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Eduardo Barrera
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  • Port Orchard, WA
  • United States

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http://GravityWerks.com
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Somatic Practitioners

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Hands-on Neck Release Method via Hanna Somatic Education

Hanna Somatic Educators just don't teach somatics exercises.

Most HSE'ers use bodywork and then give their clients a couple of somatics exercises for reinforcement.

In the video below, try the move and get a sense if you or your clients can feel the connections.  Then give the hands-on method a whirl.…

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Posted on January 31, 2012 at 9:00am

Daily Un-exercise Workout Plan

We all know a daily exercise workout plan helps improve the feelings of well-being but what do we do to first set up exercise in the first place?

 

We've been told to stretch or warm-up the muscles with a variety of methods.  Now we're learning how harmful stretching is in the ways most of were taught and many of us disdained anyway.

 

While on the…

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Posted on December 7, 2011 at 11:36am

Give Up that Lame Groin Stretch

Prying the knees apart to stretch the groin goes in direct violation of the stretch reflex.  If we push past the set point of a muscle, the brain will re-contrat the tissues to bring it back to the set point.

 

Since we know stretching is bad for us and science has moved on.  What other methods or means can we use to lengthen those recalcitrant inner leg…

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Posted on November 29, 2011 at 1:43pm

Breathe easier by Not Breathing

That's what we love about somatics exercises.  Quite often those counter-intuitive approaches ring true after we've experienced something for our self.

 

As an avid exerciser who overcame fibromyalgia only to have a sports injury take me out of the game, I had to make a complete paradigm shift to learn how simple, easy movement using the brain took me through the looking glass and allowed for an…

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Posted on November 23, 2011 at 11:47am

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At 3:18pm on September 16, 2011, Ariana Vincent, LMT, MTI, BCTMB said…
Will you be attending the AMTA convention in Portland?
 
 
 

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