuerpo comenzaron a soltarse. Y al hacer el ejercicio de flexión lateral propioceptiva, de repente me di cuenta de que mi torso se había desplazado hacia la izquierda y, cuando sentí que mis articulaciones se apilaban, la rotación y la elevación del lado izquierdo de mi cuerpo desaparecieron. Me asombró tanto lo simple que era esta liberación como la forma en que, durante años, había malinterpretado la naturaleza de mi patrón postural. A partir de los ejercicios, he desarrollado una práctica personal que me impide volver a ese hábito postural mantenido durante mucho tiempo, y aunque nunca tuve dolor como resultado de ello, me siento mucho más a gusto en mi cuerpo. Otro resultado completamente inesperado es que puedo ejecutar posturas de yoga que no estaban disponibles para mí, especialmente giros sentados, y puedo hacerlas con la misma facilidad en ambos lados de mi cuerpo, todo desde este trabajo somático muy simple y poderoso. De hecho, prefiero los ejercicios somáticos a la práctica de yoga que solía hacer (y todavía hago en ocasiones) como preparación para el pranayama sentado y la meditación. Este trabajo es un cambio de vida y les agradezco de todo corazón por hacerlo ampliamente accesible ".

“I LOVE Somatics! It has helped my lower back pain immensely and if I do it regularly keeps my tense shoulders relaxed and at bay. I also feel my nervous system letting go every time I do exercises. And finally it has helped my shoulder blade pain where nothing else has. Not only that but as a massage therapist I can see where Somatics could help many people with relief from their symptoms. Thanks for this program. I plan to learn more!”

“I just completed a 3-hour course on chronic pain syndromes, re: pathology and massage therapy implications. Included in this, we are starting to talk about LONG COVID. We talked about Irritable Bowel. Man! The difficulties in approaching an abdomen. So sensitive. Along with THE nervous system being a common denominator in these issues, self-empowerment also becomes a factor. I so very much wish to shout out to the world “PLEASE GIVE SOMATIC MOVEMENT A TRY!!!” This practice, right from the start, feels self-empowering. It is regaining control!

And Sarah, there is just nothing to lose with your teachings. We are not having to give up time with our kids to do one of the movements well. Even a good massage appointment with the commute might take a couple of hours! Find a quiet small space in your house, lay down, do arch and flatten. 10 minutes. VOILA!  Also, the investment in money. There just is nothing that costs less and has equal effect. I repeat, NOTHING lost, only gains.

Gracias como siempre, por eso, por su sitio web, por compartir sus talentos de instrucción a un precio tan asequible. Es un regalo."

“My great good news is that I have not yet even completed the first course and my high hip (“short leg”) has almost completely returned to normal positioning! After two years (this very month, oddly), I had forgotten how wonderful it feels to move around normally again. There is still work to be done, but with great promise!

Lo que realmente quiero decirte me sorprende porque, irónicamente, la restauración de mi cadera y pierna ahora parece ser lo menos que he ganado con la práctica diaria de estos movimientos, y hago todos los movimientos todos los días, incluida la conciencia de pie en el comienzo y el final de una hora y media, la mejor hora y media del día y lo mejor que he gastado o querido gastar, y hago el arco y el rizo (el movimiento que parece tener mi nombre en él) a lo largo ¡el día y antes de acostarse también!

I have always been prone to anxiety, but in the past three years, I have had terrible anxiety over even the simplest of things, and these somatic movements have cured my anxiety well past ninety percent in just these few weeks. I suddenly have not only better control over my body but over my emotions as well. Best of all, I feel as though I have met a long awaited yet lifelong friend in these movements. I suddenly have a great faith in the future and a great faith in myself! I have finally met my own “functioning,” and at the same time, I finally see the flaws in much of what I have tried in the past, including Transcendental Meditation – I took the TM course directly from the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi when he visited his health center in Pacific Palisades in 1990, and I took yoga instruction there too, and over the years, practicing on and off, I have never experienced the profound physical and metaphysical effects that I have experienced in just these few somatic weeks – now that really tells me a lot! I only wish that I had known about Somatics long before now, and what is really sad is that I could have known, but I never heard of Dr. Hanna until I visited your site a month ago. What a pity this movement system is not more widely known and practiced – in schools, hospitals, prisons, corporate offices – the world would truly be a better place for all!

Me gusta especialmente la independencia en somática, solo yo y mi sistema nervioso, sin parafernalia (Thera-Bands, pelotas, etc.) y sin máquinas de tortura en el gimnasio (basura “sin dolor, no hay ganancia”). Incluso creo que los somáticos podrían eliminar la acupuntura (acupresión / puntos gatillo), que ahora veo que probablemente sea solo perforar un músculo contraído con una aguja (por cierto, tuve algunos problemas digestivos, que también se han aclarado, y ciertamente la cadera -el área pélvica incorpora muchos puntos meridianos importantes).

One last thing to tell you also is that this practice has helped my self-esteem enormously in the sense that I have always been a slow, contemplative person – born for these movements! – but wow, does the world ever despise slowness and contemplativeness. If a person is not fast and forceful and multitasking, there is no respect! Well, I feel as though I finally have the last laugh – it is the fast and forceful multitasking that got me into this situation in the first place but then led me here too!”

“Clinical Somatics has been outstanding for me. My posture has improved significantly. I have become much more conscious of the various muscle groups and how I use them and the less than ideal ways I have drifted into standing and sitting in the past. There is much work to still be done, but I know that these exercises will stay with me and continue to help me keep free from pain and tension pretty much everywhere in my body.”

“This somatics course was amazing! Easy to follow. It helped me develop a daily somatics exercise practice. My neck pain is completely gone! I am more aware of my posture and body movement habits that could lead to pain. I love that I now have the tools to heal my own pain!“

“For the first time in my life, in my forties, I feel connected with my body. Having been a bodyworker for 20 years, I was aware of tension and pain on a daily basis which gained only temporary relief from manual therapy or exercise. I also suffered from stress and anxiety. After a particularly stressful period in my life I came across somatics and started reading. It has opened up a whole new chapter in my life. Reading Sarah’s book and following through the Level One lessons, I gradually noticed a physical and mental shift in myself which has led to a much happier, healthier me and benefitted my family and clients through that positive shift. I will definitely be continuing my study.”

“¡Me encantaron las prácticas! ¡También me encantó el ritmo al que atravesamos los niveles y las instrucciones fueron muy claras! ¡Gracias por reunir este maravilloso curso! ¡Mis mejores deseos para tí!"

“Somatic Movement Center has given me hope that I can regain my physical health back. I have suffered from: pinched hips, general imbalance, acid reflux related to movement, headaches after performing workout exercises, cracking joints, pain throughout my muscles, pressure throughout my face, eyesight lose on one side of my face, My right shoulder was raised and my left shoulder lowered. I had gone through the regular process of having health check-ups performed. I had seen osteopaths and chiropractors. Chiropractor visits would help relieve symptoms for a few days only. I would exercise regularly throughout the years. I noticed though if I would stop exercising, after about three or so days, my entire body would ache.

During COVID, my posture habits got worse and I become very inactive. It was then that my symptoms worsened to the point where I really noticed them and it affected every aspect of my life. I am a 29 year old male and I felt like an old man. I began doing research to understand the body more. I would try strengthen certain muscle groups, walk more regularly, stretch, buy back braces etc… Nothing resolved the issues and it seems to worsen some of the symptoms, but relieve others momentarily. By the grace of God, I stumbled upon somatic breathing. To be honest I didn’t take it seriously at first. I had tried breathing exercises before and I did find that they helped, but I was ignorant and thought there was no way that it would help relieve the symptoms I had. Low and behold it has given me my life back. Thank you to all those involved in Somatic Movement Center! I’m sure you come across many ignorant people such as myself that aren’t willing to do the research and just give it a try before they past judgment. I am still on my road to healing, but the progress I get to experience daily when I put the work in to taking time aside to properly do the movements has been life changing. You are pioneers and your work is not yet fully appreciated!“

“Somatics has brought back my quality of life. I have a spinal condition called spondylolisthesis with pars fracture (Grade II). The vertebrae between L5 and S1 sacrum has a stress fracture causing vertebrae slippage. What it entails for me: back pain, sciatica, protrusion of vertebrae (bump sticking out approx 1/4″ L5/S1), etc. My mornings and evenings would be the worst in terms of pain and discomfort. So I got into yoga to help manage the pain. It has worked, but always temporarily. I have been using the daily Somatics exercises consistently for the past two months. I can say without hesitation these exercises work. All the benefits as described here online and in my readings have been enlightening. Moreover, living without the pain and discomfort is life altering.“

“This course works for functional scoliosis! Muscle imbalances I’ve worked with for years, have diminished by taking this course. Slowing down and understanding pandiculation has made a huge difference for me in how I work with my scoliosis. My posture has improved and my curvature been reduced. Thank you for this offering!”

“I came across Sarah’s book when I was desperately searching for a way to alleviate my recurring back pain and other chronic pains. One moment it would be my hip, then my foot, then my knee or my shoulder. At 54 I felt like a 100 year old. It was an eye opener and I decided to start with the audio classes. After a couple of days I already felt a relief of tension. I think I must have been holding my stomach and other muscles too tight in an attempt to hold myself together. I’ve always been prone to little accidents, and last year I topped it off with 2 bicycle accidents where people just drove in to me and I ended up on the street, black and blue. The pain in my back is as good as gone, I can sit in a chair again for more than 15 minutes. My posture has improved, I feel more confident moving around, less stressed about inflicting pain again. I have started picking up my normal training to regain my strength. After practicing the audio classes for a couple of weeks I have now finished the Level Two course and am looking forward to continuing my practice, I take my time every day. Thank you!”

“The greatest benefit has been a growing awareness of what muscles do what. Positive changes will come but slowly for this 82+ yr old body. An active life style plus some experience with the Alexander Technique and now Somatic Movement are much appreciated!”

“I have a long history of chronic left sided back and hip pain, I have a spondylitis and a few other diagnoses that are all together just irritating to my daily life. I have sprained my back over 30 times. I was a professional modern dancer and I love movement. Years ago back surgery was recommended to me but because I’m very wary of surgeries I chose to just manage my pain. I have tried probably everything you could name but when I came across Clinical Somatics I knew this could not hurt me so I gave it my full attention. For the first 40 days I was still not sold and then I noticed that I was having more pain free days than ever. It has been 6 months and although I still have pain it is much less and I’m back to Pilates and yoga (although less aggressive). I am never going to stop this, I love it. It has changed my life and I feel very grateful.“

“I had plantar fasciitis for months before finding this course. Stretching helped for about 20 minutes, yoga for about 2 hours – then I tried somatics and it helped for the whole day. Gradually, the pain lessened and I returned to walking to work. It took the full five months for me to be pain-free, but I always found the exercises relaxing. Contrary to what I had read, my problem was more with my back and back of leg muscles. So I stopped icing, rolling, etc and just went through the exercises as they came and now I am very glad I did. I plan to continue and address my areas of tightness and stay pain-free. Thank you so much!”

“I have used Clinical Somatics to handle some back pain that was unresponsive to other forms of treatments. This course was very timely when I realized that the ongoing discomfort I have experienced over the past ten years was in fact related to sciatica and in doing the exercises my awareness of my body has greatly increased. I have achieved more flexibility in my hips and observe my posture has improved. I have used some of these same exercises to help my 88-year-old mother work on her own flexibility and she has found it to be helpful.
In particular I enjoy your teaching methods which are easy to understand and prevent me from rushing through as is my usual way.”

“I found Sarah’s Level One and Level Two Courses to be extremely well done. All the instructional videos and the accompanying written instructions were extremely clear. The pace of the course was great and worked very well for me (as someone who would have skipped ahead if I could have, haha). The pace allowed a very deep experiencing and understanding of the course material to occur. While I had no major injuries or pain to deal with, my body is much freer from doing the course, and the few occasional nagging items like a sore back or knee seem to have faded away. And yes, I will continue to do these exercises, as the benefits are real and I can certainly still improve certain areas. Simply put, the course is great. Dive in! You’ll be glad you did.“

“I have scoliosis and suffered with back pain for as long as I can remember. Ten years ago I slipped discs in my lower back and have been chasing pain ever since. Before lockdown I had trouble walking up the stairs with my left hip flexor. Since doing the scoliosis programme I have learned how to tune into my body and pleased to say I am now pain free. Thank you Sarah for your support throughout the program.”

“I signed up for the Level One and Level Two classes at the beginning of this year to address snapping hip and knee. Unfortunately, then I fell on the ice in February and landed flat on my chest, causing my whole left shoulder to freeze up. The exercises proved tremendously helpful in rehabilitating my back, neck, and shoulder.“

“I recently completed Level Two. I enjoy the ease of locating within each course the exercises that will target my needs for that day. With fibromyalgia and arthritis you never know what will greet you. Thank you for developing the courses.”

“I have just read El Secreto del Alivio del Dolor by Sarah Warren and what an excellent book it is, very comprehensive in every way. This book is a must for people with chronic pain, and also health practitioners who will gain from this knowledge.”

“Somatics exercises were a real revelation to me. I’ve learned to know my own body!! This was a discovery, and whilst doing and going further with the exercises I learned a lot more. I gained a lot in flexibility, in posture, in awareness, in daily movements, and a lot of help in doing my Pilates exercises. A lot of the cues instructors give you came clear just by knowing what muscle or muscle group you have to contract/release during the exercises. And on top of that, Somatics exercises help you to feel well in mind and body. It helps a lot to relax and feel good with yourself. You do feel better and happy with the person you are. Many many thanks for the courses you are offering. I certainly will pass them through to others.”

“Thank you for the continued education and very productive addition to my health and wellness routine. I enjoy rotating through all of your daily classes and do so on a daily basis :-). I can feel the elasticity and resilience returning and re-establishing its “memory” in all of my connective tissues, muscles, ligaments and I think also in my cartilage. I feel little pin pricks at times analogous to acupuncture which I view as positive as I feel an improved circulation throughout my nervous system.”

“I have and still rely on your exercises and have found them marvelous, reducing muscle tension and strengthening my core. They definitely have retrained my muscles to work as they should. I will continue doing them forever to help muscle spasms.”

“I have greatly enjoyed and benefited from the Level One Somatics course. The issues I faced with severe pelvic rotation were endless, however, it is helping straighten the pelvis and I went from no walking at the beginning of the course to walking 15km a day at the end. I learned that some exercises I should only do on one side and others can be done on both. With help and advice from Sarah, I tailored the course to suit me (as I am at the moment) and it works wonderfully. Learning to ease down and take it slowly was probably the most difficult but now I look forward to my 30 – 45 mins a day, integrating meditation into this time and having finished the first course, I will head enthusiastically into Level Two after I return from holiday. Thank you so much Sarah! Your course is beautifully presented and easy to follow. I would recommend it to anyone!“

“I found Clinical Somatics through my Psoas Release practice (a form of somatics) that I started doing on myself on a regular basis since enero 2018 after a low-back disc injury (caused by a chronically tight psoas muscle). When I realized how much chronic pain I was in versus now (a year later) and that it was part of a bigger picture and the mind-body-soul connection/reintegration, I became passionate about teaching this to others.

I did not realize the level of chronic pain I had been in for about 10 years. I pandiculate on a regular basis (every morning now)! I feel it is moving me into a new somatic awareness of embodying my body. I want others to feel good in their bodies. I want to help others with whatever challenges (be they physical or emotional/mental) they face due to not knowing about somatics (yet). I want to heal others. I’m envisioning a world without back pain and anxiety!”

“I just want to say that I’m so grateful that you have shared your expertise online, as I have no practitioners near me, and Somatics has proved to be a huge benefit to me even in these early stages. Actually, it is the only thing that has worked in helping me to walk and stand again! I have Joint Hypermobility Syndrome which makes my joints loose with frequent full and partial dislocations, causing terrible muscle contractions, spasms and nerve pain. I basically get no help from my health service as they say there’s nothing that can be done for me but, after a very long search, Somatics has finally helped. I have a really long way still to go of course, but I’m so grateful because Somatics is helping me so much. I always believed I could get better and control my condition (health professionals disagreed and told me I needed a wheelchair), as before my symptoms exacerbated I led an extremely active and healthy life, but it’s been so difficult and painful that I had started to give up hope. I can’t cure my condition, but with Somatics I can finally get my life and health back and be a physical, active person again. Like I said, I’m just so grateful you have made this programme accessible online. Thank you!”

“Now that I’ve come to the end of my Level One Course, I would like to let you know a little bit about my experiences. For a couple of years I’ve been struggling with lower back/ hip /gluteal pain. I am very familiar with physical exercises, since I used to be a dancer too, and I’ve also done a lot of yoga and power training. So when my problems began I visited a few therapists and started doing their exercises and also my own. But I wasn’t very successful. Two years ago I did a course in eutony and I realized that I was always training with a goal: becoming stronger, more flexible, becoming better than the day before (a lot of stretching!) and that this was actually giving me stress and more muscle tension instead of less. Doing slow movements, very attentive was not only relaxing but it also taught me something about myself… My pain however didn’t go away and I visited more therapists, sometimes with a bit of result but more often it was a waste of money and time.

Starting with the Somatic Movement Center course was just what I needed! The course is very structured, very well developed, there is a lot of information on your website and the video and audio files are very clear, very straightforward and I love the fact that the movements are simple, subtle but so effective. It gives me a tool to not have to consult a therapist all the time, since to me muscle relaxation is the key to lower my pain. And that is something that only I can accomplish.

However it’s not a quick fix. My pain has decreased but not entirely gone. But it’s getting better every day, and sometimes I have a short relapse but now I know how to make my body ‘softer’ and diminish the pain. Also, doing the movements to me is a kind of meditation. It brings me more than just physical relief, and I find myself on my yoga mat every day, without reluctance (as is sometimes the case with certain other exercises 😉

So I am definitely signing up for Level Two, I am curious and eager to learn more. Thank you Sarah for making somatic movement so easily accessible and for doing so with very comprehensible course material, a lot of loving attention and expertise!”

“I have been noticing that I naturally pandiculate more than I have in years! My body feels so much less stiff and achy. It also feels like I have meditated when I am done with the exercises. I feel calmer and more peaceful. I am amazed by how the simple movements have such a powerful effect on my body and mind and spirit. I definitely have a better range of motion. I have had to change when I do them since they make me so relaxed, I have changed to the evening instead of morning. I have a deteriorated SI joint on my left side. When I started the exercises I was having a lot of trouble walking, going up stairs and hills. Recently I have been able to alternate feet going up the stairs and my walking has steadily improved since I have been doing the Somatic exercises. I am a rebounder too and I could not bounce for a while, but now I am back to bouncing! Thank you for making it available! It is very effective!“

“I have been doing Somatic exercise for over 10 years on my own and with a physical therapist. I have books and tapes from Thomas Hanna and other experts in the field. These from Somatic Movement Center are the very best I have found. The instruction is really comprehensive. I like the way the exercises are broken into smaller segments so you’re able to really focus on each one before moving to the next. Using video, audio and written descriptions is really helpful.

I have had many different types of physical therapy as the result of a moped accident thirty years ago. Somatics is the only approach that has any lasting effect.“

“I’ve been having treatment from a chiropractor for back pain for 30 years. Lately I was having to go regularly, once a month or more often during flare-ups. After starting your Somatics course I realized I could manage my back problems myself and have not been back to the chiropractor since junio 2019. Apart from saving me hundreds of pounds, it’s a huge sense of increased confidence in my own ability to self-heal and manage my back issues and other problems. Somatics helped me stay physically and mentally healthy during lockdown. I can’t thank you enough. I bought the Level One Course and it’s a fraction of what I was paying the chiropractor and physiotherapists.”

“I have now completed the Level One & Two Courses. Having studied both Yoga and Pilates, I find these Somatics exercises absolutely incredible. Both courses are brilliantly run by Sarah who I have found to be extremely helpful and accommodating. I wouldn’t hesitate in recommending these courses.”

“You know, it’s one thing for a type of body work to have an effect on recent pain and dysfunction. Powerful enough, but it’s a whole other realm of beauty when it starts working on the older stuff. Even more when it starts doing that as quickly as somatic movement does.

Estoy disfrutando mucho los movimientos somáticos Nivel Uno. Soy cliente de una tumorectomía posterior al cáncer de mama, que tuvo muchos problemas con el cuello y la escápula después, creo que principalmente por la posición y lo que había en los tejidos antes del procedimiento. Me estoy beneficiando enormemente y, curiosamente, la conexión parece tener más que ver con lo que está sucediendo en mi sacro que con cualquier otra cosa.

I am a 25 year bodyworker and an exerciser, and I hope to do the CEI Level 1 course so that I can teach these exercises to other breast cancer clients. Thank you for being such a fabulous facilitator and for doing the internet available instruction. That takes effort! And, to make it so accessible and affordable to us is just a treasure!

"¡¡¡GUAU!!! ¡Estoy tan emocionado de haber tropezado con esto ayer! ¡Recientemente me diagnosticaron escoliosis severa y ayer cumplí 57! ¡Nunca supe! Tengo una enorme curva en C lumbar que luego rota el torácico causando una joroba costal (costillas extendidas en un lado). Para abreviar, realmente no lo notas más que la joroba que ha aparecido en los últimos 5 años.

I’ve been through all kinds of therapies, and yesterday I worked hard and was in a lot of pain. I purchased these scoliosis classes, did one for an hour and had the most pain relief and best night’s sleep I’ve had in weeks!! I woke with only slight stiffness….compared to ‘Ok, how bad is it this morning?’

¡¡¡Gracias, gracias, gracias!!! ¡Haré correr la voz! ¡¡¡El mejor regalo de cumpleaños !!! "

“Upon completion of both Level One and Two Courses I can’t overstate how impressed I am both in terms of content and ease of use. I’d recommend these classes to anybody wishing to be free from chronic pain whether due to repetitive movement habits, poor posture and/or injury rehabilitation. As a yoga instructor, I fully concur that musculoskeletal release created through pandiculation rather than stretching is more permanent in nature and much less likely to incur adverse effects such as over-stretching and resulting injuries. Thus, when combining somatic movements with yoga poses the sum of the total by far exceeds the sum of the parts promoting optimal wellness physically, mentally and emotionally.”

“Somatics has totally transformed my life. It started with back and anxiety problems. After my first class I didn’t want to move. I felt totally at ease and peace. I wasn’t anxious and my back pain was almost nonexistent. After a couple weeks of classes my back pain had subsided. After that I started doing the Level One and Level Two courses here and my body and mind has never felt better. I practice every single day, almost every morning but always every night. It has helped not only my back pain but has completely calmed my nervous system. Between my regular yoga practice and somatic movement my anxiety has completely disappeared.”

“I am so thrilled to be learning Somatic Movements from you. I have been in the healing field since the late 90’s on a personal mission to heal and help others heal. I am experiencing such deep relief with these movements and was able to move out of extreme sciatica pain down both legs, to experiencing only aching sensations and tightness. This is remarkable!! I certainly did not need proof that Somatics could help me in pain, but now I do have a direct experience.”

“I have been taking the Level One online course and greatly enjoying it. I really look forward to my daily practice, and am quite amazed at how consistent I’ve been with it. I have done the exercises every day for a month, and have found great relief from my chronic headaches. I also have been experiencing a lot of mental shifts and insights, and feel like my practice has something to do with it. Thank you so much for your program. It has been a huge gift in my life, and I have been telling others about it!“

“This is the best program I have encountered. I am a military veteran, with 2 tours to Afghanistan and have scoliosis which became much worse due to all the heavy lifting and carry overseas. These exercises have released the muscles and I am almost back to normal.“

“30 years behind a counter helping customers led to poor posture and terrible back ache and pelvis rotation. To be able to find relief and improvement without pain medication was a plus. The pace of the lessons made me realize that I was moving without any awareness and did not know my body that well. I think that the day I subscribed was my lucky day. Many thanks from France! Hope the courses will be available in French soon.”

“About 6 months ago, I had reached a level of pain in my body that was unbearable. My SI joints tend to lock up which creates pain throughout my core and lower body. In fact, every area of my body is impacted to some degree. I had joined an online support group for SI joint dysfunction and someone mentioned somatic exercises. After doing some searching online, I came upon Sarah’s program for Clinical Somatics and signed up, starting Level One immediately. I journalled everyday and noticed after about a week that my pain had lessened and that I was coping better, both physically and mentally. I diligently practiced everyday, following the prescribed schedule and eventually completed Level Two. What I have noticed is I am able to better manage my pain so I can work everyday but more importantly I can continue to do my physical activities. The pain is less frequent but when it does increase, I trust the somatic exercises to help me in managing. Bonus: I’ve cut back on my physiotherapy treatments! I’m so very grateful to have the opportunity to learn the techniques provided in Sarah’s course. She is a wonderful guide!“

“I teach a movement class based on full dynamic movement of the body, which is naturally somatic in its approach. I had really healed my body from pain and stiffness to it’s fullest extent, or so I thought, until I took your Level One and Level Two Courses. Oh my gosh, incorporating these practices into my evening routine has doubled down on my body awareness and overall health and comfort. Thank you so much.”

“I found Clinical Somatics by chance after searching for information about psoas muscle release. I have had chronic pain in my right hip/lower back area for nearly 2 years and have had several different diagnoses and treatments along the way to no good or lasting end. I felt my body responding immediately on practicing these exercises. It hasn’t been a linear journey and I still have some pain, but it is very much reduced; my pain relief medication has gone down to using it only once in 6 weeks as opposed to every few days. To me this feels significant. My awareness of how I move has increased and I now live with hope and a sense of proactivity that before finding Clinical Somatics I’d lost along the way. Much gratitude for your great video/audio instruction too.”

“No vine a este curso por dolor, sino por una sensación de tensión en el costado derecho que empezaba a interferir con el movimiento y la simetría del cuerpo. Creo que este hábito de almacenar tensión comenzó cuando era muy joven y se ha ido acumulando a lo largo de los años, de modo que estaba casi constantemente consciente de ello. Entre otros efectos, alteró la forma en que funcionaban mi pierna y mi pie derechos, y caminar normalmente podía causar que la tensión y la opresión se apoderaran de mi pierna derecha. Yo también busqué ayuda de muchas fuentes tratando de deshacer la tensión y hacer retroceder los desequilibrios, sin éxito real.

After completing the first course I can say that things are changing! The exercises release so much tension and are so calming. Because they isolate muscles, and are done so slowly, you really can focus and notice what your body is up to, where you’re holding tension, what parts you’re engaging when you might not need to. I’ve also discovered new areas of tension to work on that I wasn’t fully aware of! I’m pleased with how grounded and balanced my feet now feel on the floor and my walking has normalized. I’m also more aware of breath and tension-holding throughout the day. I look forward to doing a session before dinner, and also I like to do a couple of exercises before sleeping. I find them completely relaxing. Thank you so much for the thoughtfully presented exercises and the encouraging daily reminders! I look forward to continued benefits and am eager to learn more!“

“I really want to thank you for the Level One course. All the different exercises really changed my life. I have had back and hip problems for over 20 years and it is almost gone. I tried so many things and nothing really worked for me except these somatic movements. I am sure that I will go on with the Level Two course. Thank you so much for changing my life in this positive way.”

“I can’t thank you enough for this wonderful course. I’m doing a lot of work for my scoliosis but these really helped with flexibility, relief of muscle tension, and new posture freedom. I will definitely be continuing with these in the future!”

“I was suffering from a hip problem together with plantar faciitis and due to the pandemic clinics were closed and I was not able to be treated. Whilst waiting for a referral to the MSK clinic I was sent the link to Somatic exercises by a dear friend and I am eternally grateful to her for the recommendation, as the exercises have enabled me to be mobile after being immobile for over 5 months. I am still waiting for an appointment to the MSK clinic and have decided to sign up to Level Two as I believe for me it can only help improve my condition further.”

“First I want to thank you so much for this program, it is truly remarkable. Up until doing your work, hatha yoga seemed to be the most beneficial for my scoliosis which unfortunately has gotten worse in the last number of years. But now with these exercises I feel I have a way to stop any progression and to help me live a more pain free existence. I could not be more grateful. You do such a wonderful job of instructing and demonstrating- it’s very clear, easy to understand and follow. Plus you have such a peaceful and calm demeanor. Its mindfulness and meditation in action- love it!”

“I have not yet completed the full Level Two course. I am doing a very slow rehab after a lengthy illness. My muscles atrophied and I have what seems to be permanent nerve damage in both legs (although I am still seeking treatment). I continue to do the Level One exercises and the Arch & Curl is the absolute best for relieving tight lower back muscles. Consistent practice helps get rid of the general stiffness I feel each day. If I slip, and stop doing them for a few days and the aches come back, all I have to do is about four Arch & Curls and the pain is gone. I can’t recommend Somatic Movement enough! Thank you Sarah!”

“Me presentaron por primera vez a la somática cuando una amiga me llevó con un practicante, quien dijo que era un sanador. Dijo que todos los que acudieron a ella se sintieron mejor y se llevaron ejercicios a casa.

Lo intenté. Yo estaba intrigado. Tenía problemas de espalda y rodillas y me había rendido. A lo largo de los años había ido a fisioterapeutas, acupunturistas, médicos de medicina deportiva, etc. Incluso probé Feldenkrais por sugerencia de un amigo. Me gustó pero quería algo que pudiera hacer en casa. No ayudó tener a alguien trabajando en mí y luego me iría y el dolor volvería.

Me sentí un poco mejor después de la sesión de somática, pero el programa de casa me intrigó. Estaba viajando en ese momento. Cuando llegué a casa comencé a investigarlo más. Miré libros. Hice una sesión en línea con alguien y vi a otra persona en persona varias veces. Me gustó pero no estaba convencido y luego encontré el curso de Sarah en Internet y me inscribí en él.

Después de algunas sesiones, realmente comencé a comprender de qué se trataba y aprendí el ritmo adecuado de los movimientos y la forma adecuada de hacerlos. Esto fue mucho mejor que mis sesiones individuales, ya sea en persona o en línea.

Now if I feel pain I am confident I can get through it. I do Somatics and I see results right away. I do it preventively twice a day. It is so empowering. I can’t thank Sarah enough and encourage anyone to try her courses.”

“Después de una lesión de cadera y psoas en septiembre, comencé Somatics en octubre. ¡Noté un alivio del dolor justo después de mis primeras sesiones! Tuve que “levantar” mi pierna lesionada con mis manos antes de comenzar Somatics. Noté un mejor rango de movimiento en mi cadera lesionada, lentamente comenzó a volverse más flexible y, finalmente, al aprender Somática, se ha vuelto más igual al otro lado de mi cuerpo. ¡Gracias por tu curso! "

“Ha sido un viaje maravilloso donde aprendí a reconocer aún más el funcionamiento de mi cuerpo. Poder sentir las partes más pequeñas de mí y notar las mejoras.

He estado haciendo los ejercicios fielmente todos los días durante 3 meses, comenzando en mayo 2021, luego tuve 2/3 semanas irregulares y luego nuevamente diariamente hasta noviembre. De nuevo diciembre intermitentemente, debido a los viajes y ahora estoy de nuevo, logrando finalmente ambos niveles de cursos. Mi dolor disminuyó un 50-60%, a veces vuelve, pero después de unos días de prácticas diarias más largas, vuelve a mejorar.

Sufrí dolor en la parte inferior de la espalda/iliosacro y en la cadera durante casi seis años y no podía caminar más, sin mencionar correr. Ahora vuelvo a disfrutar de largas caminatas. Soy fiel para deshacerme totalmente del dolor.

Le pasé algunos ejercicios a mi esposo que tiene problemas de disco, cuello y hombro, y un codo rígido y ligeramente doblado. Su condición también mejoró y también pudo enderezar un poco más su codo. Muchas gracias por publicar sus cursos.”

“No tengo palabras para agradecer el movimiento Somatic… ¡Realmente es un regalo en mi vida! Tenía tantos dolores en mi cuerpo... ¡ahora me siento tan fuerte y activa! ¡Gracias!"

“He hecho el Nivel Uno durante aproximadamente 2.5 meses y, como resultado, he experimentado una reducción del dolor de una manera muy sensata. Estoy muy contento de haberme encontrado con estos ejercicios después de tener mucho dolor y probar muchos otros entrenamientos, así como quiroprácticos. Ahora estoy a punto de comenzar el Nivel Dos porque estaba muy satisfecho con el Nivel Uno. Puedo recomendar calurosamente el Nivel Uno a todos. Te deseo una vida sin dolor ".

“Muchas gracias por la generosidad de todo lo que proporciona en su sitio web. Estoy muy contenta de haber encontrado su Centro de Movimiento Somático. Aunque todavía puedo sentir algo de dolor en el lado izquierdo del cuerpo, los ejercicios me ayudaron mucho a reducir la tensión muscular y puedo volver a encontrar el placer de caminar o practicar yoga, lo cual es enorme”.

“I have completed your Level One Course and enjoyed it very much. Your way of teaching and the structure & design of the course provide an effective and fun learning experience. I’ve already been practicing Hanna Somatics for some years, and I’ve experienced very good results. Following your approach, I feel I received a deeper understanding of how this system works, as well as some precious “missing links.”

Uno de los aspectos más destacados para mí fue una nueva comprensión del básico "Arch & Flatten", es decir, su forma de dividirlo en dos partes. Ahora realmente se siente como un ejercicio suave, seguro y beneficioso practicar yo mismo y recomendarlo a personas con problemas de espalda.

Thank you for sharing these great exercises with such clarity and dedication. I really hope I can join you for your Exercise Instructor Course at one stage!”

“I am so grateful I was introduced to Somatic Movements – I now know I have tools to use when I am in pain or revert to old patterns. I love the slow pace and slow movements; it reminds me to slow down during my daily activities, pay attention to my breathing and my movements. I now have hope for my chronic neck pain. Even though it is still there, it is less, and I have learned to move it rather than protect it. Thank you!”

“Years ago I had an accident at a beach. After surgery and other treatments, I was told that I could never walk properly again. I was at the lowest point of my life. At the time, I read about a taichi class offered in the community and decided to take it. Slowly it turned my life around. Not only my physical body improves, I developed confidence on my recovery. Time passed, I was doing a lot better, but the injury and other long time misuse of my body still left me with aches and pains. While I was searching for some way to help my healing, I came across a short video of Somatics doing “arch and flatten”. I followed instruction and did it a few times. The next day, my low back felt better. So I started another phase of my journey and I can’t say enough how good it is. It awakened my body, I began to be aware of how some muscles work and how to use them properly. As consequences of my practice, I often have pleasant surprises. One day, my neck pain is lessened, the other day, I could walk barefoot, etc. Even my taichi practice improves. So I have two treasures: taichi and Clinical Somatics. They help me learn more about myself and reward me with health and happiness.“

“He sufrido un doloroso problema en el hombro que ningún fisioterapeuta u otro profesional médico podría ayudar a resolver. Empecé a preguntarme si el problema estaba relacionado con la escoliosis que había progresado con el tiempo. A través de una investigación en Internet, encontré su sitio web y decidí probar el programa. Aunque mi hombro no está completamente mejor, he notado un cambio en mi rango de movimiento y ya no tengo un dolor profundo crónico. Además, cuando comencé a hacer el ejercicio Arch & Curl, no podía llevar los codos al suelo, pero ahora puedo hacerlo. En general me muevo mucho mejor que cuando empecé.”

“I was in a car accident about 20 years ago, and I still had pain on my left side and limited movement throughout my body as a result. I have done everything over the years: massage, rolfing, craniosacral work, myofascial release, you name it. I read Thomas Hanna’s book and it made a great deal of sense. I started having private Somatics sessions, but I could not get into the habit of doing the exercises at home. Finally after about two months I started doing them at home, and it has made all the difference in the world. My pain is now mostly gone and I am moving much more easily. I’m able to go on long walks again, which is a big deal for me. This is the best I have felt in years.“

“Realmente he encontrado que este curso es beneficioso. Me gusta especialmente hacer la práctica antes de acostarme. Encuentro que alivia el dolor y relaja el sistema para dormir mejor. Las instrucciones son muy claras y fáciles de seguir tanto visual como verbalmente. Como beneficio adicional, la voz calmante de las instrucciones hace que sea un placer escucharlas ".

“Realmente disfruté los cursos de nivel uno y dos. Tengo una mejor conciencia de mi cuerpo y de todos los movimientos sutiles que hacemos. Continuaré usando estas clases mientras trabajo para relajar años de tensión muscular. También me ha encantado el aspecto meditativo de enfocarse hacia adentro y moverse lentamente con intención”.

“I injured my back last year, and since then I’ve had pain in my SI joint. I’ve been trying to stay really active but the pain was about a 7 out of 10. After two sessions and a month of doing the exercises, my pain is down to a 2! I can’t believe it. I was feeling sciatica pain and numbness a few times a week, and I hardly feel that anymore either.”

“I knew my back was a problem but did not realize how bad it actually was. I have a lot to accomplish & I am more than willing to do whatever. 40 plus years of dentistry & counting. I am still able to work & enjoy my office due to Somatics. I can’t say enough about the (Level One) workout & I have been referring my patients to the system.“

“I’ve gone through some very traumatic things in my life, and I’ve also done a lot of intense and reckless physical activities. At age 55 my body was definitely the worse for wear. I had pain and arthritis in both knees, sciatica, and chronic pain in my neck. I read Thomas Hanna’s book and found Somatic Movement Center online. I had five Somatics sessions over the course of about three months, and my knee pain has improved and my sciatica and neck pain are completely gone. The daily practice has lowered my stress as well. Thank you, Sarah.”

“¡Me encantó este curso! Estaba familiarizado con el yoga somático antes de tomar el curso, Sarah expuso la información de una manera muy accesible que permite una comprensión profunda de los movimientos. Me encantaron las clases de práctica diaria y estoy seguro de que seguirán formando parte de mi práctica habitual ".

“My 15-year-old daughter is a ballet dancer and she had developed lower back pain. It didn’t go away even after taking a break from dancing for six months. After three sessions, her pain is almost completely gone! Sarah taught her how to release her back muscles and stand without arching her lower back, and it has made a big difference.”

“I started Somatics not really understanding what it was all about. After my first class, I realized that it would help me in many ways. By retraining my muscles, that in my day to day life had become very tight, I was able to get rid of my back pain. It has also helped me relax and refocus. I enjoyed it so much that I brought my children to class as well.”

“I truly enjoyed your workshop (Reduce Stress and Improve Sleep & Breathing). In addition to feeling great because of the movement and body awareness, it gave me a new perspective of being in the moment. I honestly didn’t expect such a profound outcome from a 2-hour workshop so it’s a very pleasant and welcome change!”

“After taking several of Sarah’s Somatics classes and having several private sessions I have a new awareness of balance in my body. I had a lot of knee pain from osteoarthritis which was causing tension in my leg muscles. The Somatics process helped me to release that tension which has enabled me to walk more and exercise in general. I recommend Somatics because it is gentle, painless, and relaxing!”

“I don’t live anywhere near a practitioner but was so lucky to find these recordings. I feel like I’m in a class! I know I’m doing the movements right because my back has gotten so much better. Thanks Sarah!”

“I had pain in my hip for several months and it was starting to impact my life and my workouts. I got massages weekly and tried chiropractic a few times, but the pain did not get better. After my second Somatics session, my pain went away completely for a few days – it felt like a miracle. Now as long as I keep my hip loose with the exercises, my pain stays away. Somatics is the only thing I’ve found that really works!”

“I’ve had the pleasure of taking several of Sarah’s workshops, and listening to these recordings is just like being in her class. Her voice is so relaxing, and the recordings make it much easier to do the exercises at home.”

“I’ve had bad posture my whole life, and over the past few years my neck and shoulders became very tight and sore. After learning the Somatic exercises and practicing them about five times per week, I am finally able to release that tightness. I feel much looser and less stiff overall.”

“I had only learned the Somatic exercises from Hanna’s book, and using these recordings has made a big difference in my practice. There are a lot of nuances like pace, body position, and awareness that I just didn’t get from the book.”

“I’ve had just one session and have been doing the homework exercises for a few weeks now, and my pain is gone! I even invited my friends over and taught them the exercises in my living room!”