Habituation – How our movement habits can create our pain
How can our movement habits create pain and decrease our ability to move well? Habituation is the simplest form of learning. It occurs through the
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Low Back Pain and Green Light Reflex
In this post, I described The Green Light Reflex. When this reflex becomes habituated, it can often cause back pain, particularly in the low back.
Neck and Shoulder Pain and The Red Light Reflex
How does The Red Light Reflex cause, neck pain, shoulder pain, back pain, problems in the arms and wrists , shallow breathing and poor posture?
Injuries and The Trauma Reflex
Injuries can cause Trauma Reflex and Trauma Reflex can cause injuries. How? Injuries can occur as a result of an impact or fall. When we
How To Get Comfortable and Sleep Anywhere
Hard Body, Soft Bed – Soft Body, Hard Bed When I first began practicing Somatic Movements for myself a funny thing happened, I kept falling
It’s all Movement
Reading is a highly complex MOVEMENT SKILL, it requires fine motor control of the eyes in order to follow the line of text to the
My Glute isn’t firing?
A common complaint among the athletic/training community sounds like this: My glute won’t fire. I have gluteal amnesia. That’s why I do more squats, ye
Grow Taller with Somatics?
Grow taller with Somatics? But how? There are 23 intervertebral discs in the human spine. These discs are somewhat soft and spongy, acting as shock
Centre to Periphery
Working from the centre to periphery is one of the core principles of Somatic Education. The emphasis is on improving Sensory Motor Awareness and regaining
What is Good Posture?
‘Poor’ posture is the result of habituated dysfunctional patterns of involuntary contraction aka Sensory Motor Amnesia (SMA). Or, put more simply, excessive levels of involuntary