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Pain Relief Through Movement

A free demo by Martha Peterson of Essential Somatics

Hanna Somatics goes to the root of most chronic muscular pain: the brain. Just as the brain can learn positive things like riding a bike or learning to ski, so can it learn negative things, like holding oneself stiff and out of balance. Because the brain controls the muscles, the brain must be involved in teaching the muscles to relax, release and remember how to move again. Hanna Somatics is an educational process that teaches you to eliminate chronic muscle pain that has developed due to your unique responses to stress.

Wear comfortable clothes and bring a mat or thick towel. Free and open to the public.

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