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the ancient traditions of yoga & meditation come
together with the modern wisdom of somatic movement education
Soma Yoga is a modern yoga with ancient roots. Somatic
Movement Education and modern brain research come together to support and
inform your hatha yoga and meditation practice. Hatha Yoga practice supports strength, flexibility,
equanimity and clarity of mind. Somatic Movement Education liberates us
from layers of involuntary, habitual holding patterns and will cultivate a
deeper understanding and awareness in your Hatha Yoga practice (see below). Yoga blends asana (physical postures), pranayama (breathwork)
and meditation. Sessions often begin and end with somatic movement patterns
to foster heightened awareness, quiet mind and a powerful unwinding.
Awareness of habitual moving, thinking and attention patterns is possible;
and with awareness sits liberation.
Sessions always end
with a ten minute lying down meditation (savasana) and short sitting
meditation.
Somatic
Movement Education Discover the amazing capacity
of your nervous system
for somatic releasing, resourcing and re-education through these slow,
gentle movement patterns and inquiries inspired by Hanna Somatics, BioSomatics, Somatic Unwinding, the
Alexander Technique, the teachings of Moshe Feldenkrais, Skinner Releasing
and my twenty one years as a dancer.
This
sensory-motor learning process encourages the release of muscles from
involuntary, habitual contraction. Chronic tension patterns change as the
body regains its innate ability to self-correct to ease and efficiency
(neuromuscular re-patterning). This movement re-education is an
opportunity to reawaken inherent agility and to move with ease. Students
are lying or sitting on the floor for most of the movement patterns (much of
the time with eyes closed). Sensory-motor amnesia is a memory loss of how
certain muscle groups feel and how to voluntarily control them. We can move
from sensory-motor amnesia to sensory-motor awareness, freeing ourselves
from layers of habits which no longer serve us and expanding our
possibilities for moving and thus living.
Soma Yoga Sessions are a weaving of Hatha Yoga, Somatic Movement
and meditation.
Somatic Movement Sessions involve all somatic movement.
with a ten minute integrative rest on the floor
Water Soma Yoga - Water
Soma Yoga takes yoga and somatic practices
to the water, offering even more possibilities for release and re-patterning
as well as powerful support for the joints.
Sessions are facilitated by
Jean Hindle, founder of Soma Yoga
Jean has been teaching Yoga, meditation,somatic movement education and dance for eighteen years.
She began developing Soma Yoga fourteen years ago.
She has also developed:
Water Soma Yoga, Soma Yoga in the Art
Studio,
Improvisational Yoga, Yoga Dance, WaterDance
and Yoga in Practical Places: Office/Classroom/Art Studio/Parks
You may join classes, workshops, retreats, schedule private sessions or
arrange on-site visits to your workplace/studios.
For Yoga in Practical Places
Programs (Workplace/Classroom/Art Studios/Parks) please click here
Soma Yoga practice MP3's
Basics, Deep
Restoration and Office/Chair
these very gentle practices are suitable for all
level
free practice MP3's come with class cards
gift certificates are available
for private sessions, classes, workshops, retreats
please contact the studio for these
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