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What is Somatic Therapy?

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Summary: How to understand the basic principles of somatic healing therapy; get expert tips and advice on using somatic therapy for health and wellness in this free instructional video.

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By Alan Davidson
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Alan Davidson is the author of Living Through Your Body: Mastering Your Body’s Wisdom for Higher Health and Happiness. He has taught massage, meditation, yoga, aromatherapy, and human...read more

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Often referred to as bodywork or mind-body discipline, the study of somatics aims to unite mind and body through the enhancement of movement, sensation and general functionality. Somatic education and therapy involves the physical education as well as mental, and movement is a fundamental part of the therapy.

In this free video series, our expert will introduce you to the essentials of somatic coaching and therapy, describe the elements of the mind necessary to assess before beginning, as well as discuss Kata, training methods and the development of energy. Tai Chi training demonstrations and instructions for harnessing elements are also included.

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"I am Allen Davidson and I am here on behalf of expertvillage.com and I am an expert in somatic coaching. Somatics is a fascinating field; it encompasses the entire capacity of human experience and expression. The Greek word soma roughly translates to mean living body but in our century we really mean the living body and its wholeness, body, heart, mind spirit all functioning in unity. I am the author of the book Body Brilliance Mastering Your Five Essential IQs or intelligences and those are physical, emotional, mental, moral and spiritual and I have those written here, physical, emotional, mental, moral and spiritual. What makes somatics unique in the world of transformational therapies and coaching is that it uses the sensations of the body as the foundation for change and transformation."

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