Somatics for Well Being
my new studio Sunset Hill Somatics is open!
Optimal Movement
for
Optimal Living
You may schedule Private & Semi-Private Sessions by appointment and register for public Semi-Private sessions & workshops now. more info below. Please send me an email if you wish to receive newsletter announcements. jeanhindle@gmail.com
“Soma: the body perceived from within”
— Thomas Hanna
Discover the amazing capacity of your nervous system for somatic releasing, resourcing and re-education.
Jean Hindle is the founder of Sunset Hill Somatics Studio.
I have been a somatic movement educator, Soma Yoga & meditation teacher, and dancer in Seattle for 32 years. For 32 years I have enjoyed supporting students in finding freedom in motion, mind and creative courageous living through somatic movement education, mindfulness meditation, Soma Yoga, BrainDance, SomaDance and ArtWorks! Meditation. I founded Soma Yoga in 1998 and was founder/director of Soma Yoga & Dance Studio (2003-2024). Learn more about Jean
"Jean is an incredibly wise and inspiring teacher. Her ability to bring students into a deep state of rest and relaxation is unparalleled. She combines a lifetime of education in various branches of somatic research into sessions that feel both enlivening and restorative."
- Julie Verdone, Somatic Movement Educator and Certified Laban/Bartenieff Movement Analyst
"The best relaxing and rejuvenating way to reconnect to the deliciousness of experiencing my body. It doesn't feel like a practice: it feels like a gift."
Zoe Nijsten, somatic student, The Netherlands
"No creature ever falls short of its own completion. Wherever it stands it does not fail to cover the ground."
- Dogen Zenji, 1233
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Private Sessions
In Studio or online
Tailored to individual needs, I offer therapeutic personalized private sessions, available in-studio or online. I teach mostly private sessions. These sessions encompass a diverse range of practices depending on your needs and what arises in session moment to moment. You may also choose what you would like to study: Somatic Movement Education, Mindfulness Meditation, Soma Yoga, SomaDance, BrainDance neuro-developmental movement patterns, Lying Down Somatic Body Scan Meditations, ArtWorks! Meditation, Improvisational Dance.
You may also schedule Semi-Private Sessions with friends and or loved ones.
Adult
Toolkit for Teens Sessions
By appointmentjeanhindle@gmail.com
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Public Semi-Private Sessions
in Studio
Public Semi-Private Sessions
limited to 4
$28
*pre-registration required
please email me to register to check on space availability
jeanhindle@gmail.com
Somatic Movement & Mindfulness Meditation
Wednesdays 4:30 - 5:45pm
Soma Yoga
Thursdays 10:30 - 11:45am
Online
SomaYogaDance Class
Tuesdays 6:00-7:15pm
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Monthly Workshops & Retreats
Semi-Private Workshops & Retreats
Pre-registration required
limited to 4Monthly Somatic Movement Education Workshops
Saturdays 2:00-4:30pm
Monthly Somatic Movement & ArtWorks! Meditation Workshops
Sundays 2:00-6:00pm
Retreats
above workshops are on same weekend, giving you an opportunity for an in-town retreat if you wish
My teaching draws from Somatic Unwinding, Hanna Somatics, BioSomatics, the teachings of Moshe Feldenkrais, the Alexander Technique, Skinner Releasing Technique, Embodied Anatomy, BrainDance, Soma Yoga (which I founded in 1998), Hatha Yoga, mindfulness meditation and my over thirty years as a somatic movement educator, dancer and Soma Yoga & meditation teacher. I also draw from my early life as an athlete. more info in my bio.
Bodies of Work:
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Change the Way You Move,
Change the Way You Live
Move optimally in all of your physical activities with somatic movement education.We can re-awaken our inherent agility and expand our possibilities for moving effortlessly in all we do.
This sensory-motor learning process of non-strenuous movement patterns & explorations gives the brain the necessary feedback to release muscles from chronic habitual holding patterns (neuromuscular re-patterning).
These slow, gentle movement inquiries liberate us from layers of involuntary, habitual holding patterns.
Chronic tension patterns change as the body regains its innate ability to self-correct to ease and efficiency.
Somatic Movement Education expands our possibilities for moving and thus living.
Discover the amazing capacity of your nervous system for somatic releasing, resourcing and re-education.
These movement awareness practices invite quiet mind, a deep unwinding and endless discovery. -
Bring agility, balance, strength and ease to all of the movement activities in your life.
These 8 neurodevelopmental movement patterns focus on the fundamental patterns which originally wired our brain/central nervous system. These patterns are the foundation for all movement activities and support optimal movement and cognitive function.
The BrainDance has infinite variations. This flexible framework is based on early movement patterns and involuntary reflexes that build our brain and body. Moving through the eight BrainDance patterns at any age improves cognition and delays dementia by increasing the protein in our brain cells, helps to manage depression by increasing the flow of serotonin and dopamine, maintains flexibility through the release of synovial fluid, develops core strength, reduces fatigue and stress, and increases attention and focus.
BrainDance may be enjoyed seated in a chair, on the floor,, standing up, or a combination of all three. BrainDance is an excellent cognitive and physical warm-up.
You may enjoy a 2 minute BrainDance in the kitchen in the morning while your tea/coffee waters boils. An afternoon BrainDance supports a little brain boost to your work day.
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A modern yoga with ancient roots.
Bring the wisdom of somatic movement education into your hatha yoga & meditation practice. These practices support agility, equanimity, quiet mind and endless discovery.
Awareness of habitual moving, thinking and attention patterns is possible; and with awareness sits liberation.
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A delicious dive into structured and improvisational somatic movement explorations including the 8 neurodevelopmental BrainDance patterns.
This class draws from somatic movement education, Skinner Releasing Technique, Open Source Forms, Alexander Technique, Embodied Anatomy (TOPF technique), the eight neurodevelopmental movement patterns of BrainDance, Continuum with Susan Harper and my lifetime of dance.
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A flow through Soma Yoga, somatic movement (guided & improvisational), BrainDance & meditation. Bring ease, awareness and joy to all of the movement activities in your life.
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ArtWorks! Meditation involves guided improvisational drawing & writing.
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My teaching draws strongly from my studies, trainings and practice in meditation practices within the Zen and Tibetan Buddhist traditions. I sit in huge heartfelt thanks for the courage and teachings of Thich Nhat Hanh, Ani Pema Chodron, Tsultrim Allione, Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, Lama Wangdor Rinpoche, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Phillip Moffitt, Russell Delman, Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach.
I guide sitting meditation as well as lying down Somatic Body Scan Meditations
Gift Certificates for friends and family available