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This is the official RUclips channel of Essential Somatics, a global leader in Clinical Somatic Education. Essential Somatics educational trainings and professional development curriculum are offered worldwide. Somatic Education and Somatic Movement help thousands of people everywhere to return to a more vibrant life of movement, self-agency, and awareness. To learn more about Essential Somatics and program offerings, please visit our website and check us out on social media!
3 Ways Arch and Flatten is Causing Tension in your body
Learn three ways in which Arch and Flatten could contribute to tension and discomfort rather than ease, freedom, and pain relief.
In this video, Martha teaches you to be aware of these common pitfalls of sensory motor amnesia.
Arch and Flatten is a simple, safe movement that pandiculates and releases the muscles from the base of the skull to the tailbone.
These muscles contract every time you need to get something done, which, if moved awkwardly, may lead to pain.
This movement is the first step in reversing this and moving towards freedom and ease.
Watch the full video here: ruclips.net/video/cRMqzbm2AmE/видео.html
In this video, Martha teaches you to be aware of these common pitfalls of sensory motor amnesia.
Arch and Flatten is a simple, safe movement that pandiculates and releases the muscles from the base of the skull to the tailbone.
These muscles contract every time you need to get something done, which, if moved awkwardly, may lead to pain.
This movement is the first step in reversing this and moving towards freedom and ease.
Watch the full video here: ruclips.net/video/cRMqzbm2AmE/видео.html
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What Can Clinical Somatics Do For You?
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Which conditions can Clinical Somatics help with? Clinical Somatic Education can help you relieve the pain or movement restrictions related to a host of common musculoskeletal conditions. These conditions are generally considered to be structural, when in fact, from a clinical somatics perspective, they're based on poor muscle function and habituated muscle tension in the center of the body - S...
Which conditions can Clinical Somatics help with?
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Which conditions can Clinical Somatics help with? Clinical Somatic Education can help you relieve the pain or movement restrictions related to a host of common musculoskeletal conditions. These conditions are generally considered to be structural, when in fact, from a clinical somatics perspective, they're based on poor muscle function and habituated muscle tension in the center of the body - S...
Shift Network Course Coming Soon
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We're so excited to have been invited by The Shift Network to deliver a new, live video course all about trapped trauma. When we experience trauma, our bodies get stuck in constriction and discomfort, which makes doing even the smallest tasks difficult - preventing us from engaging in the life we truly desire. What’s become increasingly clear from leading-edge somatic practices is that our whol...
What's it like taking part in our training?
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What's it like taking part in our training? At one of our recent training weekends in York, UK we asked some of you this exact question. Here's what one person had to say👆🏼 We're soon going to be opening the doors to our next cohort of ESMTT. If you want to find out more about this, drop us a message and we'll send you the link! #ClinicalSomatics #SomaticEducation #SomaticMovement #ClinicalSoma...
How does an Essential Somatics Movement Teacher Training work?
Просмотров 333Месяц назад
How does an Essential Somatics Movement Teacher Training work? Throughout an ESMTT course, students learn not only how to teach the movements to each other, but also how to speak to the benefit of each movement. 🔹How do they do it? 🔹Why is this important? 🔹What's the quality of movement? All of these important aspects of teaching Somatic Movement. At the last course, our trainer, Colm, said thi...
How many repetitions of a somatic movement should you do for pain?
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A common question that comes up regularly is: "How many repetitions do I do of any one movement?" 00:00 Introduction 00:12 Quality over Quantity 00:32 What somatic movement can be like when you focus on the quality of repetitions My answer is always the same, quality over quantity. It's how you do your practice, not how many repetitions of your practice that you do. You could do ten repetitions...
How long until I see results?
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How long should it take before I see results after starting Somatic Movement? Most people experience positive results and improvement within the first week of learning somatic movements and practicing daily. But, this can depend on a few factors. Those with more longstanding Sensory Motor Amnesia or a history of multiple injuries may take longer to reduce tension and learn to reconnect in a mor...
What's it like taking part in our Movement Teacher Training? Customer Testimonial
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What's it like taking part in our training? At one of our recent training weekends in York, UK we asked some of you this exact question. Here's what one person had to say👆🏼
The Best Psoas Release
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How many of you have ever been told that you have a tight Psoas and that's what's causing your pain? Well, the Psoas is a very important stabilizer of the trunk. It's one of the hip flexors, and it's used for just about every activity we do, from running and walking to sitting and standing. But here's the thing, because the brain controls you as a system, it's never one muscle causing your pain...
Iliotibial Band Pain Relief
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We are about to enter a summer of sports, and we know that many of you will be inspired to move more from watching it all. We love this and want to make sure that starting these new hobbies doesn't lead to those annoying niggles or pain! One of the sports we often see leading to pain is running. Iliotibial Band Syndrome is one of the leading causes of lateral knee pain in runners. The iliotibia...
How do you build a somatic practice?
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How do you build a somatic practice?
Move With Ease Digital Course Coming June 24
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Move With Ease Digital Course Coming June 24
What is Essential Somatics Movement Teacher Training?
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What is Essential Somatics Movement Teacher Training?
What's the best time of day to do my somatic movement practice?
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What's the best time of day to do my somatic movement practice?
Introduction to Martha Peterson at Essential Somatics
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Introduction to Martha Peterson at Essential Somatics
How many repetitions should I do in somatic movement practice?
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How many repetitions should I do in somatic movement practice?
Seated Somatic Movement for Pain Free Sitting
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Seated Somatic Movement for Pain Free Sitting
The Key to Easy Walking: Let the Pelvis Move!
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The Key to Easy Walking: Let the Pelvis Move!
Move with Ease for the Rest of Your Life - Now Launching!
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Move with Ease for the Rest of Your Life - Now Launching!
Relieve Neck & Shoulder Tension with Simple Shoulder Shrugs - No Stretching!
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Relieve Neck & Shoulder Tension with Simple Shoulder Shrugs - No Stretching!
It looks so easy but I couldn’t do it, I got cramps in leg muscles 😢 what’s going on?
When I tried it, my abdomen side started to shake, and I loved this sense, looks like tense muscle is relaxing once I did the exercises. Thanks a lot for these awesome tips 🎉❤️
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Sounds wonderful . Waiting for the video with the instructions . Thank you . May ❤God bless you !!
How is this so relaxing? Omg
Isn't it! We're so glad you're loving it.
Where do we subscribe to this course please?
Scroll all the way to the bottom to register. Today was the first session, but it's OK. I will review the basic principles we went over and we will continue learning movements that will help you reconnect to yourself and reduce tension. shiftnetwork.isrefer.com/go/ssmpMP/a23921/
Look great approach for fitness yraining
It is!
Martha is a pioneering genius! Her techniques are ingenious and inimitable.
Thank you so much!
Can I get the link
shiftnetwork.isrefer.com/go/ssmpMP/a23921/
Keen to know more please
You can register here. The course page has loads of information as well (scroll all the way to the bottom for the registration link if you choose to attend the course): shiftnetwork.isrefer.com/go/ssmpMP/a23921/
How much?
You can find out all that information here (scroll all the way down): shiftnetwork.isrefer.com/go/ssmpMP/a23921/
How much is it?
You can find out all that information here: shiftnetwork.isrefer.com/go/ssmpMP/a23921/
Wow
Thank you for your support!
Thanks for all the excellent instruction. You're advice helps when my body is throbbing and I need to get back into balance.
We're so glad you're enjoying our videos!
@@EssentialSomatics HARD not to!!
Your raised arm is not touching the couch. Optimally, should it be or it doesn't matter? Should we do more reps lying on the tighter side?
It doesn't really matter. The point is to gently sweep your arm up and over only as far as is comfortable. I would recommend starting pandiculating the tighter side and then lie ON the tighter side (which will now be much less tight!) and pandiculate the opposite side. Explore breathing into the bottom side and reminding your now-not-as-tight side to stay long as you shorten the topside. Let me know how that goes.
Amazing!
Thank you!
Thank you ❤
You're so welcome!
The best way to approach this practice is to have no expectations. Simply experience these movements every day and make no judgments about results. Judgements and expectations create unneeded stress. If you do these movements regularly, you will find what you need to enjoy your soma. I have been doing Somatics for 17 years and it has been life changing.
I couldn't agree more. I would add to stop "trying" and striving to "get it right." Explore, be curious, and notice your improvement day to day. We are all somas in process.
Do you have scoliosis ? One shoulders don't look even?
You have a good eye! No, I don't have scoliosis, but I have had a habituated trauma reflex that I work with daily. The best thing is I feel great and have no discomfort, which is what it's all about.
Every time I watch you I get good hard lessons on how to perceive my body better and improve my movements. Thank you!
Thank you for the support!
The front and the back to be thorough. Keeping the systems balanced. It's hard to get up and get active after years of inactivity.
Incomplete video
Hey, the link for the article is in the description🙂
Thank you
So glad you found this helpful!
How do we do this please? Video?
On the channel we have a full length video of how to do the psoas release. Here it is: ruclips.net/video/91ViRjiDOO8/видео.html
@@EssentialSomatics thank you very much.🙏
I am looking for any information that is basically FREE so glad this popped up on my FB profile - I am in a very difficult and harsh place - it involves GRIEF and my body mind is I think in shock freeze mode. I am also an empathic type - I truly need my health restored to a much better place - I am willing to do the work. I do not have the luxury of paying for information so I pray I can learn enough to get some freedom from very severe anxiety and depression and stiffness of my tendons.
This work is very powerful for grief, trauma, and any long-term stress. It’s so important to learn how your brain and nervous system control your muscles and how responses to grief, trauma, and stress are universal and are held in the body. It’s important to learn the principles of how to apply this work for yourself, no matter what your situation is on a daily basis. A daily practice of Somatic Movement will help will support you in to sensing, processing, and integrating trauma and grief (and all kinds of stress, whether mental, emotional, or physical) into your life. Well, I know you are looking for something that is free, there is a lot on this channel that is free, yet the best option would be to either learn in person from an ES-trained teacher, come to one of our in person, events, or purchase our digital course called Move With Ease. It is well worth the money and you have the resources for life. Enjoy the journey. There is much you can do for yourself and we’re here to support you.
@@EssentialSomatics I would happily pay but I am in such a difficult situation, I will check out the online course and see if I could possibly manage, meantime I will aim to learn as much as I can from your tuitions here, I am not processing my GRIEF very well, I have no support systems and had some pretty mean treatment from family - my life was just ripped up and over the cliff so fast, and I realised I totally was caught out and had not realised how awful it would be. I had quite a lot of traumas - plus never felt safe and secure - ironically even though my mother was kind loving in her own way and supportive - father though was something else!! I am also sensitive nature. I am having to try to be strong but its very hard. Thank you for your information.
@@EssentialSomatics Is your digital course available at this time? would you kindly supply me with a link ?
Nice..........
I do this one every day. It’s terrific!
U r the 💣
Does this apply to doing physical therapy or there's a sequence for physical therapy?
Somatic movement is a very powerful complement to physical therapy. It doesn’t necessarily take the place of physical therapy, but the perspective is very different. When you learn to reduce tension in your muscles, your physical therapy exercises can be more effective. And frequently people go to physical therapy in order to address what we see as sensory motor amnesia - chronically tight and tense muscles. We have several physical therapists who have trained to teach somatic movement through Essential Somatics®, and they use both disciplines to help their patients.
@@EssentialSomatics so does pt come first or somatics or they can be done together? Reason I ask is because I had reached a severe point of muscle tension where there was pulling and no freedom in my body. It was like my muscles had wrapped around me. Like I was frozen in some sort of twist. Picture a knot in the center of a body. So I was sent to pt seemed as if the tension was getting worse.
@@LShawn806 It's hard for me to advise you given that I know nothing about your personal medical history. All I can say with certainty is that if you have very tight muscles it's best to learn to release them FIRST and then you can benefit more from what the PT can teach you.
That's the best!
I’m glad it’s helpful for you.
@@EssentialSomatics Seeing it up close helps me see what I have to do to really get it to work. Thanks!
I could really get behind that yoga!!
Martha, your events look fun and informative, wish I could come!!
We have another opportunity next week!
My English generator- gives me: pan dick.
You have the breast information!! Beautiful.
What does pandiculating mean? I love watching your videos, you're so informative. I would love to get as deeply into yoga as you have and to feel the body all over improve. Thanks!!
Wonderful video! I cannot wait to try this daily!
Terrific! I'm sure you'll benefit from it. Don't forget to prepare your body for this movement by learning and doing Arch and Flatten so the back and front of your body is more relaxed. You need to address tension holistically. Enjoy!
Essential somatics helped me to heal my back. Thank you for that Marta P.
You're so welcome! I'm thrilled that your back is better. The brilliance of that is that YOU did that for yourself by becoming more aware, moving slowly, listening, and practicing. Keep it up!
Wish I’d have known all these helpful things 50 years ago! I would probably not have had to go thru years of pain and headaches.
I empathize with you. The fact that you've struggled for so long to find an answer/solution that makes sense - and works - is why it's so important to get the word out about Clinical Somatics. Thomas Hanna' writes in his book, Somatics, that if this work were taught to children in grade school a host of functional medical issues would be a thing of the past within one generation. Teach people to become more aware of how their brains and bodies function, teach them to sense themselves and know what to do when tension builds up and say goodbye to issues like TMJD, headaches, and back pain (to name a few). Keep learning!
Children need to learn to feel anything anymore. I’m concerned that there is so much distraction now. But it’s not just kids. My whole generation (I’m 74) seems to either be on their cells phones or in front of their TV’s all day. I walk in trails and no one listens to the birds or looks at the trees. It’s all the phone. Holy cow!
@@elainehewitt6813 You make a really good observation about the older generation (i, too, am a baby boomer). Always being digitally connected creates stress!
Martha, love the video but you are going fast especially for a beginner. I wish you would consider slowing down the pace. Thank you
I'm so sorry it's too fast for you. Apologies! How about watching just a bit of it, practicing that part, then continuing on. Hopefully that can help.
@@EssentialSomatics thanks Martha. Will give it a go. It’s the pace of the instructions that catches out a beginner slow coach like me. Hopefully I’ll get adapt to it.
Why did this cut off after one minute? Is there a repost coming?
Hi, Here is the full length video for "why am I limping?" The short should have directed you to watch the full video. I'm so sorry! Generally if you see a short clip there is likely a longer video from which the clip was taken (for social media purposes - to catch people's attention about something important). I hope you enjoy the full video. Any questions, let me know! Best, Martha
@@EssentialSomatics Thanks!😊
@@sfree322 You're so welcome!
I love this explanation
Thanks so much! I'm so glad it's helpful.
Great reminders, I sometimes forget that final soma scan. And while wash rag is lovely, propeller is my favorite! 😊
Ah yes, the propeller is fabulous as well!
I noticed that I feel sad emotions after doing this movement is that normal?
For many people it is natural for emotions to come up when doing Somatic Movements and pandiculation. Here's why: you're working with what you can't sense and feel - that is, what is unconscious in your body and muscles. You're also working with stress reflex patterns that we all go into when we're fearful, stressed, traumatized, etc. When you pandiculate you voluntarily release tension so that what has been unconscious becomes conscious. Sensation comes up - and that's good!! When sensation arises allow it to happen; it's only there to be senses, processed, and then INTEGRATED so that, over time, it ceases to arise. It's like slowly allowing the pressure cooker to cool down. It's a good thing. What it tells me is that you're going slowly, paying attention, and allowing yourself to be in a somatic process. Congratultions!
Taking your Intro to Somatics classes changed my life Martha!
Oh thank you! I'm so glad they were so beneficial to you. Somatic Movement is a life-changing practice, isn't it?
Should I do this if I have anterior swayback? I have a rib flare while on my back and my pelvis also tucks under really bad. also have a slight reversal of cervical lordosis
It sounds as if you've got a combination of stress reflex patterns in your body that are contributing to your postural issues. This is sensory motor amnesia, and since muscles attach to bones and move bones - and the brain controls your muscles, there is much you can do for yourself to teach your muscles to relax and release. Start with Arch and Flatten. Watch and explore the "Top Tips for Your Practice" video that helps you recalibrate your pelvis and find more balance. The Flower and Washrag are additionally very helpful. But to move deeper into your own learning... My suggestions are these: if you have an ES-trained teacher near you, go to class, or work with him or her one on one to begin to sense where your muscles are overly contracted and how to release them. Or purchase our new digital course (see the videos being uploaded in the next couple of days about the course) that starts on Monday, June 24 and begin to learn on your own, slowly, but surely. I hope this helps!
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This is a fabulous movement. I’m glad you like it.
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Thank you!
This really works my right side was very tight and this loosened up the muscle. Thank u
You’re so welcome!
Intersted pls
Here is the link to the digital course: essentialsomatics.com/move-with-ease/ Included are 3 bonus Q & A session in which we get together online and I answer any and all questions you might have about your practice or any of the movements. I love coaching people and helping them get back to moving well and feeling well. Please don't hesitate to contact us at info@essentialsomatics.com if you have any other questions. I'm quite sure you will be pleased with this course. I share the experience and tips I've learned over 20 years of teaching. This will be one of the most valuable resources you will ever own.
I’ve been doing somatics for a few months. I do feel better, definitely not 100 percent but getting better. How my question is do somatics make you more flexible? Because I could never ever touch my toes. The closest I can get is right below the knee. Even when I was a kid. I feel like I’m doing something wrong because I’m not getting more flexible. do you have any suggestions?
Yes, Somatic Movements can help you with your flexibility. Inflexibility is generally the result of tension in the center of your body - in your back, waist, and front. If the muscles around your spine are tight, your back and front will be tight. When you learn to pandiculate instead of stretch you will start to reduce excess tension in your muscles which contribute to challenges with flexibility. Stretching makes you tighter; pandiculation gets your brain (the command center of your muscles) back in control of the muscles so it can reduce tension, making your muscles softer and more able to move easily. Hopefully that helps.
Interested ! Next steps ?
Here is the link to the digital course: essentialsomatics.com/move-with-ease/ Included are 3 bonus Q & A session (moderated by me) in which we get together online and I answer any and all questions you might have about your practice or any of the movements. I love coaching people and helping them get back to moving well and feeling well. I'm quite sure you will be pleased with this course.