Somatic Movement Education Classes
Would you like to learn how to take charge of your back pain issues?
A 3 hour training workshop.
The aim of this training is to allow you to function better so as you can carry out
all your daily work and lifestyle activities with more ease, comfort, energy and less
pain.
You will learn how the nervous system responds to daily stresses, activities and trauma organising the body into three habitual, reflexive patterns of holding muscles chronically tight. One of these reflexes relates specifically to back pain issues. The brain has forgotten how to release the muscles. I will teach you how to reprogramme it so these reflex patterns remember how to release and lengthen.
What will you take away:
3 gentle, safe self-care movements which stand alone as a regular 5-minute self-care programme.
You will receive E-audios of these movements to use at home.
Next workshop is Sunday 22nd February, 2026, 1.00 to 4.00pm.
Cost is $60.
Venue is Mt Maunganui Community Hall, 345 Maunganui Rd, Mt Maunganui
A 3 hour training workshop.
The aim of this training is to allow you to function better so as you can carry out
all your daily work and lifestyle activities with more ease, comfort, energy and less
pain.
You will learn how the nervous system responds to daily stresses, activities and trauma organising the body into three habitual, reflexive patterns of holding muscles chronically tight. One of these reflexes relates specifically to back pain issues. The brain has forgotten how to release the muscles. I will teach you how to reprogramme it so these reflex patterns remember how to release and lengthen.
What will you take away:
3 gentle, safe self-care movements which stand alone as a regular 5-minute self-care programme.
You will receive E-audios of these movements to use at home.
Next workshop is Sunday 22nd February, 2026, 1.00 to 4.00pm.
Cost is $60.
Venue is Mt Maunganui Community Hall, 345 Maunganui Rd, Mt Maunganui
Weekly classes
These classes are designed for you to explore and deepen your awareness and control of your own body. They are open to anyone with previous experience of Thomas Hanna's Somatic Movement either through Clinical sessions or other classes. If you would like to join the classes without the Clinical sessions you can book in for 3 private movement sessions to bring you up to speed.
The classes support the work of Clinical sessions, the more you practice the movements especially with direction from a teacher the more benefits you will gain - what about more ease and comfort in your walking and breathing?
Current classes:
At Mt Maunganui Senior Citizens Club, 345 Maunganui Rd, Mt Maunganui
9.30 am Tuesday and Thursday
Classes run for an hour and cost $10.
Classes are also available in Auckland, contact Haidee Stairmand 021 635 962.
These classes are designed for you to explore and deepen your awareness and control of your own body. They are open to anyone with previous experience of Thomas Hanna's Somatic Movement either through Clinical sessions or other classes. If you would like to join the classes without the Clinical sessions you can book in for 3 private movement sessions to bring you up to speed.
The classes support the work of Clinical sessions, the more you practice the movements especially with direction from a teacher the more benefits you will gain - what about more ease and comfort in your walking and breathing?
Current classes:
At Mt Maunganui Senior Citizens Club, 345 Maunganui Rd, Mt Maunganui
9.30 am Tuesday and Thursday
Classes run for an hour and cost $10.
Classes are also available in Auckland, contact Haidee Stairmand 021 635 962.
Private classes in Somatic Movement Education
Contact Suds if you would like to arrange your own private "small group" sessions of Somatic Movements in the tradition of Thomas Hanna.
Contact Suds if you would like to arrange your own private "small group" sessions of Somatic Movements in the tradition of Thomas Hanna.
"If you don't look after your own body where are you going to live?"