Somatics: Reawakening The Mind's Control Of Movement, Flexibility, And Health

The groundbreaking program for healthy aging through movement and flexibility.

In the revolutionary Somatics, Thomas Hanna demonstrates that so many problems we accept as inevitable over time--chronic stiffness, bad back, chronic pain, fatigue, and even high blood ure--need never occur if we maintain conscious control of nerve and muscle, a state which Hanna calls sensory-motor awareness. This gentle, lifelong program can help almost anyone maintain the pleasures of a supple, healthy body indefinitely, with only a five-minute routine once a day.


Summary: If your back hurts, read this book!
Rating: 5

This book has offered me insight about a hip pain I've carried for years and helped me locate its probable source in my lower back. This is a how-to-heal-yourself guidebook that is simple to read and the exercises offered in the back are simple and accessible to anyone with a body who can read. As a yoga teacher, I've shared some of this wisdom with students and they are delighted to figure out how to release unwanted tension from their bodies. This is a must-read for body-workers, teachers of any type of exercise and for people who want to learn to move through the day pain-free.