Axial Rotation During Walking; can you find it?
Bill Keele
Presentation:
This presentation is intended to build on the previous May session around Vertebral Highlighting. This session will be an opportunity to look at and experience vertebral movement throughout the spine during walking, and consideration of the spine as the initiator of locomotion.
We will do some self-assessment while walking, then do 2 specific somatic exercises influencing the spine, and then assess during walking after movements. Hopefully, these movements will be something you can give to your clients as needed, and keep in your toolbox for your own wellbeing.
Points of discussion will be:
What is a neutral spine?
What are proper vertebral joint relationships during walking?
How do Green Light and Red Light and Trauma inhibit spinal rotation?
Which spinal segments are most prone to restriction and/or injury?
Consider moving the spine from proximal (close) to distal (distant).
How efficient is your engine regarding energy consumed?
Is the spine the Engine of Movement?
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 for Somatic Research and Training®, 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.
Presentation
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Discussion
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The After Effect
HSE Learning Community
Presenters and Attendees Wanted
The Hanna Somatic Education Learning Community is a monthly group that will be hosted by Ryan Moschell and the AHSE Education Committee. This group’s mission is to cultivate our members’ continued learning and deepen our community’s connection. All AHSE members would be most welcome to attend. Together, we’d benefit Hanna Somatics as a discipline, while supporting the common growth of our clients, the general public, and ourselves as Hanna Somatic Educators.
In this online group, AHSE members are invited to volunteer to teach a topic of their choice focused on Hanna Somatic Education. Each presentation would be 15 to 30 minutes in length. You’d have the valuable opportunity to practice your presentation skills and your HSE colleagues could process your chosen topic together. You certainly don’t need to be an expert on the topic. You’d inspire the group to learn from each other through their questions and discussion.
The presenter can get a recording of their own presentation that they can present to their clients, post on social media, upload to YouTube, or use to write an article. If the content is cleared by the AHSE Education Committee, your recording can be archived in the Members section of the AHSE website.
Suggested presentation topics:
o Anatomy
o Kinesiology
o Neuroscience
o Somatic movements / Techniques
o Diagnosis - somatic interpretations and possible solutions
o A case study (With permission to share)- problems and solutions
o Translating and incorporating HSE into other disciplines.
o Other HSE-related topics…
The group meets the fourth Wednesday of each month at 9:30 am PDT/PST, 12:30 pm EDT/EST, 5:30 pm BST/GMT, for 60-90 minutes. The first meeting of the Hanna Somatic Education Learning Community is _______________-and we already have a great presentation lined up.
We’ll need monthly presenters, so if you’d be interested in being a future presenter, Please submit a paragraph describing your topic to Ryan Moschell and the AHSE Education Committee. Let Ryan know if you have any questions about being a presenter.
