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‘The Truth About Pain - and how to get rid of it’

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Part 1: Part 1 identifies what pain is, what ‘causes’ it – and explains the difference between ‘acute’ and ‘chronic’ pain.

It outlines why movement and re-training your brain are crucial to addressing pain, and explains what traditional pain science and most medical approaches to treating pain have got ‘wrong’ in understanding the experience of pain. It presents a somatic understanding of pain, and approach to getting rid of it – and how this is supported by neuroscience.

Part 2 talks about habituation as both a help in daily life, and as a cause of pain & problems – when we suffer from getting ‘stuck’ in bad, unhelpful habits of movement and posture.

It also introduces the key concept of SMA (sensory motor amnesia) as well as the technique of pandiculation – which Hanna Somatics uses to get OUT of bad habits, and so out of pain and into more efficient, pain-free movement as well as better posture and greater mobility and flexibility.

Part 3 focuses on the relationship between pain and trauma, and on the importance of the brain’s ability to change (neuroplasticity). In it, I talk more about the 3 Stress Reflexes and how their patterns can get stuck in your soma, causing pain, tightness, and more.

I also talk about the myth of ageing, remind you of myths around stretching and strengthening (covered in Part 2), and explain why just “doing the movements” in Hanna Somatics is not, alone, what will get you out of pain: you also need to sense the movements, learn more about yourself, and use variations of movement work to address your particular ‘patterns’ and how pain and tension are held in your soma. (This is the reason I created SoMA Essentials and the SoMA Program.)

Want to get rid of your pain, stress and tension? Want to move with far greater freedom and ease in your soma? Well, you can!

Start learning the techniques, and accessing movement and awareness classes and much more, to move away from pain, and to address problems with posture, mobility, flexibility, and more.

Click here for full details (and sign up) for SoMA Essentials, my thorough, foundational program. SoMA Essentials uses self-paced online study to introduce key concepts, all the fundamental movements and more to start addressing pain and tension, and move better - using recorded classes, recorded short lessons, written and visual materials, and live classes.

SoMA Essentials is the PERFECT place to start your journey away from pain, and towards far greater ease of movement!

Check out this short video about what’s in SoMA Essentials, and the SoMA Program.

(Note: When you sign up for SoMA Essentials and later decide to ‘upgrade’ to the full SoMA Program, you get a £100 discount - so, almost all your initial investment in SoMA Essentials goes towards your investment for the more extensive SoMA Program: you won’t pay twice for materials already included, PLUS you get way more!)