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Somatics
for Seniors Somatics for Seniors
With Somatic Education you will learn movement patterns that are easier and more organic for the human body. Your body will unlearn its inefficient and painful movement patterns, instantly releasing tightness, pain and discomfort. Sensory Motor Amnesia will be reversed into Sensory Motor Learning through a gentle process of Somatic Education that doesn’t require much physical effort. Movements with ease, with concentration and without pain can easily be taught to the elderly. Somatic movements are not only ideal for the elderly because they return full range of motion throughout the physical body, but also stimulate many brain functions at the same time. The movements are very safe to perform with supervision but are also very safe to perform independently as well. ‘Somatics for Seniors’ / ‘Myth of Aging’ – Workshops can be organized in your area. Please contact The Somatic Health Center for further details.
The Myth of Aging
The Somatic Health Center is very interested in assisting research and therapy in relation to the aging process. ‘Somatics for Seniors’ / ‘Myth of Aging’ – Workshops can be organized in your area. Please contact The Somatic Health Center for further details.
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Unfortunately,
many seniors are not able to move the way they want to move. Over time,
they have lost movement and have become rigid in for instance their spine,
their shoulders or their hips. Injuries from the past, surgeries or physical
or emotional stress have accumulated over the years and tightened up their
muscles. This tightness, which is involuntarily controlled by the brain,
restricts proper circulation and decreases range of motion within the
joints. Pain and stiffness are usually the result. When understanding
the somatic concepts of human movement, it becomes obvious that many of
these ailments are directly related to a habituated pattern of muscular
tightness throughout the system. This pattern of involuntary and subconscious
tightness usually develops over a period of time, creating the belief
in our society that many dysfunctions are directly related to our process
of ‘aging’. However, this aging process is in many cases nothing
more than the manifestation of the characteristics of 
The
Somatic Health Center of St. Helena has worked with many elderly people.
Whenever their capability to concentrate is still adequate and whenever
they are willing to upgrade their own situation, many instant changes
have taken place. Walking becomes easier, posture straightens up, breathing
becomes easier, smiling returns and tremors have diminished or vanished.
It is the strong belief of The Somatic Health Center that somatic movements
are the key to maintaining health & wellness and youthfulness &
grace. An upgrade in the quality of ‘brain function’ in combination
with an upgrade in the quality of physical functioning are essential for
preventing diseases and illnesses that are typical for the elderly population.
Parkinson’s Disease, Alzheimer’s Disease and many other diseases
all have a component of a strong reduction in movement. Maintaining that
basic quality or upgrading that quality is fundamental for healthy aging.
Somatic Education teaches the fundamental movement patterns for human
existence. As long as you embody those, you will be aging well !
