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Somatic Strategies for Asymmetrical Patterns and Scoliosis
Christine Curran Christine Curran

Somatic Strategies for Asymmetrical Patterns and Scoliosis

All during my professional dance career, performing and teaching, I had been looking for ways to improve my triple curve scoliosis. But Tom Hanna’s work offered me the first substantial positive results, including less pain, stiffness, ways to prevent or manage crisis in my back, and the extra wear and tear on various joints because of the asymmetry in the center.

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Cat Stretch Musings
Christine Curran Christine Curran

Cat Stretch Musings

I met Moshe Feldenkrais when I was 16 years old during the summer trainings in San Francisco in the mid-1970’s. What I remember most as I was introduced to him was the twinkle in his eyes.

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Tai Chi and Hanna Somatic Education as Complementary Disciplines
Ryan Moschell Ryan Moschell

Tai Chi and Hanna Somatic Education as Complementary Disciplines

“Tai Chi, for all its inherent merits, can be much enhanced by certain auxiliary practices, the most obvious and prevalent of which are various forms of qigong. One non-traditional practice that I’m well versed in is Hanna Somatic Education, which I’ll be referring to here as Hanna Somatics, or just Somatics. Tai Chi Chuan and Hanna Somatics stem from very different times and cultures. Yet they share many features in common. Tai Chi Chuan and Hanna Somatics both emphasize mindful movement – meaning movement that is slow, deliberate, and purposeful. Both place a high value on self-sensing, on ergonomically correct posture and carriage, on movement that is optimally efficient, and on a healthy mental state that is conducive to self-actualization and personal freedom.”

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