Hanna Somatic Education

Experience Hanna Somatic Education with Cat Stretch Classes open to the public.

⭐️ Come to a free, live, online movement class taught by Aimee Takaya.
⭐️ Learn the basic “Cat Stretch” series, as described by Thomas Hanna, the founder of Hanna Somatic Education in the book Somatics.
⭐️ 60 minute classes, plus an optional 15 minutes Q&A.
⭐️ 24-hr recording available with registration.

Register for class: https://www.associationforhannasomaticeducation.com/public-classes

Aimee Takaya has been teaching movement and working with different bodies for over 12 years. She is a Certified Hanna Somatic Educator and Somatic Yoga Teacher.

It is her passion to help you connect with your body in new, exciting and empowering ways.

For years, Aimee Takaya lived in chronic pain and confusion, wondering why her body was still in pain despite her rigorous and dedicated yoga practice. Through Hanna Somatic Education, she has not only come to understand why she had this experience but also the way her body (and yours!) is designed to release stubborn patterns of tension, stress and pain. She has received mentorship from Eleanor Criswell-Hanna, her father William Davis (also a HSE) and Lawrence Gold.

She works with heart-led leaders to help them develop their somatic awareness so they can:

-release muscular tension and pain

-perform at a higher level in all they do

and impact the world with their Radiance!

Aimee guides somatic movement internationally over zoom and organizes powerful somatic retreats in the Greater Los Angeles area. She currently offers hands-on facilitation in Western New York.

Aimee Takaya

Join the HSE Learning Community on Wednesday, August 28th for Chair Care 2.0 presented by Janet Jacobson-Weiss.

When Janet was 5 yrs. old, her Mother placed her in a dance class with four girls. Their teacher was an Isadora Duncan protégé and they were taught to improvise to nature. This was the beginning of Janet’s life as a Dancer, 7 decades so far!

Working in the fields of fitness and health, certificates were earned: American Council on Exercise ACE Personal Trainer, ACE Behavioral Change Specialist; Certified Nursing Assistant, CNA; Home Health Aide, HHA; and Restorative Nursing Assistant, RNA. In 2008, Janet began to study Somatic movement techniques developed by Thomas Hanna and became a member of the Association for Hanna Somatic Education. She teaches Creative Movement grounded in this practice at Memory Care Communities.

Her powerful imagination is her primary tool helping people with Alzheimer’s and Dementia let go of their stress and move in comfort. She invites you to share a special version of this class designed for our Association. We’ll call it “Chair Care 2.0”.

This event is presented by the HSE Learning Community and hosted by Ryan Moschell. It is open to all AHSE Members. To register, visit: https://www.associationforhannasomaticeducation.com/linktree

Somatic Connections - Coffee Talk - Wednesday, August 21st at Noon ET

We host online community chats, to broaden the understanding of Thomas Hanna’s work and how it can be applied to support overall well-being and to deny the myth of aging. All are most welcome. So, join us for our often lively, monthly informal discussion of all things somatical!

To register visit https://www.associationforhannasomaticeducation.com/linktree

Don't forget to register our next Cat Stretch Class, Wednesday, August 14th at 12:00pm ET. This is FREE and open to the public.

⭐️ Come to a free, live, online movement class taught by Per Erez.
⭐️ Learn the basic “Cat Stretch” series, as described by Thomas Hanna, the founder of Hanna Somatic Education in the book Somatics.
⭐️ 60 minute classes, plus an optional 15 minutes Q&A.
⭐️ 24-hr recording available with registration.

Register for class here:https://www.associationforhannasomaticeducation.com/public-classes

Per Erez is recognized by both the International Association of Yoga Therapists (IAYT) and the International Somatic Movement Education and Therapy Association (ISMETA). Throughout his career, he has immersed himself in studying and teaching a wide array of practices, including Yoga, Tai Chi, Hanna Somatic Education, Ayurveda, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), and various meditation techniques. As a late-in-life novice dance student, he embraced the art of Butoh, a form of Japanese dance, not only as a performer but also as a facilitator of the movement practice.

Per's diverse background encompasses yoga teacher training and mentorship. His past teaching experiences span across yoga centers, corporations, health clubs, hospitals, social service agencies, and dance centers. For nearly two decades, he operated as a yoga therapist in private practice in Chicago. He later relocated to Southern California, where he now serves as a wellness professional and Mindset Guide at the luxury wellness resort, Sensei, in Rancho Mirage.

📣 One room has opened up for our in-person gathering at Wonder Valley Ranch Resort. Act quickly to reserve your spot!

Experience hands-on presentations, somatic exercise classes, group activites, and more. This event offers a chance to reconnect, share, enhance skills, discover new tools, and further delve into our communal work together face-to-face.

September 20th - 22nd, 2024
Wonder Valley Ranch Resort & Conference Center
Sanger, CA, USA

To book the last open room contact: [email protected]
For pricing, accommodations, presentations and registration visit https://www.associationforhannasomaticeducation.com/in-person-events

We look forward to gathering with you!

Experience Hanna Somatic Education with Cat Stretch Classes open to the public.

⭐️ Come to a free, live, online movement class taught by Per Erez.
⭐️ Learn the basic “Cat Stretch” series, as described by Thomas Hanna, the founder of Hanna Somatic Education in the book Somatics.
⭐️ 60 minute classes, plus an optional 15 minutes Q&A.

Register for class at https://www.associationforhannasomaticeducation.com/public-classes

Per Erez is recognized by both the International Association of Yoga Therapists (IAYT) and the International Somatic Movement Education and Therapy Association (ISMETA). Throughout his career, he has immersed himself in studying and teaching a wide array of practices, including Yoga, Tai Chi, Hanna Somatic Education, Ayurveda, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), and various meditation techniques. As a late-in-life novice dance student, he embraced the art of Butoh, a form of Japanese dance, not only as a performer but also as a facilitator of the movement practice.

Per's diverse background encompasses yoga teacher training and mentorship. His past teaching experiences span across yoga centers, corporations, health clubs, hospitals, social service agencies, and dance centers. For nearly two decades, he operated as a yoga therapist in private practice in Chicago. He later relocated to Southern California, where he now serves as a wellness professional and Mindset Guide at the luxury wellness resort, Sensei, in Rancho Mirage.

Hanna Somatic Education is a safe, gentle, and common sense approach to reverse chronic pain and enjoy freedom from pain and more comfortable movement for the rest of your life. To learn more about Hanna Somatic Education and to find practitioners to work with in your area, visit hannasomatics.com.

Are you staying current on the research around Hanna Somatic Education?

This retrospective study by Quiju Huang and Amani Ali Babgi documented the effect of HSE sessions for 108 chronic pain patients at a health center in Saudi Arabia. The patients were all suffering from chronic pain in lower back and/or neck. After 2-5 weekly or biweekly sessions of HSE, participants experienced highly significant reductions in pain. Additionally, participants reported significant reductions in the usage of pain medication as well as visits to doctors for pain management.

Visit our Research Page for a collection of recent research articles on HSE and links to the reports. https://www.associationforhannasomaticeducation.com/research-projects

Join us September 20th - 22nd, 2024 in Sanger, CA for this exciting presentation by Lori Seymour! Visit the link in our bio for all of the details on how to join.

Lori Seymour, CHSE - Certified as a Pilates instructor in 1998, a GYROTONIC® Pre-trainer in 1999, and a Hanna Somatic Educator® in 2018, Lori has a background in teaching modern dance, dance improvisation, and swimming. Currently, she is leading in-person sessions at PhysioFit Physical Therapy in Los Altos and providing private virtual sessions.

📣 2024 Convention Recordings available until July 31st, 2024

If you missed attending the 2024 Somatic Learning Convention and would still like to watch the presentations from Day 2 and Day 3, you can now register for access to one or both of these days and stream the recordings through July 31st, 2024.

Day 2 Presentations:
▪️Laura Gates - Somatic Strategies for Asymmetrical Posture
▪️Susan Koenig - Move Your P***c Bones!
▪️Martha Eddy - The Brain in Action—Growth, Development, and Healing Through Somatic Inquiry
▪️Melissa Fray - Integrating Spinal Reflex Patterns with Hanna Somatic Movement

Day 3 Presentations:
▪️Elizabeth Dare Andes - How a Knowledge of Fascia and Biotensegrity Deepens Our Healership
▪️Eleanor Criswell Hanna - Clinical Session: Post Brainstem Stroke
▪️James Knight - Somatic Stability - Building Core Muscle Strength and Bone Density
▪️Wendell Hanna - Reimagining the Cat Stretch

For pricing and registration visit: https://www.associationforhannasomaticeducation.com/ahse-convention -registration

Join us September 20th - 22nd, 2024 in Sanger, CA for this exciting presentation by Gabriel Posner! Visit the link in our bio for all of the details on how to join.

Gabriel Posner is a Certified Hanna Somatic Educator and Essential Somatics® Movement Teacher practicing in the Denver, Colorado area. He completed massage training in 2004, Somatics training in 2009, and received his Master of Science degree in Mind-Body Medicine in 2016. Gabriel became passionate about self-regulation after using Somatics to heal himself of debilitating pain and chronic digestive issues. He now uses Somatics to stay out of pain while enjoying trail running, cycling, weight lifting, and playing with his two young children. Gabriel offers group classes and private sessions in Somatics as well as biofeedback, focusing on chronic pain, complete injury recovery, and peak performance training.

Somatic Connections - Coffee Talk - Wednesday, July 17th at Noon ET

We host online community chats, to broaden the understanding of Thomas Hanna’s work and how it can be applied to support overall well-being and to deny the myth of aging. All are most welcome. So, join us for our often lively, monthly informal discussion of all things somatical!

To register visit https://hannasomatics.com/linktree

Join us September 20th - 22nd, 2024 in Sanger, CA for this exciting presentation by Susan Koenig! Visit the link in our bio for all of the details on how to join.

Susan Koenig CHSE, was in Wave 1, Thomas Hanna’s, Hanna Somatic Education training in 1990. Since that time, she has been practicing, teaching a Saturday morning movement class (now monthly), and is part of the Novato Institute’s Teaching Team.

Join us September 20th - 22nd, 2024 in Sanger, CA for this exciting presentation by Jeong Myung Gim! Visit the link in our bio for all of the details on how to join.

Jeong Myung Gim, Ph.D, CHSE is Chair Professor of Seoul School of Integrated Science and Technology (aSSIST). He is also Professor Emeritus, Former Dean, and Athletic Director at the College of Arts and Physical Education at Myong Ji University in Korea. He received a Ph.D in Somatic Philosophy at the School of HPER of the Ohio State University in 1989. Professor Gim is an HSE® practitioner (Wave 19) certified by Novato Institute and the Director of Korea Somatics Institute.

Are you looking to learn from and collaborate with your Hanna Somatics and Clinical Somatics colleagues? Join us in September in Sanger, CA for an in-person gathering of somatic educators and experience hands-on presentations, movement classes, group activities and more. The four main presentations over the weekend will include:

✨Releasing Common Neck Issues with Trauma Reflex with Jeong Myung Gim
✨What About Organs? with Susan Koenig
✨Releasing the Rotator Cuff and/or Scapula with Gabriel Posner
✨Analyze and Improvise: releasing, activating and dynamic support with Lori Seymour

Join us September 20th - 22nd, 2024 for this exciting event! For all of the details visit: https://www.associationforhannasomaticeducation.com/in-person-events

Jeong Myung Gim

Experience Hanna Somatic Education with Cat Stretch Classes open to the public.

⭐️ Come to a free, live, online movement class taught by Farzaneh Jafari.
⭐️ Learn the basic “Cat Stretch” series, as described by Thomas Hanna, the founder of Hanna Somatic Education in the book Somatics.
⭐️ 60 minute classes, plus an optional 15 minutes Q&A.

Register for class here: https://www.associationforhannasomaticeducation.com/public-classes

Farzaneh Jafari, CHSE, is a certified yoga therapist, C-IYAT. She graduated from Loyal Marymount University Yoga Therapy Program Rx. She continued her studies with several yoga therapist around the country. Her passion in understanding the mind and the body and its relation to movement and helping others with their chronic pain led her to pursue her education in Hanna Somatics, Somatic yoga and other yoga practices. She is currently working with Teaching team as a Junior Teacher at the Novato Institute training modules.

Enlivening Consciousness - Wednesday, June 26th at 2:00 PM ET

Dr. Haransky-Beck will spend time giving a brief synopsis of the five parts of her newly released book. In addition, as a specific example of natural eyesight improvement based in movement, we’ll learn about the early embryology underlying the homologous movement pattern (upper and lower body). We’ll move through an exploration of arch and flatten and arch and curl through their embryologic origins. Then we'll connect the dots so we understand the application to an understanding of the basis of the somatic (felt sense, experience of movement) visual development (or redevelopment) of smooth near to far focus and vice versa.

Elisa Beth Haransky-Beck, OD, FOVDRA, MA is a Neurodevelopmental Optometrist; She is a Fellow, Optometrists in Vision Development and Rehabilitation (OVDRA, formerly COVD); Master of Arts in Spiritual Nutrition, Spiritual Nutrition Counselor; Somatic Movement Therapist/Educator; EmbodyVision Somatic Yoga Teacher.

Her specialities are in natural eyesight improvement through lifestyle shifting, and in working with those on the ADD to Autism spectrum, trauma, and post traumatic brain injury.

This event is presented by the HSE Learning Community and hosted by Ryan Moschell. It is open to all AHSE Members. To register for this event visit: https://www.associationforhannasomaticeducation.com/linktree

Dr. Elisa Beth Haransky-Beck

Join AHSE for a community gathering to reunite in-person. Experience hands-on presentations, somatic exercise classes, group activites, and more. This event offers a chance to reconnect, share, enhance skills, discover new tools, and further delve into our communal work together face-to-face.

September 20th - 22nd, 2024
Wonder Valley Ranch Resort & Conference Center
Sanger, CA, USA

For pricing, accommodations, presentations and registration visit https://www.associationforhannasomaticeducation.com/in-person-events

We look forward to gathering with you!

THIS WEEKEND: Experience Hanna Somatic Education with Cat Stretch Classes open to the public.

⭐️ Come to a free, live, online movement class taught by Chris Ruane.
⭐️ Learn the basic “Cat Stretch” series, as described by Thomas Hanna, the founder of Hanna Somatic Education in the book Somatics.
⭐️ 60 minute classes, plus an optional 15 minutes Q&A.

Register for class here: https://www.associationforhannasomaticeducation.com/public-classes

Chris Ruane, LMT, CHSE, is a clinical Hanna Somatic Educator graduating from the Novato Institute for Somatic Research and Training® and Practitioner, Maryland Certified Massage Therapist, 500 hour Yoga and Pilates teacher with over 20 years of experience and is currently pursuing a MA in Psychology at UMBC and comprehensive Pilates training with Balanced Body. A true movement detective, Chris’s focus is to help others achieve full range of movement in a pain-free body and to teach others how to find those limitations for themselves and their clients, in and outside of the classroom.

Chris Ruane Lmt

Due to unforeseen circumstances, we have to cancel the June Coffee Talk online event. Please join us in July and also check out our full events calendar on our website by visiting:
https://www.associationforhannasomaticeducation.com/

Somatic Connections - Coffee Talk - Wednesday, June 19th at Noon ET

We host online community chats, to broaden the understanding of Thomas Hanna’s work and how it can be applied to support overall well-being and to deny the myth of aging. All are most welcome. So, join us for our often lively, monthly informal discussion of all things somatical!

To register visit: https://www.associationforhannasomaticeducation.com/linktree

Experience Hanna Somatic Education with Cat Stretch Classes open to the public.

⭐️ Come to a free, live, online movement class taught by Chris Ruane.
⭐️ Learn the basic “Cat Stretch” series, as described by Thomas Hanna, the founder of Hanna Somatic Education in the book Somatics.
⭐️ 60 minute classes, plus an optional 15 minutes Q&A.

Register for class here: https://www.associationforhannasomaticeducation.com/public-classes

Chris Ruane, LMT, CHSE, is a clinical Hanna Somatic Educator graduating from the Novato Institute for Somatic Research and Training® and Practitioner, Maryland Certified Massage Therapist, 500 hour Yoga and Pilates teacher with over 20 years of experience and is currently pursuing a MA in Psychology at UMBC and comprehensive Pilates training with Balanced Body. A true movement detective, Chris’s focus is to help others achieve full range of movement in a pain-free body and to teach others how to find those limitations for themselves and their clients, in and outside of the classroom.

Chris Ruane Lmt

📣 2024 Convention Recordings

If you missed attending the 2024 Somatic Learning Convention and would still like to watch the presentations from Day 2 and Day 3, you can now register for access to one or both of these days and stream the recordings through July 31st, 2024.

Day 2 Presentations:
▪️Laura Gates - Somatic Strategies for Asymmetrical Posture
▪️Susan Koenig - Move Your P***c Bones!
▪️Martha Eddy - The Brain in Action—Growth, Development, and Healing Through Somatic Inquiry
▪️Melissa Fray - Integrating Spinal Reflex Patterns with Hanna Somatic Movement

Day 3 Presentations:
▪️Elizabeth Dare Andes - How a Knowledge of Fascia and Biotensegrity Deepens Our Healership
▪️Eleanor Criswell Hanna - Clinical Session: Post Brainstem Stroke
▪️James Knight - Somatic Stability - Building Core Muscle Strength and Bone Density
▪️Wendell Hanna - Reimagining the Cat Stretch

Visit https://www.associationforhannasomaticeducation.com/ahse-convention -registration for pricing and registration.

Different people and movement or bodywork modalities have different definitions of “Core.” What is the “core” to you? What are some of the definitions you’ve come across from other modalities such as yoga, Pilates, Feldenkrais, Myofascial Release, and more. We’ll start with Hanna Somatic Education and how Thomas Hanna spoke about the “core” and go from there. How have you applied your understanding of the “core” in your clinical work and teachings? Let’s have a lively discussion and share concepts as well as clinical applications.

Susan Koenig, Certified Hanna Somatic Educator, was in Wave 1, Thomas Hanna’s, Hanna Somatic Education Training in 1990. Since that time she has been growing a clinical practice, teaching a Saturday morning movement class (now monthly), and is part of the Novato Institute’s Teaching Team.

This event is presented by the HSE Learning Community and is open to all AHSE Members. To register visit hannasomatics.com/linktree

Join us this Wednesday at 12pm ET for an online community chat to broaden the understanding of Thomas Hanna’s work and how it can be applied to support overall well-being and to deny the myth of aging. All are most welcome. Join us for our often lively, monthly informal discussion of all things somatical!
Visit the link in our bio to join the conversation.

Day 3 of our online Somatic Learning Convention is complete!

If you joined us, let us know how you felt after and what you enjoyed learning from the presentations:
✨How a Knowledge of Fascia and Biotensegrity Deepens Our Healership - Elizabeth Andes Bell
✨Clinical Session with a Client with Post Brainstem Stroke - Eleanor Criswell Hanna
✨Somatic Stability—Building Core Muscle Strength and Bone Density- James Knight
✨Reimagining the Cat Stretch - Wendell Hanna

Day 2 of our online Somatic Learning Convention is complete!

If you joined us, let us know how you felt after and what you enjoyed learning from the presentations:
✨Somatic Strategies for Asymmetrical Posture - Laura Gates
✨Move Your P***c Bones! - Susan Koenig
✨The Brain in Action—Growth, Development, and Healing Through Somatic Inquiry - Dr. Martha Eddy
✨Integrating Spinal Reflex Patterns with Hanna Somatic Movement - Melissa Fray