Martha Peterson – Gentle, Effective Somatic Practices to Move From Pain to a Life Full of New Possibilities
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With the Founder and Author of Move Without Pain, Essential Somatics®
Peterson, Martha
A new 7-week live video training course begins.
24th of January, 2022
Can’t make it to the end? Following each lesson, video and audio recordings are made accessible for download and viewing at any time.
Release muscular tension, soothe your nervous system, and reverse the sense of “growing old” with a range of mild yet strong motions that may considerably reduce discomfort and bring greater ease and mobility… so you can live completely.
Have you accepted the notion that aches and pains are a natural part of becoming older? That as we get older, our ability to accomplish all the things we enjoy — the things that make us happy — diminishes?
It’s a popular misconception that aging causes restricted movement, incapacity, and discomfort… and that our physical structure is meant to crumble with age.
But, if that’s the case, why can some folks over 70 run marathons while others under 40 have trouble going around the block… or crouching to pat their dog or cat?
According to Martha Peterson, author of Move Without Pain and pioneer of Essential Somatics®, the experience of becoming old and “creaky” is not caused by our age…
Instead, how we unconsciously adjust to life’s adversities — accidents, injuries, surgeries, and emotional and psychological problems — affects whether or not we can keep our physical agility and independence, regardless of our age.
Martha learnt the ability of self-sensing as the key to restoring freedom of movement and attaining long-term pain alleviation through the work of Thomas Hanna, a professor, philosopher, pioneer in the field of somatics, and creator of Hanna Somatic Education.
Hanna explained that when our bodies become regularly tensed as a result of emotional stress and physical damage, our muscles lose their capacity to fully relax… and we acquire Sensory Motor Amnesia (SMA), which causes continuing tightness, stiff joints, and persistent pain.
However, we have the option of responding to challenges in a healthier manner.
Join Martha for a highly intense and wonderfully freeing 7-week trip to learn how to build your capacity to recognize where you have tension in your body, identify the source of that tension…
… and use strong yet gentle somatic movement techniques to release tension and relieve chronic discomfort that may be preventing you from living your most self-actualized existence.
You’ll learn about the power of pandiculation, a method that resets your central nervous system, “unsticks” your body from detrimental repeated actions, and aids in the reversal of SMA’s effects.
You’ll realize that getting rid of muscular soreness, stiffness, and that rickety sensation starts with the brain. Trauma and stress cause response patterns that modify the way your brain detects and moves you, changing your physical and emotional perception of yourself.
Martha will take you through somatic movement methods in each session to help you unlearn those stress reaction reflex patterns and restore fluid, easy, joyous movement – using practices you can perform on your own, anywhere, at any time.
Anyone, regardless of physical ability, may execute them in their own living room – on the floor, standing, or sitting in a chair.
Step by Step Relearning of Movement
Martha will guide you through a precisely organized, methodical process of relearning how to move over the course of seven weeks, just how newborns find themselves and gradually gain the ability to regulate their muscles.
She’ll guide you through somatic activities to restore freedom in your back, front, and sides, as well as your ribs, hips, and shoulders — so you may recover balance, enhance your breathing, have better posture, and feel more at ease in all you do.
And, as you learn more about SMA and its effects on your body, you’ll be better prepared to avoid injuries and other medical difficulties, as well as reduce depression and worry.
By the conclusion of the program, you’ll have a comprehensive toolkit of practical, easy-to-apply practices that will improve how you feel in your body and in your life. You’ll leave with your own daily movement practice to maintain pain-free mobility and presence…
… as well as the ability to grow and prosper in a self-actualized, truly rewarding existence.
During this intensive session loaded with somatic movement activities, you will learn:
Every session includes somatic movement methods that restore your freedom of mobility in your ribs, hips, and shoulders, as well as in the back, front, and sides of your body… by reconnecting your mind with your body.
How to view aging, not by the amount of years lived, but by how you’ve acclimated to life’s obstacles – through three distinct stress reaction patterns
How pandiculation can help you strengthen your sensory motor system, relax your nervous system, and regulate your muscles more effectively.
How to recover your balance, enhance your breathing, improve your posture, and experience comfort in all that you do
How Sensory Motor Amnesia causes the majority of muscular discomfort
Unconscious patterns may be discovered by investigating how you stand, move, and sit… and become aware of how linked you are as a somatic system.
A range of self-sensing workouts designed to relieve stress in certain parts of your body.
How to rectify bodily imbalances caused by physical damage or one-sided activities that have resulted in undesirable habitual motions
Somatic movement strategies that are simple and safe that “unstick” your body from damaging repeated motions
How to make a daily practice out of tiny motions that you can do anywhere, at any time.
What is conceivable for your future now that you can move more easily?
And a lot more…
What You’ll Learn in These 7 Weeks
Martha will take you through the key ideas and movement practices you’ll need to reverse emotions of “aging,” drastically reduce discomfort, and develop increased ease and mobility… so you may live a self-actualized, genuinely meaningful life.
The Influence of Live Streaming Video
You’ll be able to interact with Martha and learn from her through live streaming video on any connected device. This link is simple to utilize and will increase the effect of Martha’s communications. You may also listen to audio solely over the phone.
(Unable to make it live? Not to worry! Following each lesson, the video and audio recordings will be made available for you to download or stream in high quality at your leisure.)
Mondays at 11:00 a.m. Pacific Time
This course will include LIVE presentations, interactive training sessions, immersive exercises, and questions and answers with Martha. Each session will build on the previous ones to provide you with a complete holistic understanding of the practices, tools, and principles you’ll need to reverse the feeling of “getting old” through a variety of gentle yet powerful movements that can greatly reduce pain and provide more ease and mobility… so you can fully thrive.
Module 1: Breaking the Habit of Go-Go-Go! — Addressing Tight Back Muscles (January 24)
Do you find yourself “running away” from life? Or are you hunched inward, defeated by life? Perhaps you believe that several areas of your life are out of harmony… and that your movement does not represent the freedom you seek.
Life is a complicated collection of pressures, some of which are deemed “good,” such as running, moving, and creating… and others of which are considered “bad,” such as sadness, loss, concern, or failure.
In this first session, you’ll begin to investigate aging and how it impacts your ability to move and feel… not by the amount of years you’ve lived, but by how you’ve adapted to the challenges in your life.
Martha will lead you through an experience of what these reflexes are and how to start releasing them so that you may regain voluntary control of the unconscious and automatic reactions and habits that have been entrenched in your brain, nervous system, and life.
During this session, you will:
Investigate the pandiculation technique to strengthen your sensory motor system, relax your nervous system, and increase your capacity to regulate your muscles.
Explore how you stand, move, and sit in a new way to reveal unconscious tendencies… and become aware of how linked you are as a somatic system.
Practice three easy and safe somatic movements: “Arch and Flatten,” “Rear Lift,” and “Diagonal Arch and Curl,” as well as a short sitting exploration to begin to enhance coordination and balance in the front and back of your body.
Investigate the “call to action” and “withdrawal” responses (or green light and red light reflexes) to minimize tension in your body’s front and back for more spine freedom.
Learn the distinction between a body and a soma, as well as how your physical and muscular systems react to everything you encounter in life, causing tension or ease.
Learn how your regular stress reactions can contribute to chronic muscle tension (Sensory Motor Amnesia, or SMA), and how it manifests itself in three universal patterns of muscular holding (or stress reflexes)
Module 2: Release the Habitual Fear and Anxiety Posture — Addressing Tension in the Front of Your Body (January 31)
Emotional tension and dread can drive us to retreat – physically, intellectually, and emotionally.
We involuntarily stiffen the front of our bodies in reaction to this reflex, known as the “startle response” (or red light reflex). Our abdominal muscles contract, our chest collapses inward, our shoulders hunch, and our head advances.
Many individuals mistakenly believe that this posture develops as a result of aging.
Martha will show you how to relax these tensed muscles in order to have better breathing, greater energy, and a calmer nervous system in this module.
You will also:
Develop your perception of how you stand and walk, noting imbalances or places of strain.
Practice the “Flower” and “Arch and Curl” – two somatic motions that help to reduce anxiety, enhance breathing, and allow you to stand higher in the front of your body.
Continue to direct your attention inside to your bodily experience and consider how the habituation of this very primitive reaction of protection may alter your self-image and posture.
Review the previous week’s moves and continue to explore them in new and diverse ways.
Receive a visual depicting how SMA develops in the brain and how pandiculation may be used to minimize it and restore optimal brain-to-muscle connectivity.
Begin to learn about the “somatic traits” that we all have as human somas, which serve as motivation for lifelong growth and learning.
Module 3: Trauma-Induced Posture Release — Restoring Balance Through Your Waist Muscles (February 7)
Accidents, accidents, surgeries, and various one-sided-of-the-body activities, such as tennis or carrying a baby on your hip, can cause an imbalance…
And even one uneven location may put our entire system out of whack, affecting everything from how we walk to the clarity of our vision to our ability to twist and spin. This, in turn, can cause more joint damage and stress.
In this module, you’ll learn moves to assist relieve tension in your sides, allowing you greater mobility in your shoulders and hips… and therefore finding your real sense of balance.
Martha will be your guide as you:
Examine how life experiences, such as accidents, injuries, surgeries, or one-sided activity, might impair your capacity to find balance in your somatic center.
Continue to expand your movement repertoire with two new movements: the “Side Bend” and the “Human X.”
Learn how releasing tension in your center leads to tension release in your extremities.
As you stand, stroll, and lie down, feel for any imbalances in your waist and sides.
Begin restoring balance to increase walking comfort and stability and connection to the earth.
Module 4: Let Go of Your Ribcage for Happier Hips and Shoulders (February 14)
You’re ready to link your shoulders and hips through rotation and twisting now that you’ve learned to release muscular tension in the front, back, and sides of your body. When the rib cage is free to move, the shoulders and hips move best.
Consider newborns as they explore their surroundings. When they lift their heads to gaze around or play with their toes, they first observe their capacity to stretch and flex (or arch and curl) their spine.
As they begin to roll over, they become aware of the sides of their bodies and their breathing becomes gentle and natural. They obtain voluntary control of their shoulders and hips after mastering that action… and begin to crawl.
In this session, you’ll go through the same motions as you regain the capacity to move your rib cage, shoulders, and hips in opposing directions. You’ll be on your way to dancing with liberty as you do so!
As individuals obtain greater freedom, they may encounter unexpected emotions, such as dread, which may compel them to reconsider how they’ve been living their lives… because as we alter our movements, we change ourselves as human somas.
You’ll look at how letting go of your fear of moving, other people’s perceptions of you, and your mental expectations may affect your long-term success in moving forward in life.
This workshop is intended to assist you in the following ways:
Another somatic exercise to practice is the “Washrag,” which improves mobility in your shoulders and hips for better coordination in all of your everyday tasks.
Restore your capacity to breathe freely and comfortably.
Improve your spine’s rotation and mobility by learning to link the movement of your shoulders to the movement of your hips.
Continue to expand your understanding and ability to restore real balance in your somatic core.
Consider how your mental expectations and perspective might effect not just your long-term health but also your overall well-being and activity.
Consider your own personal past objectively and how it may be manifesting in your body and movement.
Module 5: Restore a Balanced Gait – Easy Walking (February 28)
Everything you’ve learned in this course thus far has been leading to the restoration of the most essential movement in our human language – walking.
You’re ready to put together the mechanics of free and easy walking now that you’ve learned how to release the red light, green light, and trauma response muscles (the back, front, and sides of your body). Prepare to swing your hips and glide towards a better tomorrow!
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Start with restoring mobility in your pelvis, which relates to gentle movement in your back and waist.
To regain equilibrium, perform vigorous walking motions.
Experiment with your newfound walking comfort and coordination.
Feel how flexibility in your core improves your balance, connection to the earth, and walking efficiency.
Consider what is feasible for your future now that you can move more easily.
Module 6: Differentiation for Neck and Shoulder Pain (March 7)
Neurons that fire together connect. In other words, everything we do repeatedly develops a habit at the brain, nervous system, and movement levels.
However, you can train your brain “new tricks.” When you learn to distinguish your motions, you have the ability to do more exact and skillful moves.
Differentiation upsets our brain’s patterns when we investigate tiny, apparently unconnected components of an action. Returning to complete mobility allows you to move with more flexibility and ease – without forcing or trying.
During this session, you will:
Small and gentle motions can help to soothe your nervous system, which has a big influence on your general well-being.
The “Seated Twist” is a strong somatic activity that uses distinction to produce progress without straining.
Turn and gaze behind you without straining, pressing, or straining your neck or back.
Discover how, by differentiating your actions, you may begin to discover more ease in whatever you do.
Integrate Somatic Movements Into Your Life, Module 7 (March 14)
A traveler to New York, as the old joke goes, asks a passing stranger, “How do you get to Carnegie Hall?” “Practice, practice, practice,” says the guy.
It’s wise counsel.
A daily practice that helps you in becoming more self-aware is the best method to achieve long-term change in your connection with yourself, your body, your movement, and your life.
You become more self-monitoring as your sensing capacity improves. As your capacity to self-monitor improves, you become more self-correcting, self-regulating, and, eventually, self-actualizing.
This last session will take you through a brief sitting practice that you may do whenever and whenever you choose.
You will also:
Learn how to practice somatic movements in a chair throughout the day.
Allow yourself to be taken through a sitting exercise that will help you sit with ease and always return to a position of balance and comfort.
Examine whether the way you sit at work or while driving is based on a habitual response that is contributing to your physical pain.
Learn how to use what you’ve learned in this course in your daily life.
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