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.

Merci encore pour un programme incroyable - je ne peux pas vous remercier assez !"

“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.

Il est difficile de décrire l'incroyable libération que je ressens dans ma pratique somatique nocturne. Alors que ma douleur au fil des ans n'avait pas éliminé pour moi l'exercice physique, je ressens maintenant une nouvelle liberté dans mon corps lorsque je marche, marche et raquette. Pendant des années, mes jambes, mes hanches, mon dos, mes épaules et mon cou étaient alternativement tendus et je ressentais de la douleur. Ma douleur était si frustrante, car elle se déplaçait constamment et semblait aller où elle voulait. Au fil des ans, mes muscles chroniquement tendus ont augmenté mon anxiété et mes sentiments de dépression alors que je cherchais une solution. Croyez-moi, j'ai tout essayé – y compris l'injection de cendres volcaniques dans mes muscles chroniquement tendus – par un médecin. Maintenant que j'ai découvert la somatique pour mon corps, je sais aussi la pratiquer pour aider à soulager mon stress émotionnel (surtout pendant le COVID et les troubles politiques de notre pays).

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.

Les mots ne peuvent exprimer ma gratitude, Sarah. Vos instructions précises et précises m'ont guidé vers une vie nouvelle, plus heureuse et plus saine. Je serai toujours reconnaissant et je pratiquerai toujours Somatics pour mon corps et mon esprit.

« J'ai été un athlète toute ma vie, pas au niveau élite, mais peut-être que certains diraient juste en dessous. En grandissant, très peu d'accent a été mis sur le renforcement des modalités, et tous les enfants sont invincibles, comme vous le savez. Le baseball était mon truc, mais j'ai tout fait. Quand j'avais 16 ans, je me suis fait exploser l'épaule lors du match de championnat et c'était tout, pour le baseball en tout cas. Là sont partis mes espoirs et mes rêves ! Je ne l'ai jamais réhabilité, en fait, j'ai juste doublé le fait d'être plus têtu à propos de mes niveaux de douleur. On m'a dit que c'était normal pour un joueur de baseball comme moi et que je finirais par m'en remettre. J'ai joué encore 2 ans mais je n'ai jamais été le même joueur.

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.”

"J'ai trouvé votre site Web Somatic Movement l'hiver dernier alors que j'étais au milieu d'un spasme du dos assez grave. Je suis une ancienne danseuse de ballet professionnelle qui a toujours pensé qu'elle avait des fléchisseurs de hanche extrêmement serrés. Je pourrais toujours, mais il y a d'autres problèmes d'étanchéité structurelle qui peuvent avoir contribué aux spasmes réguliers du dos 3-4 par an que j'ai ressentis en tant que danseuse. Je pensais que le yoga aiderait, et après avoir obtenu ma certification 500h avec un professeur à New York, j'ai pensé que oui. Puis, un an avant de trouver votre site Web, j'ai eu le spasme le plus débilitant de ma vie. Je ne pouvais pas du tout mettre de poids sur ma jambe droite. L'ensemble de mon bassin et de ma colonne vertébrale inférieure hurlait de résistance, puis cédait. J'ai dû ramper jusqu'à la salle de bain, ce qui était atrocement douloureux et me faisait me sentir impuissant. J'avais des contractions régulières dans le bas de mon bassin qui, même lorsque j'étais allongée sur le dos avec mes jambes relevées, la seule position avec même un minimum de relâchement, étranglaient mon système nerveux avec douleur à chaque vague. Heureusement, j'ai un partenaire qui a pu m'aider à trouver un chiropraticien qui a refusé de m'adapter jusqu'à ce qu'il m'ait fait suivre des semaines de physiothérapie pour essayer de soulager la douleur. Après environ six mois à travailler avec lui, à faire des ponts, à étirer la plante de mes pieds et à entraîner mon corps à faire un bon squat (je ne l'ai jamais vraiment maîtrisé car mes chevilles sont également assez serrées), j'ai pensé que j'étais hors de les bois.

Puis, un an plus tard, alors que j'étais en vacances chez mes parents, le spasme avec lequel j'ai commencé cette histoire s'est produit. Encore une fois, marcher était difficile, mais pas impossible. J'ai pensé, ça y est, je dois trouver un moyen de sortir ça. J'ai pensé à des alternatives au yoga qui ne fonctionnait pas, au PT qui ne fonctionnait pas, et aux analgésiques qui n'étaient plus assez puissants, qui auraient été permanents pour moi, et après presque 20 ans de spasmes réguliers , où maintenant ils semblaient atteindre un crescendo, me semblaient être mes seules options, car vivre avec ce genre de douleur commençait à me vaincre.

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.“

"Il y a 3 ans, j'ai quitté le terrain de golf en boitillant après 5 trous, tout simplement incapable de continuer, la douleur était trop intense. Pendant les 2 ans et demi suivants, malgré tous mes efforts, je n'ai pas pu balancer de club et j'ai porté une attelle pour la vie de tous les jours. J'ai essayé des physiothérapeutes, des acupuncteurs, des masseurs, des chiropraticiens, des médecins, des chirurgiens - aucun d'eux n'a aidé. En fait, certains d'entre eux ont aggravé les choses.

Je suis tombé sur le cours Somatics de Sarah par pur hasard. J'ai lu son histoire et cela semblait coïncider avec tous les exercices que j'avais faits au fil des ans. Donc, n'ayant rien à perdre, j'ai commencé au niveau un. Pendant quelques semaines, cela n'a pas semblé faire de différence, mais ensuite, environ 3 semaines plus tard, j'ai remarqué un peu moins de douleur. J'ai emmené un club de golf dans le jardin et j'ai découvert que je pouvais le balancer. J'ai continué les exercices. J'en ai trop fait à un moment donné, mais Sarah m'a rapidement mis au clair, en soulignant que je pouvais me détendre tout en faisant de l'exercice, cela n'avait pas besoin d'être difficile. Avec cette connaissance, les progrès se sont accélérés. Je suis retourné au club de golf et j'ai joué un match complet.

Hier, au lieu de me transporter dans une charrette, j'ai parcouru le parcours et j'ai bien joué. Je dois me pincer. J'ai encore des douleurs, mais ce n'est rien comparé à ce que c'était et chaque semaine qui passe, je me réapproprie ma vie. Avec le temps, je m'attends à ce que ma douleur disparaisse complètement.

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.

Après avoir lu certains articles du blog de Sarah et ressenti une libération émotionnelle tout en effectuant les exercices, j'ai réalisé que mon psoas chroniquement tendu était dû à un traumatisme de l'enfance. Grâce à ce programme, je me sens plus stable émotionnellement et physiquement et je peux maintenant voir un avenir dans la «vieillesse» qui n'inclut pas une baisse de la qualité de vie liée à mes capacités de mouvement physique. Merci!"

“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.“

"J'ai 48 ans et j'ai été athlète toute ma vie. Il y a environ 7 ans, ma jambe droite a commencé à s'engourdir lorsque je me tenais debout ou que je marchais. Je suis allé passer une IRM pour découvrir que j'avais une courbe scoliotique d'environ 60 degrés. Je n'étais pas du tout intéressé par la chirurgie, j'ai donc été référé à un chiropraticien spécialisé dans la scoliose. Elle m'a mis dans une attelle chaude et encombrante que je devais porter le plus d'heures possible (y compris les heures de sommeil). J'étais dévasté. Ma vie telle que je la connaissais était terminée. C'était un ajustement très difficile pour moi. Plus de sport, plus de course, plus de jeu avec mes enfants. Tout ce que je pouvais faire, c'était marcher. Je suis enseignant et devoir porter le corset à l'école était embarrassant.

Après plusieurs semaines à m'apitoyer sur mon sort, j'ai décidé que je devais changer ma façon de penser. J'ai eu une période difficile de 5 ans. De nombreux jours où je hurlais de douleur en me levant après m'être assis ou couché. Ça me faisait mal de me laver les cheveux et de mettre de la lotion. Chaque mouvement faisait mal. Ensuite, j'aurais des jours où la douleur s'estomperait. Beaucoup de gens ont essayé de me convaincre de me faire opérer. J'ai rencontré un chirurgien qui a un peu calmé mes craintes. Il m'a dit que jusqu'à ce que ma douleur se produise tous les jours et affecte mes activités quotidiennes, il ne voyait aucune raison de subir une intervention chirurgicale. J'ai changé de chiropracteur et elle m'a beaucoup aidé. J'ai trouvé un kinésithérapeute qui m'a donné des exercices qui m'ont beaucoup aidé aussi. Je voyais ces deux personnes 2-3 fois par semaine.

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.

J'ai de nouveau changé de chiropraticien - celui-ci a été étonné de voir à quel point mon dos changeait à cause des exercices. J'ai commencé par la voir deux fois par semaine et j'ai lentement réduit ce temps à une fois toutes les 3 semaines. Elle a donné le site Web Somatic Movement Center à un grand nombre de ses patients qui ont tous déclaré se sentir mieux après la première semaine.

J'ai également trouvé un nouveau PT qui m'a donné une nouvelle façon de penser à engager mon cœur. Il m'a dit d'essayer de marcher sans mon attelle – SUCCÈS !! Je n'ai plus porté de corset depuis environ 2 mois.

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!!“

"Je ne saurais trop vous remercier pour votre dévouement à partager ces incroyables exercices d'auto-guérison avec le monde dans un format vidéo et audio si facile à suivre et à comprendre !

J'ai eu progressivement une perte bilatérale de cartilage de la hanche et un rétrécissement de l'espace articulaire que je contourne avec toutes sortes d'étirements, de yoga, etc. Lorsque j'ai atteint un point bas en octobre dernier, je pouvais à peine me pencher, j'ai dû lever mes jambes pour monter dans la voiture, je me suis définitivement tordu de douleur toute la nuit alors que j'essayais de dormir. Je suis finalement allé voir un chirurgien orthopédique qui m'a dit en cinq minutes que j'avais besoin de remplacer les deux hanches et que je n'allais pas aller mieux et qu'il valait mieux ne pas prendre de poids ! C'était ça!

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.

Je garde les chirurgies bilatérales de la hanche en dernier recours absolu et j'achète certainement un autre chirurgien tout en restant fidèle à votre programme d'exercices d'auto-guérison ! Je dois ajouter qu'écouter vos signaux audio rend la pratique beaucoup plus efficace que de simplement accélérer les mouvements par moi-même. Merci pour tout!!!"

“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.

Il y a environ 5 ans, j'ai commencé à remarquer que mon petit doigt gauche semblait boiter pendant la frappe. De plus, j'ai commencé à ressentir beaucoup de douleur au talon droit. Cela a progressé au cours des années suivantes au point que non seulement le petit doigt était boiteux, mais qu'il devenait des picotements à l'extérieur de ma main gauche. et la douleur dans mon talon était aggravée par un engourdissement et des picotements dans mes orteils droits. Cela m'avait fait peur au point que j'ai demandé l'aide de mon kinésithérapeute qui m'a donné plusieurs mouvements à essayer (mouvements non somatiques). Ils n'ont aidé que temporairement.

Il y a environ deux mois, je parcourais Facebook et une publicité pour le livre ou le cours de Sarah est arrivée dans mon flux. Je n'ai pas hésité à cliquer dessus. J'ai acheté et lu le livre à mi-chemin avant de consulter son site. J'ai acheté le cours même sans finir le livre.

Permettez-moi de dire que je me suis assis sur le parcours pendant quelques semaines, après quoi j'ai vu mon NP en raison de mon inquiétude croissante face à la sensation de bois dans mes orteils droits. Elle a entendu mes plaintes concernant la douleur nerveuse et elle m'a recommandé de rechercher ce qui s'est avéré être un autre instructeur de Hanna Somatics. Pour faire court, j'ai immédiatement commencé le niveau un de Sarah pour de bon. Je suis dans une semaine et je n'ai rien vécu de moins qu'un miracle, à mon avis. Premier jour, les picotements roses ont disparu. La boiterie a disparu et la douleur au pied droit a disparu de 50 % après le lendemain. C'est le 8ème jour consécutif que je fais l'Entraînement Quotidien 1 et l'engourdissement dans les orteils droits a pratiquement disparu. Je pense toujours que je dois privilégier le talon après tant d'années de boiterie mais je sais que cela va bientôt disparaître.

Un autre avantage secondaire intéressant est que l'étanchéité que j'ai dans mes pectoraux change également. Ma posture s'est améliorée à pas de géant et je suis encouragé de ne pas me retrouver avec un haut du dos cyphotique comme mon père et ma grand-mère.

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.

Merci beaucoup Sarah pour ce cours. Je me sens plus uniforme et symétrique et je me sens encore plus détendu et chaque fois que je ressens de la douleur, je fais les exercices somatiques et cela soulage toute la douleur que je ressens. Je suis même devenu plus flexible et mes muscles ne sont plus aussi tendus qu'avant. Merci beaucoup Sarah, vous n'avez aucune idée à quel point vous avez amélioré ma qualité de vie et j'ai hâte de continuer avec les exercices du Somatic Movement Center pour éventuellement aspirer à retrouver une colonne vertébrale normale et des muscles plus détendus. Je n'ai pas encore fait de radiographie pour vérifier l'angle de la colonne vertébrale, mais je sais avec certitude qu'il y a une amélioration.

“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 octobre 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 avril 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 septembre 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 octobre 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.”

"J'imagine que mon histoire est probablement la même que celle de tous ceux qui envisagent Somatics comme solution possible. J'ai utilisé tellement de programmes/techniques d'étirements pour améliorer ma flexibilité que je ne peux même pas les compter. Je possède également 2 machines d'étirement et je n'ai jamais vraiment apporté d'améliorations durables avec ma flexibilité. Je suis très actif et pratique de nombreux sports, donc la flexibilité est très importante.

J'ai trouvé que les étirements typiques étaient pénibles. Ce n'était pas quelque chose que j'attendais avec impatience parce que cela faisait généralement mal et m'aidait seulement à me détendre suffisamment pour faire n'importe quelle activité à laquelle je participais ce jour-là. Je me réveillais généralement le lendemain plus serré et j'avais besoin de tout recommencer juste pour maintenir mon niveau actuel de flexibilité, qui, soit dit en passant, diminuait chaque année. Je suis maintenant 58 et je cherchais désespérément une meilleure solution. C'est alors que mes recherches m'ont amené sur le site de Sarah. J'ai écrit à Sarah et elle a partagé qu'elle n'avait pas non plus eu beaucoup de succès avec les étirements typiques et a brièvement expliqué son histoire. Elle m'a dit qu'elle ne s'était jamais sentie aussi bien qu'avec Somatics et j'ai décidé de tenter le coup.

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.

Les mouvements sont si faciles à faire que cela les rend amusants, contrairement aux étirements qui étaient une lutte et je n'avais JAMAIS hâte de le faire comme je le fais avec Somatics. Ce qui est cool, c'est que le relâchement que vous ressentez ne diminue pas comme je l'ai vécu avec les étirements de base, donc chaque jour, je peux m'améliorer légèrement. C'est excitant et ça m'inspire de m'y mettre le lendemain. Même quand j'ai raté les quelques jours que j'ai ratés, tout ce que j'avais à faire était de m'étirer au lit comme vous le faites quand vous êtes un bébé et toute oppression que je venais de faire fondre. Cela semble presque trop beau pour être vrai, et je pense même que ça sonne faux en l'écrivant, mais c'est ce qui se passe.

Je décrirais la différence comme étant similaire à la façon dont une toile d'araignée se déplace. Si vous tirez une toile d'araignée d'une extrémité, toute la toile se déplace par rapport à la traction de l'autre extrémité. C'est le sentiment que je commence à avoir dans mon corps après seulement 6 semaines. Si j'atteins mon bras au-dessus de la tête, par exemple, je peux le sentir jusqu'au genou… comme si mes muscles étaient synchronisés au lieu d'être isolés comme s'ils utilisaient des étirements typiques.

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.)

J'ai essayé la chiropratique, le massage, l'acupuncture, l'ayahuasca, l'EFT, le Healing Touch, le Reiki, la pensée positive, le yoga, l'hypnose… et RIEN n'a fonctionné pour soulager/réduire la tension et la douleur pendant plus de 1 heure. Quelques amis avaient suggéré que la fibromyalgie pouvait en être la cause et j'ai absolument REFUSÉ d'accepter cette condamnation à mort.

Et puis, par une sorte de hasard synchrone, je suis tombé sur le livre Somatics de Thomas Hanna et j'ai su que j'avais trouvé la clé. C'était la réponse à la raison pour laquelle j'étais si fatigué tout le temps, et pourquoi je me suis réveillé dans la douleur, j'ai passé la journée dans la douleur et je me suis couché dans la douleur, et pourquoi je ne m'améliorais pas.

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 décembre 2019 by doing the movements included in your book, Le Secret du Soulagement de la Douleur. 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 (janvier 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 février 2020. I am glad I enrolled in your course before the lockdowns because it kept my mood regulated during these trying times.

Voici les bienfaits qui sont progressivement devenus plus palpables en faisant les cours et en faisant ma pratique régulière :

· Je suis beaucoup plus sensible à mes mouvements et à ma proprioception.
· J'ai aussi une meilleure image mentale de mes mouvements dysfonctionnels.
· Mes articulations sont plus lâches et je peux sentir des parties de mon corps qui étaient auparavant difficiles à contrôler.
· Je peux mieux respirer avec beaucoup moins de congestion du nez et de la gorge.
· J'ai moins de rétention d'eau sur mes extrémités.
· J'ai un sommeil de meilleure qualité.
· Mes symptômes d'allergie nasale ont considérablement diminué.
· Je trouve plus facile de parler/parler.
· Je peux mieux contrôler mon humeur et je suis moins stressé.
· Je suis moins fatigué le soir.
· Je peux m'asseoir avec peu ou pas de tension.
· Je me sens plus fort, plus équilibré et relativement plus symétrique.
· J'ai une meilleure posture. Je garantis que toute personne qui utilise des smartphones et des ordinateurs en bénéficiera grandement.

Oui, tout cela m'est arrivé, qui est 29 et un homme (plus jeune que la plupart des personnes dans les témoignages). J'ai décidé de ne partager mon témoignage que maintenant car je sais que l'épaule gelée prend beaucoup de temps à traiter. Après presque 14 mois de somatique, s'il y a une douleur, elle est très faible (échelle de 0.1-1 sur 10 vs un précédent 4-6 sur 10), de sorte que est très proche d'une élimination de la douleur. Mon épaule droite se sent presque normale maintenant (si je ne fais pas quelque chose d'épuisant) grâce aux exercices pour le réflexe traumatique/scoliose, l'épaule gelée, le syndrome du canal carpien et le syndrome du défilé thoracique. Les articles de blog pour ces conditions m'ont été très utiles. Les exercices des membres inférieurs ont également été utiles pour soulager ma douleur à la hanche gauche. Parfois, la libération du mollet et la libération des ischio-jambiers en position assise soulageront ma douleur à l'épaule. Je sens beaucoup mieux les muscles de mes hanches et de mes cuisses, en particulier les fessiers. En raison de l'efficacité des mouvements, je sens que je n'ai pas du tout besoin de prendre d'analgésiques (je n'en ai jamais pris depuis le début de la douleur); et je suis devenu allergique aux étirements statiques.

Voici quelques-unes des raisons pour lesquelles j'avais mal avant d'avoir entendu parler de Somatics : Sur ma jambe gauche, je suis tombé dans les escaliers de mon école quand j'avais 14 - ce qui m'a peut-être donné un schéma d'amnésie motrice sensorielle du réflexe traumatique /posture de la scoliose sur mon côté gauche. J'ai l'impression que le modèle SMA a entraîné une douleur mineure à la hanche gauche et une gêne à l'articulation sacro-iliaque droite. J'avais également adopté une mauvaise posture en nageant et en courant parce que mon côté droit de mon torse était toujours tendu en tant que droitier. Après l'exercice aérobie, j'ai eu une routine d'étirement statique. J'ai également suivi un programme de type yoga (Foundation Training) d'une manière que je n'ai pas correctement mise en œuvre (ce que je n'ai réalisé qu'en suivant les cours de Somatics).

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.

Avec ce que j'ai vécu plus haut, les cours ont un bon rapport qualité/prix et sont bien ficelés. La voix de Sarah est apaisante et vous aide à rester dans l'ambiance pour faire les mouvements somatiques. L'accent mis sur la réduction des mouvements est également utile. Les cours sont faciles à naviguer et le thème du site Web est agréable à regarder. Le cours de niveau deux était intense. J'ai terminé les cours de niveau un et deux à temps, y compris tous les longs cours audio. Les longs cours audio laisseront tout votre corps se sentir détendu ! Depuis que j'ai terminé le cours, je fais généralement 2sessions par jour parfois une fois ou 3 fois, chaque session 30-50 minutes. Il peut y avoir des jours où vous n'avez pas envie de commencer une séance, mais une fois que vous aurez fait un mouvement simple, vous vous sentirez suffisamment calme pour terminer une séance.

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!

Un grand merci à Thomas Hanna pour avoir établi Somatiques Cliniques. Les cours de niveau un et deux sont un excellent outil pour m'aider à résoudre le casse-tête du soulagement de la douleur. Un grand merci également à Sarah pour avoir aidé à fournir cet outil ! Vous ne regretterez pas de vous être inscrit aux incroyables cours de Sarah !

Meilleurs vœux et soutien des Philippines !

“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.

J'ai un c-PTSD et un EDS hyper mobile avec une scoliose et une différence de longueur de jambe. Depuis l'école primaire, j'ai été bancal et faible dans la majeure partie de mon corps et pourtant j'étais si raide que je ne pouvais même pas toucher mes orteils à distance. On s'est moqué de moi quand j'étais enfant que j'étais une vieille dame infirme. Je m'effondrais et m'évanouissais et sentais que je pouvais à peine porter mon corps. Les médecins m'ont dit que j'étais paresseux et faible et que je ne voulais manifestement pas participer à la vie. Mon corps souffrait tellement et mon bassin était si bas que je ne pouvais même pas m'asseoir sur mes ischions. Rester assis en classe était douloureux, mieux si je pouvais m'asseoir sur mon pied. Si un enseignant ne me laissait pas m'asseoir sur mon pied (beaucoup ne l'ont pas fait), j'aurais des crampes et des douleurs aveuglantes. Je l'ai sucé et j'ai prétendu que j'allais bien. Comme vous pouvez l'imaginer, mes journées ont été incroyablement dures et j'ai commencé avec des idées suicidaires. Je me suis retrouvé dans des dépressions massives tout au long de ma vie. Dans mes 30, j'ai reçu un diagnostic de c-PTSD et dans mes 40, j'ai reçu mon diagnostic d'EDS. Maintenant, je reçois de l'aide et je suis cru. Je n'ai que 7 % de capacités digestives, j'ai donc également été mal nourri la majeure partie de ma vie. J'ai maintenant beaucoup de compassion pour mon moi d'enfance.

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

L'année dernière, j'ai passé plus de 4 mois complètement au lit, ne pouvant rester debout que pendant peut-être 15 minutes deux fois par jour. J'ai déménagé mon studio dans ma chambre et j'avais deux aides qui faisaient tout pour moi. Deux choses m'ont vraiment aidé à récupérer ma vie, l'application Curable Pain et votre cours quotidien de mouvement somatique.

Somatics se sentait comme un vieux meilleur ami perdu, et j'ai commencé une pratique quotidienne. Je fais une heure le matin deux de chaque mouvement et 20-40 minutes le soir de mon côté le plus serré. Je suis différent. je suis moi. Plus moi que je ne l'ai jamais été. Le temps efface également complètement mon esprit, c'est donc comme une longue méditation chaque jour. Je vais acheter le niveau suivant, mais je veux continuer à faire les délicieux mouvements de base pendant au moins un mois ou deux avant d'en ajouter d'autres.

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.

Je suis un artiste de performance et l'année dernière, nous avons planifié mes performances afin qu'elles puissent être réalisées par une autre personne si je n'en étais pas capable. J'aime avoir cela comme sauvegarde, mais je sens maintenant que je pourrai faire mes propres performances à l'avenir.

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.

J'ai toujours lutté avec l'exercice, parfois en l'appréciant, parfois en me forçant à la discipline et pendant de longues périodes sans faire d'exercice du tout. Il y a quelques années, j'ai commencé à avoir mal à l'épaule gauche et ça n'a fait qu'empirer. J'ai eu un physiothérapeute qui m'a donné un plan de gym pour équilibrer la force de mon dos. C'était bien d'activer les muscles je suppose et la douleur était soulagée quand je m'entraînais, mais elle revenait toujours et ma motivation initiale s'est estompée. À la fin, en plus de me pencher en avant, j'ai aussi tendu mes épaules maintenant. Deux torts ne font pas le 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.

La douleur n'a pas encore complètement disparu, mais le premier jour, elle est passée d'insupportable à gérable. Je pense que l'épaule est la pointe de l'iceberg et je dois travailler sur tous les exercices. Les exercices eux-mêmes sont agréables pour moi et la voix calme de Sarah m'aide à ralentir. Maintenant, j'ai hâte d'aller skier, de voir comment mon travail de la hanche est aujourd'hui. Merci pour ça, Sara !"

“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 Le Secret du Soulagement de la Douleur 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 février 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.

Merci beaucoup pour votre enseignement. La vidéo et l'audio sont de qualité supérieure et facilitent l'apprentissage et la pratique des mouvements. J'attends avec impatience le niveau deux.

“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!“

"J'ai 53 ans et j'ai été très actif en pratiquant de nombreux sports variés et en faisant de l'exercice toute ma vie. Depuis mon enfance, j'ai des douleurs à l'arrière de mes jambes lorsque je suis assis et que je cours/fait du vélo sur de longues distances avec des épaules douloureuses - malgré des années d'étirements, de massages, de Pilates, de yoga, etc. J'ai aussi vu des chiropraticiens, des ostéopathes, des physios, etc. ça je l'ai vu. Étant en forme, j'ai aussi remarqué au fil des ans que mon corps avait une définition musculaire très visible, mais pas nécessairement dans tous les endroits corrects évidents (pas que je m'en soucie, je voulais juste être actif sans douleur !).

Il y a deux ans, un podiatre m'a dit que je marchais / courais en utilisant mes ischio-jambiers, alors il m'a suggéré de revenir au Pilates. J'ai commencé à voir un professionnel de la physio/Pilates. Pendant 18 mois, j'ai fait absolument tout ce qui m'était enseigné et pratiqué avec elle 1 :1, des cours en groupe et avec diligence tout seul tous les jours. Pendant ce temps, je devenais incroyablement frustré parce que je sentais que certains groupes musculaires étaient bloqués et ne se relâchaient tout simplement pas suffisamment pour trouver les bons muscles en cours d'instruction - cela ne fonctionnait tout simplement pas.

Donc, le dernier octobre 2021, je me suis inscrit à un cours en ligne certifié d'apprentissage à distance ACS, Muscle & Movement. Je voulais juste comprendre quels muscles j'essayais de travailler pour pouvoir l'imaginer. Honnêtement, c'était comme si mon cerveau essayait désespérément de faire ce pour quoi son système nerveux somatique l'avait conçu ! Je suis aux deux tiers de mon parcours et j'adore ça !! Le fonctionnement du système nerveux et des muscles est l'un des mondes les plus incroyablement intelligents et fascinants dans lesquels je sois entré et je me sens si privilégié d'être tombé dessus.

Au moment de m'inscrire au cours, j'avais recherché sur Google "exercices de libération du psoas" et le site Web du Somatic Movement Center est apparu. J'ai lu puis fait des recherches un peu plus sur la somatique et la pandiculation, puis je me suis inscrit. Bien qu'au début, je n'ai fait que m'attaquer aux exercices, les faire ici et là se sont glissés dans mon régime de Pilates. L'idée d'abandonner toute une vie d'habitudes apprises de gung-ho d'attitude, "si ça ne fait pas mal, ça ne marche pas", était difficile à assimiler et vraiment laisser mon corps se détendre et essayer.

En quelques mois, j'ai vraiment commencé à réaliser que c'était la somatique qui apportait de réels changements et en apprenant de mon cours ACS, cela donnait à l'ensemble du mouvement somatique un sens tellement incroyable.

Puis, au début de l'année, j'ai mordu la balle et j'ai laissé tomber le Pilates / physio et je me suis lancé à fond dans le mouvement somatique quotidien et je suis actuellement à mi-chemin du niveau deux. Et je dois dire que les changements ont été incroyables !!!!

J'ai trouvé que le niveau 2 était extrêmement bénéfique dans la continuité du niveau 1 pour continuer à démêler mes muscles confus et tendus et aider à trouver des schémas musculaires posturaux naturels. Je sais que ce sera un processus continu. J'ai du chemin à parcourir et cela ne résout pas les choses du jour au lendemain, mais ce qui est incroyable dans tout cela, c'est que mon corps continue de s'améliorer et de se défaire tout le temps et continuera de le faire pendant que je continue à utiliser ma "boîte à outils" d'exercices . Trouver ce cours a été la bouée de sauvetage de mon corps et je n'ai plus peur de vieillir car je sais que si je prends soin de mon corps, il prendra soin de moi.

J'ai passé ma vie à aimer le sport et l'exercice, mais dans la douleur et je vois tellement de contemporains de mon âge ressentir la même chose. Et je veux aider les gens comme moi à changer cela et à les aider à prendre en charge leur corps et leur esprit pour une existence active et sans douleur. Somatiques Cliniques est tellement en avance sur son temps et sur tout ce qui est disponible là où je vis. Je veux partager ce cadeau.

“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.”

"Félicitations à Sarah et au Somatic Movement Center !

Après avoir subi plusieurs blessures au corps, y compris une blessure au dos, ma colonne vertébrale courbée en S est devenue plus grave et douloureuse. J'ai essayé divers exercices, une thérapie physique et un cours de posture en ligne pour la scoliose. À moins d'avoir une chirurgie du dos, recommandée par un médecin orthopédique, rien n'a fonctionné. J'ai commencé à voir un chiropraticien trois fois par semaine pendant six mois, maintenant je suis tombé à une fois toutes les deux semaines. Il a aidé à soulager les graves douleurs au dos pour que je puisse fonctionner, mais c'était toujours une solution temporaire. Il n'a pas pu aider avec la douleur sciatique.

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.

Ma mère, qui souffre de douleurs au dos et à la hanche droite, vous a trouvé sur Internet et m'a dit d'essayer ce programme. Elle a même payé pour le premier niveau car elle pouvait voir la douleur que j'avais à chaque pas.

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.

Cela a été une expérience merveilleuse, spirituelle et enrichissante pour moi. Vos blogs sont magnifiques aussi. Ils m'aident également à plonger plus profondément dans mes profondeurs afin que je puisse de plus en plus comprendre mon corps.

Merci du fond du cœur alors que les larmes coulent sur mon visage alors que je vous écris ceci. Je ne peux pas vous remercier assez !! Beaucoup d'amour et de bénédictions pour vous et votre famille.

“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!!”

"En tant que danseuse professionnelle mature, j'ai suivi de nombreuses pratiques d'entraînement et de conscience corporelle différentes. Somatiques Cliniques m'a redécouvert la puissante réponse transformatrice du corps à l'application douce et combinée du travail, de la respiration et de la concentration. Au cours des deux mois de pratique quotidienne dans le Cours de Niveau Un J'ai ressenti la libération d'épaules constamment serrées et un meilleur sommeil en conséquence, l'élargissement de l'amplitude des mouvements de la hanche, l'équilibre de l'action centrale des côtés droit et gauche, une plus grande facilité dans l'athlétisme avancé et l'entraînement en force, un sentiment général de bien-être, ainsi comme relaxation profonde. Dans mon expérience de déménageur professionnel tout au long de ma vie Somatiques Cliniques fait partie de ces pratiques qui demandent très peu de discipline mentale pour faire le travail quotidien. C'est parce que c'est le corps lui-même qui semble susciter le désir de pratiquer et la récompense de la pratique est à la fois immédiate et durable. Le matériel de cours est livré de manière experte et je suis reconnaissant à Sarah Warren St. Pierre pour la minutie et la clarté de ses instructions ainsi que sa disponibilité pour les échanges de courriels sur des questions de suivi particulières. Niveau deux, j'arrive !"

“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.”

« Je suis tellement contente du programme et des exercices !

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.

Le haut du dos et les épaules ont moins de tension et les articulations des hanches s'améliorent avec les derniers exercices. J'ai encore du travail à faire pour libérer les genoux, les quads, les mollets et les pieds, ils sont en route !

Merci beaucoup pour ce merveilleux programme !

“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.

En plus de m'aider à résoudre des problèmes, j'aime les exercices pour la façon dont ils influencent mon attention sur mon corps. J'accomplis des tâches et d'autres exercices tout au long de la journée avec plus de conscience et de concentration. Je suis un pratiquant de yoga de longue date, et le Somatiques Cliniques ajoute une nouvelle orientation et de la profondeur à ma pratique. Parce que le programme est si doux, je pouvais même faire les exercices tout au long d'une maladie persistante, ce qui a fait des merveilles sur mon 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.“

« Lorsque je pratique régulièrement la Somatique, je sens vraiment tout mon corps détendu et beaucoup plus souple. C'est un plaisir d'être « dans mon corps ». De plus en plus souvent, il y a des moments où je ne ressens plus de douleur et plus de tension dans mon corps. Et si je surmene certaines parties de mon corps à cause de ma vie quotidienne ou de mon travail, je le ressens immédiatement et je sais quel exercice je dois pratiquer pour me débarrasser de cette tension. Surtout quand je travaille dur physiquement. En fait, je travaillais dur lorsque j'apprenais les exercices des cours de niveaux 1 et 2 (9 heures de travail physique intensif chaque jour) et j'ai remarqué que lorsque j'ai arrêté de m'entraîner pendant une semaine, j'avais mal et quand j'ai commencé à m'entraîner encore une fois, je me suis senti mieux immédiatement. Je pense avoir pu mener à bien ce travail sans dommage grâce aux exercices Somatiques.

Je le recommande vraiment non seulement à tous ceux qui travaillent dur physiquement ou utilisent toujours les mêmes muscles mais simplement à tout le monde car nous devons prendre soin de notre corps si nous voulons être heureux et Somatics est l'un des meilleurs moyens. Ça marche vraiment!
Merci Sara !!!”

"Je suis une femme de 54 ans qui a passé l'essentiel de sa vie à pratiquer un sport de haut niveau (principalement la natation et le rugby). Le rugby était ma passion, et pendant 15 ans, j'ai abusé de mon corps en jouant au jeu que j'aimais. J'étais membre de l'équipe canadienne de rugby féminin qui a participé à la toute première Coupe du monde de rugby féminin en 1991, mon poste de pilier lâche tête. J'ai subi 3 chirurgies du genou et j'ai souffert de douleurs chroniques à la hanche, au cou et au dos pendant la majeure partie de ma vie d'adulte - une dégénérescence extrême du cou.

À 42, j'étais ravie de devenir maman, après avoir donné naissance à une belle petite fille. Après la naissance de ma fille, ma douleur chronique est devenue presque insupportable - j'ai dépensé beaucoup d'argent et de temps sur différentes thérapies et même si certaines ont fonctionné, le soulagement n'a jamais duré. J'ai suivi des cours de yoga pendant des années et j'en ai ressenti un certain soulagement, mais encore une fois, cela n'a pas duré longtemps. Malgré la douleur chronique, j'ai maintenu un mode de vie actif et sain.

Il y a environ 5 ans, j'ai mentionné à mon mari, qui est kinésiologue, que j'aimerais trouver un programme d'exercices qui me permette de bouger à mesure que je vieillis. Il a trouvé Somatic Movement Center ! :). J'ai commencé Somatic Movement Center's Cours de Niveau Un en 1}!! Un an et demi plus tard, j'ai moins de douleurs physiques que dans mes 30 et 40 longtemps après la fin de ma carrière de rugbyman, et ma flexibilité et ma fonctionnalité physique se sont grandement améliorées. Je pratique des exercices de niveau 1 4 fois par semaine et c'est suffisant pour garder mon corps sous contrôle - la mémoire musculaire.

Maintenant, quand je me lève après avoir jardiné, je sais que je pourrai me tenir debout sans douleur. Lorsque je fais des randonnées, j'ai l'impression d'utiliser les muscles appropriés pour l'activité - mes fessiers travaillent réellement maintenant, ce qui soulage les autres muscles qui compensent. Je suis capable d'effectuer des poses de yoga pour lesquelles je n'aurais jamais pensé que ma colonne vertébrale thoracique serait suffisamment ouverte. De plus, je n'ai jamais eu un tronc aussi fort qu'en ce moment - je peux sentir et voir mes muscles abdominaux (cela n'a jamais été ma réalité, même si j'ai été actif toute ma vie). J'ai tellement de contrôle sur ces muscles maintenant, et qui n'aime pas le contrôle ;).

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!“

"Je suis un ancien danseur de 50 ans, actuellement professeur de danse préscolaire. Je suis diplômé du 1992 BFA Dance Boston Conservatory. J'ai commencé votre cours de niveau 1 il y a 34 jours et je n'arrive pas à croire à quel point il soulage déjà ma douleur. Après environ une semaine ou deux, j'ai commencé à sentir la différence. Cette pandémie a vraiment eu un impact sur mon corps et mon esprit. Je porte tous mes traumatismes dans mon corps et en tant que danseuse, j'en ai toujours été très consciente.

Le Conservatoire de Boston était une époque douce-amère. Je me suis fait des amis incroyables pour la vie dans le département de danse et j'ai reçu une bonne formation, mais pour moi, c'était un endroit très malsain sur le plan émotionnel et parce qu'il y a à peine 30 ans, il n'y avait pas de système de soutien en place pour prendre soin des danseurs en matière de santé émotionnelle. , blessures ou troubles alimentaires. Après avoir obtenu mon diplôme, je suis allé directement à New York. Je suis tombée amoureuse de l'énergie de New York et j'ai continué à danser par intermittence, à suivre des cours quand je le pouvais et à donner des cours aux enfants et à servir de serveuse pour gagner ma vie. J'ai travaillé dur et fait la fête dur et mon corps a commencé à se dégrader. Je viens de lire votre article dans "Medium" - "Vous avez l'impression que votre corps s'effondre ? Voici pourquoi » et vous avez essentiellement raconté « mon » histoire. J'étais serveuse et je me suis penchée avec mes genoux tendus et j'ai ramassé un plateau lourd et mon dos est parti. J'avais une douleur atroce qui me faisait presque mal au ventre. L'acupuncture aiderait, mais généralement une fois par an, il ressortait et je le blessais à nouveau et je serais un gâchis. J'ai toujours été dans un voyage de guérison, parfois un pas en avant, un pas en arrière. Je n'ai jamais eu beaucoup de ressources ou de finances à New York pour la chiropratique ou les médecins, donc j'essayais toujours de me guérir et, comme dans votre article, je ferais mes propres exercices et étirements quotidiennement pour aider, mais ce serait toujours une solution temporaire.

Je vis à Toronto depuis 2003. J'ai eu une merveilleuse carrière dans l'enseignement et la création de programmes pour la danse préscolaire. Comme je l'ai dit, il y a eu de nombreuses couches à découvrir et des années de guérison de traumatismes émotionnels. J'ai 19 ans d'abstinence et de sobriété, ce que j'avais vraiment besoin de faire moi-même. J'ai eu la chance d'avoir mon fils à l'âge de 41 après des problèmes de fertilité et maintenant c'est un effronté de 9 ans. Depuis l'accouchement, mon corps a subi de nombreux changements. En tout cas, à mi-parcours de cette pandémie, je me suis retrouvée dans des douleurs chroniques à cause du stress, de l'anxiété et des mouvements répétitifs. J'ai eu des problèmes continus avec mon psoas et j'ai toujours su que c'était ce qui causait mes problèmes de bas du dos. Chaque fois que je rendais visite à un chiropraticien ou à un ostéopathe, il me posait des questions sur ma scoliose et les différences de longueur des jambes. Je n'ai jamais fait ça et raconté mon histoire à quelqu'un comme ça… Je me sentais tellement obligé de vous dire que j'ai eu ce moment où tout avait un sens et moi aussi j'ai voulu le crier sur le toit.

Je ne suis qu'au début de ces exercices, mais je sens vraiment que j'aimerais commencer à étudier et, espérons-le, un jour enseigner cela aux autres et aider les gens à vivre sans douleur. Vous avez construit un si beau programme. Votre voix est si apaisante et calme et j'ai hâte de pratiquer chaque jour. Je vais lire votre livre et continuer avec ma cohérence et j'ai hâte de voir où cela me mène.

"À l'âge de 10 ans, j'ai eu une blessure au bas du dos dont je me suis remis. Puis, quand j'avais 17 ans, j'ai eu une commotion cérébrale qui m'a causé des douleurs dans tout mon corps tout le temps. Je n'arrivais pas à me concentrer et je n'étais jamais à l'aise. J'ai essayé et été directement impliqué dans de nombreuses techniques, notamment le massage, la physiothérapie, le yoga et certains Feldenkrais.

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!”

« J'ai eu un cou et une épaule droits raides et douloureux au cours des six dernières années. J'ai vu des chiropraticiens, des physiothérapeutes, des acupuncteurs et des médecins. J'ai eu un accident de voiture à 1983 quand j'avais 23 et je me suis cassé l'humérus droit, le poignet et une partie du fémur droit. J'étais dans le coma pendant 12 jours et à l'hôpital pendant 2 mois. J'ai bien récupéré car j'étais assez en forme. Il y a eu des complications quand j'ai eu les plaques retirées de mon fémur en 1985 - une méningite et qui a été traitée, puis j'ai eu un kyste cérébral qui a été retiré en 1987. Une histoire médicale compliquée qui est une histoire trop longue pour être détaillée ici !

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 décembre 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 septembre 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 est une excellente enseignante car son approche est méthodique et précise. Elle anticipe tout problème que l'élève pourrait avoir lors de la réalisation des mouvements somatiques. Le format du site Web est succinct et complet dans son inclusion de vidéo, d'audio et de texte, ce qui permet une expérience éducative virtuelle plus intime. J'ai aussi apprécié que les mouvements soient présentés dans une chronologie où l'on ne pouvait pas avancer dans l'entraînement. Avoir quelques jours pour chaque exercice ou pratique quotidienne m'a aidé à me concentrer et à rester sur la bonne voie.

Le travail de Hanna Somatics est brillant, et je suis très reconnaissant d'avoir trouvé ce cours particulier qui est enseigné par un enseignant expert et à un prix incroyablement abordable ! La pratique somatique a renforcé ma confiance, car j'ai maintenant des outils somatiques pour apporter relaxation et alignement à mon corps. Avec cette confiance, je pousse maintenant mon corps plus fort dans la vie et dans le sport sans hésitation. Je serai 60 cette année, et je me sens donc rassuré de savoir que je peux vieillir tout en évitant les problèmes habituels des personnes âgées. Je travaille à l'obtention de ma certification Hanna Somatic Equine, et ce travail sur moi-même a apporté un tout nouveau niveau de compréhension au travail avec les chevaux. En plus, je n'ai plus "mal" après avoir monté à cheval ! Les chevaux aussi sont plus heureux car je suis plus équilibré et à l'aise quand je monte ou que je travaille avec eux !

“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 décembre 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 décembre 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.”

"Par où commencer avec tant de choses à dire sur mon expérience jusqu'à présent avec ce cours ? Je viens de terminer le niveau un et je travaille maintenant sur le niveau deux, dans lequel je suis ravi d'approfondir, d'être précis et de voir où cela me mène.

Je suis 45 (bien que je me sente parfois une vieille dame) et depuis de nombreuses années maintenant, j'ai souffert tout au long de ma vie, certaines remontant à 17 ans et plus récemment au cours des 5 dernières années.

Au fil des ans, j'ai essayé de nombreux traitements, thérapies, techniques, massages, etc., etc. J'ai trouvé plusieurs choses en cours de route pour aider à soulager mes symptômes, élargir mes connaissances et mon apprentissage, me donner une meilleure compréhension de mon corps, mais toujours senti qu'il y avait quelque chose qui n'allait pas. J'étais vraiment perdu quant à quoi et comment je pouvais m'aider moi-même et ce qui pourrait fonctionner, ayant essayé tant de choses mais ne ressentant pas toujours un changement durable.

La plupart du temps, nous finissons par mettre notre corps, notre guérison, entre les nombreuses mains des autres, en espérant qu'ils peuvent et vont réparer us! Ce que j'ai trouvé et aimé Somatiques Cliniques est que vous avez plus de pouvoir que vous ne le pensez pour créer des changements et des changements incroyables pour vous-même, par vous-même, évidemment guidé par Sarah.

Je suis quelqu'un qui a toujours chargé de l'avant, essayé de toujours faire plus et pousser !! Tout le temps avec mon corps aussi. Je suis aussi hyper mobile donc naturellement mon corps semble toujours vouloir aller plus loin lui aussi. Cette pratique m'aide à vraiment ralentir, à faire moins parfois et à ne jamais pousser, à ne jamais créer plus de douleur. Cela m'a aidé à devenir encore plus conscient et présent, non seulement avec mon corps, mais aussi avec ma respiration et mes émotions. En tant que personne qui pendant de nombreuses années a été déconnectée à tant de niveaux, en particulier avec mon corps à cause d'une blessure / d'un traumatisme, c'est quelque chose qui, selon moi, peut et vous ramènera en contact et en harmonie. C'est la clé !!

Nous nous sommes ensuite tous retrouvés enfermés à partir de mars et j'étais complètement partout et dans une panique et une peur massives à l'idée de ne pas recevoir de traitement extérieur !! Pas de massage, dont je sentais que je ne pourrais jamais me passer, pas d'autres soins pour soulager mes douleurs et pas de kiné !!!

De plus, quelques semaines auparavant, ma mère est malheureusement décédée. La raison pour laquelle je divulgue cela est que je veux donner une idée complète de la façon dont je me sentais mal. Alors que mon corps était à moitié d'accord avec certaines des choses que je faisais, aucune douleur pendant que j'ai passé les 2 dernières semaines de sa vie à l'hôpital. Ma douleur revient alors avec une vengeance.

En quelques mois seulement, Level One m'a ouvert à un tout nouveau monde, mon monde !! Et la possibilité d'un moins douloureux et sans douleur aussi !! Cela a été une bouée de sauvetage constante !! Non seulement cela a aidé à soulager la douleur, mais j'ai trouvé quelque chose qui m'aide à m'ancrer, à me ramener à mon corps et à ma respiration et aussi à ma douleur pour ensuite m'aider à me rééduquer, à me soulager et à me nourrir à travers elle.

J'ai déjà eu des changements incroyables! Et c'est une compétence de vie que je peux maintenant aider à faciliter, ajuster et changer ma vie. Cela m'a aidé à commencer à démêler beaucoup de tensions profondes, à me reconnecter à moi-même. Cela m'a aidé à remarquer mes schémas de tension et de mouvement, et à travailler pour les changer, à devenir plus conscient de mon corps, à me montrer quelles parties de mon corps j'aurais besoin d'explorer davantage, quoi et où dans ma vie je pourrais avoir besoin de changer. C'est comme une refonte complète de tout mon système !! Et pour cela, je ne pourrais pas être plus reconnaissant !!!

La lecture parallèle du livre The Pain Relief Secret m'a beaucoup aidé à mieux comprendre la douleur. Le cours est super facile à mettre en place, les exercices sont envoyés avec suffisamment de temps pour aller à un rythme régulier confortable, et plus lent si nécessaire. Vous en apprendrez beaucoup sur vous-même, ce qui ne peut être qu'une bonne chose.

Puisse cela parvenir à plus de gens, puisses-tu t'offrir cette connaissance, puisses-tu trouver la facilité et la paix dans ta vie, libre de ta douleur.

“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.”

« Les cours de mouvements somatiques de Sarah sont fabuleux ! Je les recommande vivement à tous ceux qui ont besoin de réfléchir et de prêter attention à la façon dont ils évoluent dans la vie quotidienne. La présentation de Sarah rend ce travail très accessible, même aux non-coordonnés, comme moi. Ses conseils sont très clairs et extrêmement bien rythmés, de sorte que suivre semble naturel. Ses indices et ses indices sont justes - elle connaît très bien la sensation de ce travail, et j'apprécie tout le soin et la réflexion qui ont évidemment été apportés à la réalisation de ces vidéos et enregistrements audio. Beaucoup de ces mouvements resteront dans ma routine - c'est comme une superpuissance de pouvoir ralentir mes mouvements, de réfléchir aux muscles qui fonctionnent et de réentraîner mon système nerveux. J'aurais seulement aimé avoir commencé à apprendre cela il y a 40 ans !! En tant qu'avantage secondaire, j'ai trouvé que ces exercices étaient méditatifs et mentalement rafraîchissants. Merci!"

“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!

Je suis tellement heureux de dire que non seulement ma récupération discale/lombaire est complète, mais j'ai pu identifier un muscle psoas gauche très tendu grâce à votre parcours. Mon amplitude de mouvement et ma force en ce qui concerne ma jambe gauche et mon iliopsoas se sont tellement améliorées qu'il est devenu clair qu'elles ont joué un rôle important dans la création de la blessure au disque en premier lieu. Ajoutez à cela trop de stress assis devant un ordinateur toute la journée et au-delà pendant 2 1/2 mois auparavant (ce qui n'est pas normal pour moi) et la recette de ma blessure cet été devient assez évidente.

Actuellement, je travaille simplement sur ce que j'ai appris au niveau un et je travaille vraiment pour intégrer solidement ces exercices dans ma routine quotidienne. Encore une fois, je voulais simplement travailler avec les exercices actuels et ressentir vraiment l'impact positif très doux qu'ils ont sur mon corps. Je bouge mieux. Je dors mieux. Mon tronc est mieux aligné et plus fort.

Merci de continuer le travail de Thomas Hanna. Merci pour vos instructions douces et concises. C'était vraiment un don de Dieu !

“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.”

« Je voulais prendre un moment pour dire à quel point ce travail est bénéfique pour moi. Je suis une danseuse contemporaine de 66 ans, toujours en train de créer, de jouer et de m'entraîner. J'ai eu de l'expérience avec toutes sortes de travaux de mouvement, et les modèles et processus Feldenkrais me sont familiers, tout comme la Technique Alexander, et quelques autres comme la Technique Mitzvah qui est un peu plus obscure et seulement au Canada je pense. Je reconnais et apprécie certainement la simplicité, la conscience et la concentration mentale de la méthode Feldenkrais dans Somatiques Cliniques. je pense que tu as posé le Cours de Niveau Un d'une manière si intelligente. J'aime que vous introduisiez lentement des concepts et des sens plus sophistiqués au fur et à mesure que l'élève exécute les pratiques répétées. Vos vidéos sont très claires et vos instructions vocales aident vraiment l'élève à se concentrer. J'imagine que de nombreux étudiants se sentent guidés de manière experte par votre souci du détail. J'ai remarqué toutes sortes d'améliorations subtiles au cours des 10 jours que j'ai pratiqués. Et c'est un grand plaisir de faire confiance et de se donner. Merci pour la qualité que vous apportez à cet important travail.

“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.”

"Je suis un homme de 61 ans et je souffre de problèmes au bas du dos, souvent assez graves, depuis plus de 20 ans depuis que j'ai subi une discectomie au laser sur un disque prolapsus.

Pendant la majeure partie de cette 20 année environ, j'ai été capable de gérer mes problèmes de dos à l'exception des poussées périodiques causées par une chose ou l'autre - faire trop d'exercice, soulever des objets lourds, etc. Ma capacité à garder mon mal de dos "sous contrôle" a été en grande partie, je crois, dû au fait que j'ai un très bon ostéopathe pour les périodes de douleur aiguë et aussi grâce à mon "voyage de découverte" pour apprendre à prendre soin de mon dos mieux. Cela m'a amené à pratiquer à plusieurs reprises la technique Alexander, le Pilates, la méthode Egoscue et la formation fondamentale. Tous ces éléments m'ont considérablement soulagé et m'ont aidé dans une certaine mesure à corriger une très mauvaise posture que j'avais depuis l'adolescence. Néanmoins, durant toute cette période, je n'ai jamais réussi à me débarrasser d'un tiraillement que je ressens tous les matins et souvent tout au long de la journée dans le bas du côté gauche (hanche, fessier et bas du dos).

Il y a environ trois mois, j'ai été présenté au site Web de Sarah et j'ai commencé à lire sur le mouvement somatique. J'ai lu son livre et celui de Thomas Hanna et en lisant ceci, j'ai eu l'impression qu'une ampoule s'était éteinte dans ma tête. L'explication de la raison pour laquelle nous avons des muscles tendus qui ne se relâchent pas semblait parfaitement décrire mon état. En conséquence, j'ai senti que je devais essayer Sarah Cours de Niveau Un et je me suis inscrit.

En l'espace de littéralement quelques séances, j'ai soudainement constaté qu'une grande partie de l'étanchéité dans le bas de mon dos s'atténuait puis disparaissait presque en quelques semaines (j'ai toujours des tiraillements occasionnels).

Je peux honnêtement dire que les exercices de mouvement somatique de Sarah ont soulagé mon corps de la douleur d'une manière qui ne m'était jamais arrivée auparavant. Je me sens aussi généralement beaucoup plus reposée et plus calme après avoir fait ses exercices. J'ai aussi généralement l'impression de retrouver une plus grande amplitude de mouvement et une plus grande fluidité, ce qui est également aidé par ma pratique du Tai-Chi.

Je conclurais en disant que pour moi, le mouvement somatique en tant que principe de mouvement fonctionne définitivement et a eu un effet transformationnel pour moi. Cependant, les résultats que j'ai obtenus sont, je pense, en grande partie non seulement liés à la nature des exercices, mais également à la manière dont ils sont dispensés par Sarah dans ses cours en ligne. L'attention extraordinaire portée aux détails dans ses vidéos et sa voix calme le rendent extrêmement facile et reposant à suivre.

Merci Sarah pour votre cours tout simplement incroyable. Je vais maintenant m'inscrire au niveau deux ! »

“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.”

"Mon expérience avec les exercices somatiques a été très enrichissante jusqu'à présent. L'exercice le plus significatif a été le Débarbouillette, ce qui a grandement amélioré la sensation et la fonction de mes épaules. Certains des mouvements sont très similaires à des choses que je fais depuis des années (je suis dans l'industrie du fitness depuis presque 25 ans), mais cela me donne une perspective différente à partir de laquelle voir certaines de ce que j'ai déjà fait . Cela m'a déjà permis de devenir plus efficace lorsque je travaille avec des personnes souffrant de tensions musculaires chroniques et d'autres problèmes.

La présentation de ces informations est également merveilleuse et j'ai toujours été impressionné par la qualité des informations et le sérieux de la structure et des ressources de la classe. Autant j'aurais aimé apprendre certains mouvements plus tôt, autant j'apprécie grandement devoir attendre chaque nouveau mouvement. Ce processus aide à donner suffisamment de temps pour accorder une attention adéquate à l'apprentissage et à la pratique de chaque nouveau mouvement. De plus, avoir le contenu audio, vidéo et texte est excellent. Tant de contenu dans l'industrie de la santé et du fitness ces jours-ci se sent assemblé aussi rapidement que possible, mais vous pouvez dire que beaucoup de soin a été pris lors de la mise en place de cela et l'expérience de l'utilisateur semble avoir été importante dans la création de ce cours.

J'ai hâte de continuer à en apprendre davantage sur les mouvements et de les utiliser pour améliorer ma vie et celle de mes clients.

Merci,
Ross”

"J'ai eu des douleurs chroniques toute ma vie à cause d'une malformation congénitale du membre inférieur droit, de la hanche au pied. J'ai été en mesure de réduire considérablement et de gérer la douleur en utilisant Somatiques Cliniques des exercices. J'ai également eu récemment une poussée de douleur dans le cou, la région de l'omoplate, les épaules et les bras à cause de la polymyalgie rhumatismale. Très handicapant. Eh bien, j'ai pu utiliser les exercices du programme de niveau deux pour gérer la douleur là-bas également. À tel point que je continuerai à les faire moi-même sans l'aide de stéroïdes ou d'anti-inflammatoires.

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.”

"Tout d'abord, je tiens à vous remercier pour votre dévouement à aider les autres avec le programme que vous avez conçu et fourni. Je sais que vous avez aidé tant de personnes, moi y compris ! J'ai cherché pendant plus d'une décennie et j'ai eu tellement de conditions différentes dans mon corps provoquant du stress, de la douleur et une spirale descendante de ma qualité de vie.

Je suis devenu professeur de yoga, mais cela n'a apporté que plus de douleur et de découragement. Ce n'est que lorsque j'ai reçu un diagnostic de polymyalgie rhumatismale que j'ai su que mon corps pouvait et allait se guérir si je continuais à chercher des réponses.

Et puis par la grâce de Dieu j'ai trouvé Somatics !! Je veux vraiment continuer ma progression et ma guérison. Et j'aimerais devenir certifié afin que je puisse aider les autres !!

Merci encore!!"

“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!“

« J'adore ce programme. Cela m'a beaucoup aidé à retrouver mes forces et mon énergie après une période de maladie/épuisement professionnel. Cette approche était exactement ce dont j'avais besoin car il y avait beaucoup de tension dans mon corps et des douleurs musculaires. J'ai commencé très lentement au début, et j'ai progressivement construit dessus. Je ressens une grande différence maintenant, étant devenu plus fort, plus détendu et surtout sans douleur. Merci!"

“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.”

"J'ai eu un accident de voiture traumatisant à 1992 dans lequel je me suis fracturé l'acétabulum - grâce à ma ceinture de sécurité qui m'a sauvé la vie ! Je me suis retrouvé avec une petite différence de longueur de jambe que j'ai à peine remarquée. Je n'y ai jamais attribué mes divers maux et douleurs jusqu'à ce que je rende visite à un chiropraticien spécialisé dans la «différence de longueur des jambes». Le chiropraticien m'a donné un insert de chaussure à porter et c'est ce que j'ai fait. Pas même un an plus tard, Somatic Movement Center a commencé à m'envoyer des informations sur leurs cours qui pourraient résoudre les écarts de longueur des jambes. Cela semblait trop beau pour être vrai, mais j'ai pensé que pour $45 cela valait la peine d'essayer !

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!“

“Juste un petit mot pour partager mon expérience jusqu'à présent et pour exprimer ma gratitude !

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.

Au cours des dernières années au travail, j'ai été assis 10+ heures par jour à un bureau, en voiture, dans des avions ; je travaillais parfois sous beaucoup de stress.

En lisant le post sur le psoas hier - le point sur l'étanchéité chronique et le lien émotionnel m'a marqué. Je pense que mon psoas (es!) a été chroniquement restreint pendant des années - ainsi que la plupart des autres muscles de mon corps. Ma réaction a été de la colère et de la frustration face à la façon dont j'aurais pu laisser cela se produire !

Depuis qu'on fait le Libération d’Iliopsoas hier soir – j'ai commencé à marcher d'une nouvelle façon – j'ai l'impression d'être « plus bas ou de m'enfoncer » et de faire bouger beaucoup plus de muscles d'une manière très douce. Il se sent bien. Je peux sentir un mouvement le long de ma colonne vertébrale jusqu'à mon cou. Avant j'avais l'impression de marcher sur des échasses par rapport à maintenant. Émotionnellement, je me sens beaucoup plus détendu.

Il faudra très probablement plusieurs mois pour se détendre complètement - mais cette découverte d'hier m'a redonné espoir et vigueur !

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

Merci beaucoup 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!“

"Je me sens bien. Les exercices ont non seulement détendu les zones tendues de mon corps mais aussi mon esprit et surtout mon système nerveux sont à l'aise. Je suis vraiment conscient de ce qui se passe dans mon corps et j'ai développé cette connexion corps-esprit. Mon écart de longueur de jambe a presque disparu. Je ne sens que la rotation dans mon bassin, mais cela guérit lentement aussi. J'avais l'habitude de souffrir de ce qui suit : douleur dans mon QL droit lorsque je suis assis pendant de longues heures, douleur dans mon épaule et mon cou droits, incapacité de dormir sur le dos sans lever mes genoux sous un oreiller, maux de tête, migraines, IBS et ne pas respirer correctement avec ma fonction pulmonaire complète, engourdissement dans ma jambe droite lors de la flexion du haut du corps.

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 mai 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 mai 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.”

"Je suis une personne âgée et je souffrais de douleurs sciatiques sévères et j'ai découvert que j'avais une scoliose. Ces mouvements ont grandement amélioré ma posture et mes mouvements ! La douleur est beaucoup moins forte et je peux rester assise beaucoup plus longtemps qu'avant sans douleur ! Je n'avais pas non plus réalisé à quel point ma posture était décalée ! Je n'arrive pas à croire à quel point c'est bon de se tenir droit à nouveau. J'ai encore besoin de travailler sur le bas du dos et la tension des fessiers, mais l'amélioration est formidable ! Merci! J'ai hâte de faire de la randonnée au printemps!”

“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!”

« J'ai presque terminé le niveau 1 ! Ouah!! Il y a deux mois, je ne pouvais marcher qu'environ 200 mètres avec mes bâtons de randonnée. J'ai été actif toute ma vie, ski de fond, randonnée, natation, kayak, vélo… Je ne pouvais rien faire. J'ai acheté le livre de Thomas Hanna, j'ai eu du mal à apprendre les exercices, puis j'ai trouvé votre livre et votre Cours de Niveau Un.

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!!”

"Quand je suis arrivé au Somatic Movement Center, j'avais tellement mal au psoas que je pouvais à peine marcher. Au moment où je suis arrivé au Libération d’Iliopsoas l'exercice, la douleur s'était déjà grandement atténuée. Avec une sciatique, de la poliomyélite dans mon enfance, à l'âge de 75 ans, je corrige maintenant lentement les principaux problèmes de posture. J'ai appris qu'il s'agit de proprioception, en utilisant des mouvements lents et ciblés. Bien qu'il en résulte une force supplémentaire, cela permet plutôt que de forcer. Je ferai joyeusement et soigneusement ces exercices aussi longtemps que je le pourrai.

« Je suis professeur de qi gong et Somatiques Cliniques exercices m'ont vraiment aidée à devenir encore plus consciente de mon corps. Depuis que j'ai commencé à pratiquer régulièrement des exercices somatiques, je remarque également que le flux d'énergie dans mon corps pendant la pratique du qi gong est beaucoup plus intense. Je sens mon corps comme un, uni, mais je ne ressentais pas cela avant. Je pratique aussi la méditation transcendantale et j'ai trouvé une corrélation entre la MT et Somatiques Cliniques en termes de réduction du stress dans le système nerveux. Il arrive plusieurs fois que je me transcende lors d'exercices somatiques.

“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 voix de Sarah me calme et j'aime l'écouter parler. Je pratique tous les jours, deux fois par jour car je pense vraiment que cette méthode est intelligente et unique. Je souhaite que beaucoup de gens en entendent parler car je connais beaucoup de gens qui souffrent et ne trouvent pas de remède à la douleur. Merci beaucoup Sarah et continuez la bonne ambiance!”

“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!

Les jours où je ne m'entraîne pas en rentrant tard du travail, je reste debout jusqu'à 3-4je me tourne et me retourne dans mon lit, je serre les dents/la mâchoire, je dors quelques heures, je me réveille avec un mal de tête, puis je me sens tendu -up, fatigué, gonflé et grincheux au bureau le lendemain.

Avant Somatics, je faisais des cours privés de Pilates 3-4x par semaine pendant 3 ans. Pendant ces séances, je me sens bien, mais quelques heures après avoir quitté le studio, je reviens à l'oppression et à la douleur. Malgré des cours réguliers et difficiles (également coûteux), les résultats ne collaient pas et je ne pouvais toujours pas engager correctement mon cœur ou inverser ma posture courbée qui affectait ma santé physique et mentale générale. J'ai commencé à me détester pour ne pas avoir obtenu les résultats dont j'avais désespérément besoin. Je sentais que je n'avais aucun contrôle sur mes mouvements et que les parties de mon corps ne voulaient tout simplement pas coopérer.

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!“

– Amour et soutien des Philippines !

"J'ai lutté contre des maux de dos intenses pendant la majeure partie de ma vie d'adulte. Je pèse 6'6" et maintenant 250 lbs. J'étais 290 livres pendant la majeure partie de ma vie d'adulte depuis le football universitaire. J'ai eu une hernie 3 disques en jouant au football à l'université. J'ai aussi subi une fracture du fémur à l'adolescence. Pendant plus de 20 ans, j'ai tout essayé en vain. À 42, je peux à peine lacer mes chaussures le matin. J'ai fait du yoga, de la physiothérapie, des soins chiropratiques qui coûtent 1000 $ et beaucoup d'aiguilles sèches. Injections de cortisone, péridurales, j'ai évité la chirurgie mais contre l'avis de nombreux médecins. Ce que j'ai découvert, c'est que toutes ces choses ont peut-être soulagé la douleur pendant un moment, mais les problèmes sont revenus.

Ce que j'ai découvert ces dernières années, c'est que ma jambe cassée a guéri plus longtemps que l'autre. Cela a aggravé tous les problèmes de mes articulations de la hanche et du SI. La hernie discale a guéri mais avec des cicatrices et de l'arthrite. J'ai une grave atrophie dans une jambe à cause des lésions nerveuses.

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.

Merci. Je suis reconnaissant d'avoir découvert cette thérapie et de l'avoir référée à de nombreuses personnes.

"Vous avez fait un travail incroyable en créant votre site Web. Vous êtes un excellent professeur et j'aime que vous souteniez ce que vous dites avec la science. Je vous suis reconnaissant d'avoir conçu le Cours de Niveau Un aider us intégrer un changement de mode de vie qui inclut la pandiculation volontaire et la conscience corporelle.

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!”

"J'ai eu la poliomyélite quand j'avais 10. C'était un cas bénin, mais il a laissé ma jambe gauche apparemment plus courte de 1/2 pouce que ma droite. On m'a récemment diagnostiqué une scoliose de 12 %, mais je ne pense pas qu'ils aient tout attrapé.

Je suis 77 maintenant. Dans le cours sur la scoliose, j'ai appris que ma hanche gauche est plus en arrière que ma droite, et également plus haute et légèrement inclinée vers l'arrière, tandis que ma hanche droite est légèrement inclinée vers l'avant. Mon épaule gauche est assez détendue tandis que mon épaule droite est relevée et se courbe un peu vers l'avant, elle ne semble donc pas aussi large que la gauche. Donc, il y a une torsion diagonale allant de ma hanche gauche à mon épaule droite.

Cette distorsion est le résultat de muscles tendus, différents de chaque côté. Je suis vraiment étonné d'avoir réalisé tout cela avec autant de détails que moi, et j'ai constaté une amélioration considérable depuis que je suis arrivé au Somatic Movement Center avec un muscle psoas tendu il y a 2-1/2 ans. Les muscles que je ne pouvais même pas sentir, qui remontent ma hanche gauche, commencent à se détendre maintenant !

Je sais que cela ne peut que s'améliorer et qu'il ne s'aggravera certainement pas, tant que je continuerai à faire les exercices. Je les considère comme faisant partie de ma méditation matinale quotidienne et mon schéma est fermement établi. Donc, j'attends avec impatience d'autres réalisations et une flexibilité croissante pour le reste de ma vie.

"En février, j'ai reçu un diagnostic d'EM/SFC (encéphalomyélite myalgique/syndrome de fatigue chronique). Je souffre d'une accumulation de stress depuis plusieurs années, souffrant de maux de tête et de migraines très fréquents et chroniques et d'une neuropathie fréquente et sévère dans tout le côté droit de mon corps, en particulier dans le cou, l'épaule et la hanche, mais aussi dans mon bras, ma main, mon petit doigt, mon genou, ma cheville, mon pied et mon petit orteil.

Quand j'ai finalement été référé à un praticien spécialiste du SFC, elle m'a suggéré la somatique et j'ai trouvé votre site Web et votre cours. Je me suis inscrit tout de suite.

Je peux honnêtement dire que j'obtiens un nombre important de jours sans douleur maintenant, et même les jours où j'ai mal, c'est moins qu'avant. Ma hanche et le bas de mon dos sont "débloqués" et souvent mes mouvements sont fluides d'une manière dont je ne me souviens pas avoir ressenti. La douleur dans ma cage thoracique supérieure droite (à la lecture de votre blog, je pense que c'est le syndrome du défilé thoracique) est également presque 100 % meilleure.

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.

Merci du fond du coeur."

“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.”

"Je suis passé de l'impossibilité de parcourir 50 mètres à pied à la livraison de colis pour UPS en tant que chauffeur saisonnier 6 jours par semaine pendant plusieurs semaines sans problème ! J'ai 65 ans ! Sérieusement efficace !"

“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.”

« On se rend compte que l'éducation somatique devient vraiment partie intégrante de la vie. Il est facile d'oublier de faire les exercices, ou peut-être de se concentrer uniquement sur un Arche et Courbe tous les jours, mais lorsque vous forcez quelque chose ou que vous commencez à sentir le stress s'infiltrer, un retour réfléchi à l'étendue des exercices proposés par Sarah fait l'affaire. J'ai l'impression de recalibrer ma paix intérieure et mon corps m'en remercie. Merci beaucoup pour votre travail, 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.“

«Ayant travaillé sur les niveaux un et deux depuis début janvier, la douleur, la tension et le stress dans mon corps ont considérablement diminué. Je dors mieux. Je me sens plus lâche en jouant au golf et la récupération est plus rapide. Ayant commencé les Classes Longues (excellent !) je trouve maintenant plus facile de faire les Unilatéral et Diagonal Arch & Curls, également le Seated Libération des Ischio-jambiers donc ma flexibilité s'améliore. Je suis plus conscient maintenant de l'endroit où se situe la majeure partie de la tension et je peux me concentrer là-dessus. Les effets bénéfiques sont cumulatifs - c'est-à-dire que plus je fais de Somatics, mieux c'est !"

"J'ai lu votre livre, puis j'ai trouvé vos cours au début de mars 2020 juste avant le verrouillage ici au Royaume-Uni. C'était comme si un cadeau avait atterri sur mon bureau. Vos excellents conseils, prendre le contrôle de la récupération de votre propre corps et croire fermement que vous pouviez le faire étaient inestimables.

Au début, je ne pouvais marcher que quelques minutes avant que mes muscles ne deviennent raides et douloureux. À la fin du niveau deux, je faisais une promenade quotidienne d'une heure et demie et sans douleur. Il y a encore quelques zones du bas de mon dos qui bénéficieront de la somatique et je ne vois aucune raison d'abandonner de si tôt. Les exercices, comme vous le dites, continuent d'offrir de plus en plus.

Les autres choses que j'ai aimées dans votre cours incluent le courrier électronique quotidien et le fait que vous n'exercez aucune pression pour persuader vos clients de dépenser plus d'argent. J'ai aussi apprécié les blogs et je les ai trouvés très utiles. Meilleurs vœux et merci."

“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.”

"Je voulais vous faire savoir à quel point je me sens mieux lorsque je fais vos exercices de cours. J'ai pu soulager la douleur au genou que j'avais depuis 25 ans. Si heureux à ce sujet!

Je me sens aussi moins endolori dans l'ensemble. Autre avantage imprévu : cet été, j'ai dû subir ma troisième opération abdominale en 9 ans. J'ai pu garder mes muscles du dos beaucoup plus détendus en faisant des somatiques pendant la récupération. J'ai fait des mini versions modifiées directement dans mon lit d'hôpital. Merci beaucoup pour votre voix apaisante et votre merveilleux enseignement!”

“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!”

« Ce cours a été extrêmement bon pour moi.
Au niveau de la conscience : je suis devenu beaucoup plus conscient de mon corps ; comment je bouge, que se passe-t-il lorsque je ressens de la douleur…
Au niveau de la souplesse : je sens que mon corps est beaucoup plus souple. En fait, je suis devenu beaucoup plus flexible pour faire ma pratique du yoga.
Dormir : Comme je m'entraîne avant d'aller au lit, je sens que mon sommeil est calme et profond.
Douleur : J'avais des douleurs à l'articulation de la hanche droite, au bas du dos et au cou. Maintenant, je me sens beaucoup mieux, et même si la douleur survient, je sais ce que je peux faire pour me sentir beaucoup mieux.
Respiration : Je sens que je vais beaucoup mieux.
Stress : La pratique quotidienne me donne de bonnes sensations – pour moi, c'est une méditation.
Non seulement l'entraînement m'aide, mais j'ai également utilisé certains des exercices pour aider mes enfants lorsqu'ils ont des douleurs, principalement au bas du dos. J'ai également utilisé certains des exercices avec mes élèves au cours de yoga et c'était tellement bon.
Merci beaucoup pour ce merveilleux cours.”

“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.”

«Le niveau deux a été tout aussi convaincant que le niveau un en termes de découverte personnelle, en particulier avec de nombreux exercices pour les épaules et le haut du torse. Pendant des années, j'ai eu l'impression d'avoir une scoliose développementale - mon schéma postural comprenait une épaule gauche surélevée et une rotation du haut du corps. Mais lorsque j'ai commencé à travailler avec les écopes de l'omoplate et les directions des épaules, mon omoplate gauche et tout le côté gauche de mon corps ont commencé à se relâcher. Et en faisant l'exercice proprioceptif de flexion latérale, j'ai soudainement réalisé que mon torse était déplacé vers la gauche, et alors que je sentais mes articulations s'empiler, la rotation et l'élévation du côté gauche de mon corps ont disparu. J'ai été étonné à la fois de la simplicité de cette libération et de la façon dont j'avais, pendant des années, mal interprété la nature de mon schéma postural. À partir des exercices, j'ai développé une pratique personnelle qui m'empêche de revenir à cette habitude posturale de longue date, et même si je n'ai jamais eu de douleur à cause de cela, je me sens tellement plus à l'aise dans mon corps. Un autre résultat complètement inattendu est que je suis capable d'exécuter des postures de yoga qui m'étaient complètement inaccessibles, en particulier des torsions assises - et, je peux les faire avec la même facilité des deux côtés de mon corps, le tout à partir de ce travail somatique très simple et puissant. En fait, je préfère de loin les exercices somatiques à la pratique du yoga que je faisais (et que je fais encore à l'occasion) comme préparation au pranayama assis et à la méditation. Ce travail change la vie, et je vous remercie chaleureusement de l'avoir rendu largement accessible.

“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.

Merci comme toujours, pour cela, pour votre site Web, pour partager vos talents pédagogiques pour un tarif aussi abordable. C'est un cadeau."

“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!

Ce que je veux vraiment vous dire me surprend car, ironiquement, la restauration de ma hanche et de ma jambe semble maintenant le moindre de ce que j'ai gagné de la pratique quotidienne de ces mouvements, et je fais tous les mouvements tous les jours, y compris la conscience debout à le début et la fin d'une heure et demie - la meilleure heure et demie de la journée et la meilleure que j'ai JAMAIS passée ou voulu passer, et je fais l'Arch and Curl (le mouvement qui semble porter mon nom dessus) tout au long le jour et avant de se coucher aussi !

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!

J'aime particulièrement l'indépendance dans Somatics, juste moi et mon système nerveux, pas d'accessoires (Thera-Bands, balles, etc.) et pas de machines de torture de gym ("pas de douleur, pas de gain" ordures). Je pense même que Somatics pourrait éliminer l'acupuncture (acupression/points de déclenchement), ce que je vois maintenant, c'est probablement juste percer un muscle contracté avec une aiguille (d'ailleurs, j'ai eu quelques problèmes digestifs, qui se sont également éclaircis, et certainement la hanche -la région pelvienne intègre de nombreux points méridiens importants).

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.”

« J'ai adoré les pratiques ! J'ai aussi adoré le rythme auquel nous avons traversé les niveaux et les instructions étaient très claires ! Merci d'avoir réuni ce merveilleux cours! Mes meilleurs vœux à vous !"

“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 Le Secret du Soulagement de la Douleur 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 janvier 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 juin 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.

J'apprécie tellement les mouvements somatiques de niveau un. Je suis une cliente ayant subi une tumorectomie après un cancer du sein, qui a eu de nombreux problèmes avec le cou et l'omoplate par la suite, je pense principalement à cause du positionnement et de ce qu'il y avait dans les tissus avant l'intervention. J'en profite grandement et, fait intéressant, la connexion semble concerner davantage ce qui se passe dans mon sacrum qu'autre chose.

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!

"WOW!!! Je suis tellement ravie d'être tombée dessus hier ! On m'a récemment diagnostiqué une scoliose sévère et hier j'ai eu 57 ! Je n'ai jamais su! J'ai une énorme courbe en C lombaire qui fait ensuite pivoter le thoracique provoquant une bosse costale (côtes allongées d'un côté.) Pour faire court, vous ne le remarquez pas vraiment à part la bosse qui est apparue au cours des 5 dernières années.

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?’

Merci merci merci!!! Je vais faire passer le mot ! Le meilleur cadeau d'anniversaire !!!”

“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.”

« Je ne suis pas venu à ce cours à cause de la douleur, mais pour une sensation de tension dans mon côté droit qui commençait à interférer avec le mouvement et la symétrie du corps. Je pense que cette habitude de stockage de tension a commencé quand j'étais très jeune et s'est progressivement développée au fil des ans, de sorte que j'en étais presque constamment consciente. Entre autres effets, cela a modifié le fonctionnement de ma jambe et de mon pied droits, et la marche normale pouvait entraîner une tension et une oppression dans ma jambe droite. Moi aussi, j'ai cherché de l'aide auprès de nombreuses sources pour tenter de dénouer la tension et de corriger les déséquilibres, sans réel succès.

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!”

« J'ai découvert la somatique pour la première fois lorsqu'une amie m'a emmenée chez un praticien, qui, selon elle, était un guérisseur. Elle a dit que tous ceux qui allaient la voir se sentaient mieux et qu'ils emportaient des exercices à la maison.

Je l'ai essayé. J'étais intrigué. J'avais des problèmes de dos et de genoux et j'avais abandonné. Au fil des ans, j'ai consulté des physiothérapeutes, des acupuncteurs, des médecins du sport, etc. J'ai même essayé Feldenkrais à la suggestion d'un ami. J'aimais ça mais je voulais quelque chose que je pouvais faire à la maison. Cela n'aidait pas d'avoir quelqu'un qui travaillait sur moi, puis je partais et la douleur revenait.

Je me sentais un peu mieux après la session Somatics mais j'étais intrigué par le programme à domicile. Je voyageais à l'époque. Quand je suis rentré à la maison, j'ai commencé à me renseigner davantage. J'ai regardé des livres. J'ai fait une session en ligne avec quelqu'un et j'ai vu une autre personne en personne à quelques reprises. J'ai bien aimé mais je n'étais pas convaincue et puis j'ai trouvé le cours de Sarah sur internet et je me suis inscrite.

Après quelques séances, j'ai vraiment commencé à comprendre de quoi il s'agissait et j'ai appris le bon rythme des mouvements et la bonne façon de les faire. C'était tellement mieux que mes séances individuelles en personne ou en ligne.

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.”

"Venant d'une blessure à la hanche et au psoas en septembre, j'ai commencé Somatics en octobre. J'ai remarqué un soulagement de la douleur juste après mes premières séances ! J'ai dû « ramasser » ma jambe blessée avec mes mains avant de commencer Somatics. J'ai remarqué une meilleure amplitude de mouvement dans ma hanche blessée, elle a lentement commencé à devenir plus flexible et, finalement, grâce à l'apprentissage de Somatics, elle est devenue plus égale à l'autre côté de mon corps. Merci pour votre cours !”

"Ce fut un voyage merveilleux où j'ai appris à reconnaître encore plus le fonctionnement de mon corps. Pouvoir ressentir les plus petites parties de moi et remarquer les améliorations.

J'ai fait les exercices fidèlement tous les jours pendant 3 mois, à partir de mai 2021, puis j'ai eu 2/3 semaines irrégulières, puis à nouveau tous les jours jusqu'en novembre. Encore une fois décembre par intermittence, en raison de voyages et maintenant je suis à nouveau dessus, atteignant enfin les deux niveaux de cours. Ma douleur a diminué de 50-60 %, parfois elle revient mais après quelques jours de pratiques quotidiennes plus longues, elle s'améliore à nouveau.

J'ai souffert de douleurs lombaires, ilio-sacrées et de la hanche pendant près de six ans et je ne pouvais plus marcher, sans parler de la course. Maintenant, j'apprécie à nouveau les longues promenades. Je suis fidèle pour me débarrasser totalement de la douleur.

J'ai passé quelques exercices à mon mari qui a des problèmes de disque, de cou et d'épaule et un coude raide légèrement plié. Son état s'est également amélioré et a également pu redresser un peu plus son coude. Merci beaucoup d'avoir mis vos cours là-bas.

« Je n'ai pas de mots pour remercier le mouvement Somatic… C'est vraiment un cadeau dans ma vie ! J'avais tellement de douleurs dans mon corps… maintenant je me sens si fort et actif ! Merci!"

"J'ai suivi le niveau 1 pendant environ 2.5 mois et, par conséquent, j'ai ressenti une réduction de la douleur de manière très sensible. Je suis tellement contente d'avoir découvert ces exercices après avoir eu beaucoup de douleur et testé de nombreuses autres formations ainsi que des chiropraticiens. Maintenant, je suis sur le point de commencer le niveau deux parce que j'étais tellement satisfait du niveau un. Je peux chaleureusement recommander Level One à tout le monde. Je vous souhaite une vie sans douleur.

"Merci beaucoup pour la générosité de tout ce que vous fournissez sur votre site Web. Je suis très heureux d'avoir trouvé votre centre de mouvement somatique. Même si je ressens encore quelques douleurs dans mon corps côté gauche, les exercices m'ont beaucoup aidé à réduire les tensions musculaires et je peux retrouver du plaisir à marcher ou à pratiquer le yoga, ce qui est énorme.

“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.”

L'un des points forts pour moi a été une nouvelle compréhension de la base "Arche et Aplatir», c'est-à-dire votre façon de le scinder en deux parties. Maintenant, cela ressemble vraiment à un exercice doux, sûr et bénéfique à pratiquer et à recommander aux personnes ayant des problèmes de dos.

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.“

"J'ai souffert d'un problème douloureux à l'épaule qu'aucun physiothérapeute ou autre professionnel de la santé ne pourrait jamais aider à résoudre. J'ai commencé à me demander si le problème n'était pas lié à une scoliose qui a progressé avec le temps. Grâce à des recherches sur Internet, je suis tombé sur votre site Web et j'ai décidé d'essayer le programme. Bien que mon épaule ne va pas complètement mieux, j'ai remarqué un changement dans mon amplitude de mouvement et je n'ai plus de douleur chronique profonde. Aussi, quand j'ai commencé à faire le Arche et Courbe l'exercice, je n'étais pas capable de poser mes coudes au sol, mais maintenant j'en suis capable. En général, je bouge beaucoup mieux que lorsque j'ai commencé.

“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.“

« J'ai vraiment trouvé ce cours bénéfique. J'aime surtout faire la pratique avant de me coucher. Je trouve qu'il soulage la douleur et détend le système pour un meilleur sommeil. Les instructions sont très claires et faciles à suivre visuellement et verbalement. Comme avantage supplémentaire, la voix apaisante dans les instructions en fait un plaisir à écouter. »

“J'ai vraiment apprécié les cours de niveau un et deux. J'ai une meilleure conscience de mon corps et de tous les mouvements subtils que nous effectuons. Je continuerai à utiliser ces cours pendant que je travaille pour dénouer des années de tension musculaire. J'ai aussi adoré l'aspect méditatif de la concentration vers l'intérieur et du mouvement lent avec intention.

“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.”

« J'ai adoré ce cours ! Je connaissais le yoga somatique avant de suivre le cours, Sarah a présenté les informations de manière très accessible permettant une compréhension approfondie des mouvements. J'ai adoré les cours de pratique quotidienne et je suis sûr qu'ils continueront à faire partie de ma pratique régulire.

“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!”