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Sensory Motor Amnesia – Hidden in Plain Sight – The Somatic Movement
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Sensory Motor Amnesia – Hidden in Plain Sight. What is Sensory Motor Amnesia and why do you need to know about it? Sensory Motor Amnesia inhibits movement quality and freedom by reducing muscle control and function and can be defined as:. A partial or total loss of (memory in) our ability to SENSE and MOVE our muscles’. Muscles have only two functions, they CONTRACT and they RELAX, that’s it! Sensory Motor Amnesia can develop in the following ways;. Through Stress (physical and emotional). Back, hip, nec...
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Neuroscience and Somatic Education – The Somatic Movement
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Neuroscience and Somatic Education. Neuroscience is the scientific study of the Nervous System. Somatics is the exploration of the first hand experience of the Nervous System through movement. So if you are practicing Somatics you can call yourself a Neuroscientist! The Science of Somatics. February 23, 2016. February 23, 2016. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public). Notify me of new comments via email. Who d...
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Is your Movement Account Overdrawn? – The Somatic Movement
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Is your Movement Account Overdrawn? Isn’t it interesting that we must. The very notion that we. Attention suggests that in return for paying attention we might. Something. What might the payment of attention garner in return? In the case of Somatics in return for the paying of attention to the internal sensations of your own movement you. Rich sensory information or feedback from the sense receptors within your muscles. You. More comfort and more freedom of movement. And what happens if you never. Http:/...
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What IS Clinical Somatics? – The Somatic Movement
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What IS Clinical Somatics? Is a simple process of neuromuscular re-education. That allows you to regain voluntary control of all the muscles of your body so that optimal muscle function and comfort can be restored, and then maintained, for the long term. When we have full control of our muscles, they cannot cause pain. Only muscles that we have lost voluntary control over (SMA). Our body experienced from within). There are two ways to achieve this;. Somatic Self Care Exercises. July 27, 2015. Fill in you...
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cgmd1 – The Somatic Movement
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More thoughts on Posture. Posture is the upright organisation of the body in gravity. It is how we hold ourselves when we are not actively thinking about it. Therefore posture is a subconscious process. Hence why telling someone to ‘Stand up straight! 8217; is an exercise in futility. Working in the realm of Hanna Somatic Education, we look for signs of the Three Reflexes in clients’ posture. Green Light Reflex. Spinal Extension), Red Light Reflex. Spinal Flexion) and Trauma Reflex. Once we begin to see ...
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It’s never just one muscle – The Somatic Movement
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It’s never just one muscle. Often, when we have pain, there is a perception that there is one particular muscle that is causing the problem. Such as, “Oh its my psoas/piriformis/hamstring” etc. And while that may be where you feel the pain or restriction, it is not necessarily where the problem is. Habituated involuntary full body pattern of contraction. In Clinical Somatic Education. We call this Sensory Motor Amnesia. The Three Reflexes we work with in Clinical Somatic Education; Green Light Reflex.
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Trauma means ‘Ouch!’ – The Somatic Movement
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Trauma means ‘Ouch! What is the Trauma Reflex and why must we be able to recognize it? In my previous two posts I described Green Light Reflex. Which acts on the muscles of the back of the body, and Red Light Reflex. Which acts on the muscles of the front of the body. In this post let’s look at the third brain reflex that we deal with within the context of Clinical Somatic Education, the Trauma Reflex. The Trauma Reflex acts on the muscles of. Are not in balance. It distorts our sense of balance and our ...
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Red Light means ‘No!’ – The Somatic Movement
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Red Light means ‘No! What is the Red Light Reflex and why must we be able to recognize it? The Red Light Reflex, also called the Startle Reflex, is an automatic brain reflex that is activated every time we are startled or feel we are in sudden danger .ie; when we hear a loud noise, or someone yells ‘duck! 8217; It can equally be caused by spending too much time slumped in front of a laptop, tv, tablet or smartphone. Do you recognise this type of posture in yourself, or in others? July 17, 2015. You are c...
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Green Light means Go! – The Somatic Movement
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Green Light means Go! What is the Green Light Reflex and why must we be able to recognize it? The Green Light Reflex is an automatic brain reflex that is activated every time we are called to action, .ie; when our phone rings, when someone calls our name, when we have a deadline looming, when we notice a new email in our inbox etc. The job of Green Light Reflex is to contract all the major muscles of the back of our body so as to enable us to move forwards. It is activated many times during the day.