Core and Hip/Pelvis Muscle Relationships

A Somatic Educator’s Pathway Through the Maze

Bill Keele 4-20-2018

The muscles of the core and hips/pelvis are part of a complex area of the body and can play multiple roles with respect to functionality, posture, and walking. This session will help us navigate this “maze”, starting with noting some anatomical highlights that are important for us as HSE practitioners. We will also learn how to be more clear about what we see and feel when pulsing the client’s pelvis so we can use this more differentiated understanding in working with our clients. We’ll learn how to palpate the six abdominal quadrants to get immediate benefits. We’ll also explore various pandiculations related to this area, as well as learn how to see excessive pelvic rotation during walking and how to address it.

Bill Keele, CHSE, studied therapeutic movement in the tradition of Viniyoga in 1999, and gained his certification as a Viniyoga teacher. In 1999, Cynthia Lindway, an early Somatics graduate, introduced him to Hanna Somatics. Bill completed the Hanna Somatics Training Program at the Novato Institute, graduating in 2003 in Wave 6. Subsequently, Bill taught Biomechanics and Postural Analysis, studied Ortho-Bionomy and Muscle Energy Technique, and gained certification in Mat Pilates. In 2006, he attended Makawao School of Therapeutic Massage and was licensed in the State of Hawaii. In 2010, Bill completed a six-month study in the field of Structural Applied Kinesiology taught by another past Hanna Somatics graduate, Lorne Fedderson.