SOMATIC MOVEMENT COACHING
What is Somatic Movement Coaching?
Soma is from the Greek meaning 'body' - thus somatics is the study of the lived body as perceived from within. The field of somatic movement education spans holistic education and complimentary-alternative medicine.
How does it work?
Somatic Movement Coachingenhances the process of psychophysical awareness and functioning through -
- Focusing on the body as both an objective physical process and subjective process of the lived consciousness
- Refining perceptual, kinesthetic, proprioceptive, and interoceptive sensitivity that supports homeostasis and self regulation;
- Recognising habitual patterns of perceptual, postural and movement interaction with one's environment
- Improving movement co-ordination that supports structural, functional and expressive integration
- Experiencing an embodied sense of vitality and extended capacities for living.
What does it encompass?
Somatic Movement Coaching is an education based learning through movement - it encompasses postural and movement evaluation, communication and guidance through touch and words, vocalisation, experiential anatomy and imagery, developmental patterns and contemplative drawing. These somatic practices are applied to our everyday movements for persons in all stages of health and development.
Who benefits?
Somatic Movement Coaching has cross-applications in health, wellbeing and Sport & Dance Performance.
It is a wonderful complimentary educational tool for the general public to improve awareness - for specialist movers in sport and dance, musicians who seek to explore and understand aspects of dynamic movement, expression, balance, posture in their specialised movement fields.
Somatic Movement Coaching is a recognised somatic education and therapy through ISMETA (International Somatic Movement Education & Therapists Association) USA.