Core to the Floor
Laura M Gates 4-21-2016
“Core to the Floor” addresses the torso, legs and feet, and offers somatic solutions to pain, stiffness, and improved mobility, balance. This workshop includes slow motion, sensual, gentle, techniques done mostly on the floor with some sitting and standing sequences. You’ll learn how to recalibrate and restore the full resting length to muscles, while improving alignment, sensation and control. This work may be very helpful to issues like sciatica, leg pain, plantar fasciitis and more. Included are illustrated drawings to guide you as you recreate these effective self-care techniques at home.
This workshop may be of special interest to dancers and other athletes, walkers, runners, bikers, hikers. The techniques are powerful yet gentle and safe for people of all ages and fitness levels.
Laura M Gates, CHSE is a certified Hanna (Clinical) Somatic Educator, trained at Somatic Systems Institute (SSI) and certified by both SSI and Novato Institute. She is a former professional dancer, teacher, and earned an MFA from Bennington College. She is an ongoing student of kinesthetic anatomy with master teacher, Irene Dowd in NYC. She is based in NYC and teaches somatic movement classes and works with clients there, north AL, various US locations, and Europe. She has taught workshops in NYC at Peridance Center (addressing dancers’ needs), Reebok Sports, Balance Arts, Movements Afoot, CUNY Graduate Center (addressing musicians’ needs) to name a few. She is currently assisting Martha Peterson, CHSE with Essential Somatic trainings internationally.