Learn Somatics: Foundations
Your Body Can Feel Better. Faster Than You Think.
If you’ve watched my YouTube videos, you’ve seen it work.
If you’re new here: you’re about to learn why somatics is the fastest way to change how your body feels—and why it works when everything else doesn’t.
€49 | 7 modules | Lifetime access | Start today
The Problem
You’re tight, stiff and in pain. Your shoulders live near your ears. Your lower back is either locked or aching. You can’t turn your head without creaking.
You’ve tried:
- Stretching (works for a day)
- Yoga (feels good during, tight again by morning)
- The gym (makes you tighter, not looser)
- A physio (helped for a bit, then back to square one)
Here’s what nobody tells you: the problem isn’t your muscles. It’s your nervous system.
Your brain is holding your muscles tight unconsciously. Stress, posture, injuries, even just living in 2026 has wired your nervous system to stay clenched.
Stretching won’t fix that. Neither will foam rolling or more exercise.
You need to teach your brain and nervous system HOW to let go.
That’s what somatics does. And it works fast.
What Is Somatics
Somatics is a method of retraining your nervous system through deliberate movement.
You don’t stretch. You don’t force anything. Instead, you:
- Deliberately tighten a muscle group (so your brain can feel it again)
- Slowly relax it (so your brain learns it can)
- Pause and feel the difference
That’s it. Repeat that pattern through your whole body, and something remarkable happens:
Your muscles return to their natural resting length. Your pain decreases. Your movement becomes free again.
One participant put it this way: “I’ve done Pilates, yoga, physio… never gotten lasting results like this. I really feel like I have hope that I can feel better for the rest of my life.”
Why Stretching Doesn’t Work (And Why This Does)
Here’s the neuroscience bit (I promise it’s simple):
When muscles are chronically tight, they’re already shortened and can’t lengthen. Stretching triggers your stretch reflex even harder, giving you temporary relief then back to tight.
Somatics engages your cortical brain through deliberate contraction, overriding signals from your spinal cord and subcortex. Now you’re in control. You can voluntarily relax—and the tension stays gone.
The stretch reflex protects your muscles. Somatics just puts you back in charge.
Your Results
- Feel noticeably different after the first or second lesson
- Less pain. Real relief that actually lasts.
- Breathe easier and move freer
- Sleep better and stress less
- Understand exactly why you’re stiff, tight and sore—and how to fix it yourself
- Regain control of your own comfort, any time you need it
Who I Am
I’m Colm, a Hanna Somatics practitioner and teacher trainer. I’ve spent the last decade helping people do exactly what you’re trying to do: get out of pain and move freely again.
I teach on the faculty of Essential Somatics (the official teacher training program), but mostly I work with people one-to-one and through my online classes.
My YouTube channel has helped thousands of people (1.5million+ views). But if you want the bigger picture—the neuroscience, the foundations, the guidance to actually do these movements effectively—this course is it.
What you’ll get
7 video lessons (2.5 hours total, but you can spread across a week or do it all at once)
Lessons 1-2: Release Your Front & Back Experience the fundamental movements that address the patterns stress creates in your body. Feel the difference in the first 30 minutes.
Lesson 3: How Your Nervous System Controls Your Muscles The simple neuroscience behind why you hold tension and why traditional stretching doesn’t fix it.
Lesson 4: Startle Reflex Release the protective tension gripping your belly, chest and shoulders. Breathe easier. Feel the effects immediately.
Lessons 5-6: Free Your Sides & Learn to Twist Address rotation, walking, and integration. By the end, you’ll feel more even, more grounded, more yourself.
Lesson 7: Recap A brief review of the most important point, simple tips to maximise your practice, and next steps.
Plus:
✓ Beautiful PDF slides explaining the neurology
✓ Lessons Overview & Movement reference PDF
✓ Printable A4 visual summary you can stick on your fridge
✓ Lifetime access to all future updates
What Happens Next
After Modules 1-2 (60 mins total): You’ll feel noticeably different. Lighter. Longer. More space in your body.
After Module 3 (19 mins): You’ll understand why you hold tension and what actually fixes it.
After Module 4 (16 mins): You’ll learn how releasing belly, chest and shoulders tension eases feeling of worry, fear and anxiety.
After Modules 5-6 (45mins total): You’ll have a solid foundation. You’ll know how to make yourself comfortable. And you’ll understand why Somatic movements feel good instead of like work.
After Module 7 (5 mins): You’ll have all the skills and info you need to build Somatics into your routine.
Most people sleep deeply that first night.
Time
You don’t need to carve out 2.5 hours in one sitting.
Do the theory module over a coffee. Do the movement modules whenever it suits you. Each one stands alone—you’ll get results regardless.
Or binge it on a weekend afternoon. Either way:
30 minutes of focused practice creates noticeable change.
An hour changes how your body feels. 2.5 hours? You’ll remember how your body used to feel before.
What participants said?
These are real people from the live workshop:
“I feel so much better. So much better.”
“I feel like a new woman after today.”
“The way you broke everything down step by step… I wasn’t even doing all of these things correctly and I felt better. Imagine how much better I’ll feel when I’m really doing it.”
“I’ve done the Melt Method, I’ve done Egoscue… never gotten lasting results that I’ve gotten just in the short time I’ve been learning this. I really feel like I have hope.”
Your Investment
€49
Compared to:
- One physio appointment (€80–120, temporary relief)
- One yoga class (€20–25, works for a day)
- One month of gym membership (€40–60, makes you tighter)
You’re getting a foundational system you can use for the rest of your life.
What If I’m Too Tight? Too Injured? Too Broken?
You’re not.
Somatics works because you’re tight. The tighter you are, the more you’ll feel the difference. People with serious restrictions, chronic pain, post-surgery rehab—they often report the biggest breakthroughs because the contrast is so clear.
That said: if you have something persistent that’s never been diagnosed, get it checked out. But once you know it’s not structural, Somatics is often the fastest way forward.
30-Day Guarantee
If you go through the entire Foundations course and don’t feel noticeably different, email me. I’ll refund you.
(You won’t need to. But I’m confident enough to say it.)
Next Steps
- Buy the course
- Do Module 1 today (~30 mins)
- Notice the difference
- Keep going
That’s it.
Want More?
After Foundations, some people want to go deeper. The Learn Somatics On-Demand Library has dozens of classes organised into logical blocks that will greatly grow, refine and deepen your practice.
But start here. build your foundation. Then decide if you want ongoing access.
Got questions?
Check my YouTube channel or email me connect@learnsomatics.ie
I read everything.
Ready? Let’s go.
Colm