SOMAdublin Somatic Education and Reformer Pilates in Dublin
Hanna Somatic Education | Pilates | Dance Dublin
I'm delighted to be invited back as a guest lecturer at University of Limerick next week. I'll be working with the Master of Arts Contemporary Dance Performance students on alignment, effortless and efficient movement as a basis for their complex challenges they are facing as professional dancers. I am currently the only practitioner in the… Continue reading Back at University of Limerick!
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 so… Source: More thoughts on Posture
Or better - what people say in and after a class! I got so much out of it! My hip feels much more mobile, my back feels looser! My shoulders are relaxed! My bowels are very happy! Sometimes it's a smile, a surprised look or an Ooooh! I have updated the website with some feedback… Continue reading What people say about Somatics
I'm excited to work with a wonderful group of people in the Rathmines Mindful Movement course on Thursday evenings - I have 1 more space in the course and decided to keep the discounted price for everyone at 100€ for the 8 weeks. The course includes weekly follow up emails, so you feel equipped to… Continue reading Rathmines Mindful Movement fully booked!
I just updated the Workshops page to include our brand new Saturday Somatics Series at Live&Breathe Pilates. We will run a series of 4 workshops in 4 months, focusing on a theme each Saturday so you can go home with a small routine of movements you can practice without getting overwhelmed. It will be an… Continue reading Some upcoming dates
We have the dates fixed for our Saturday Somatics Series at Live & Breathe Pilates! This series of short one off workshops has a different theme each time. We will start with Untangling your back pain, move on to Untangling tight hips, third in line are your tense shoulders and last but not least Sciatica… Continue reading Saturday Somatics Series: Untangling….
Following a discussion about principles and some philosophy of Somatic Movement with a client this morning, here are some thoughts about how to use Somatic Movement for real change. Thomas Hanna was a true pioneer in his way of connecting the dots and I'm grateful to learn slowly to 'see how he sees' by exploring,… Continue reading How to practice Somatic Movement
I'll be back at my old stomping grounds tomorrow - at University of Limerick's MA Contemporary Dance Performance. This program brought be to Ireland in 2009 when I needed to explore my dancing beyond teaching technique. Now I'm back to teach Somatic Movement to the new group of dancers who committed themselves to a year… Continue reading Teaching journey: Limerick
From October, you will be able to pay for your sessions with your credit/debit card. I am trialing the SumUp card reader, which should be ready to go next week.
This week, I'm sharing 7 days of learning with my English and Danish colleagues. The focus for our 4th intensive module lies on lower extremities. We learn different assisted Pandiculations for hips, calves, feet and thighs. These are helpful enhancements - little extra treats - to the protocols which are the basis of working from… Continue reading Clinical training in York, UK