Somatics for Massage Therapists

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Learn to look beyond the tight muscle and understand the body as an adaptive, interconnected system.

Somatics for Massage Therapists is a practical seven-day course designed to help massage therapists develop a broader understanding of movement, breathing, muscle tone, nervous system responses and body awareness, without replacing the massage skills they already have.

Course Content

Day 1 — Muscle Tension & Adaptation
Explore why muscles become tense and how the body adapts to the demands placed upon it.

Seeing beyond the tight muscle

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Day 2 — Breath: The Hidden Driver of Muscle Tone
Discover how breathing influences posture, movement, muscle recruitment and nervous system activity.

Day 3 — The Nervous System & Protective Patterns
Explore how the nervous system can influence the way a person holds, moves and responds, and how familiar protective patterns can develop.

Day 4 — Movement, Compensation & Adaptability
Look beyond perfect alignment and explore movement variability, compensation and the importance of having options.

Day 5 — Stress, Emotions & the Body
Understand how emotional and physiological states can influence breathing, posture, movement and muscle tone without assigning emotions to particular muscles.

Day 6 — Integration: Working With the Whole Body
Bring these ideas together and consider the body as an interconnected system of movement, sensation, breathing and adaptation.

Day 7 — Bringing Functional Somatics Into Massage Practice
Learn how to bring observation, reassessment and clinical curiosity into the massage practice you already have.

Somatics for Massage Therapists

About Course

Course Content

Day 1 — Muscle Tension & Adaptation
Explore why muscles become tense and how the body adapts to the demands placed upon it.

Seeing beyond the tight muscle

Day 2 — Breath: The Hidden Driver of Muscle Tone
Discover how breathing influences posture, movement, muscle recruitment and nervous system activity.

Breath: The Hidden Driver of Muscle Tone

Day 3 — The Nervous System & Protective Patterns
Explore how the nervous system can influence the way a person holds, moves and responds, and how familiar protective patterns can develop.

Reading the Nervous System Through Touch

Day 4 — Movement, Compensation & Adaptability
Look beyond perfect alignment and explore movement variability, compensation and the importance of having options.

Reading the Body Through Movement

Day 5 — Stress, Emotions & the Body
Understand how emotional and physiological states can influence breathing, posture, movement and muscle tone without assigning emotions to particular muscles.

Stress, Emotions and the Body

Day 6 — Integration: Working With the Whole Body
Bring these ideas together and consider the body as an interconnected system of movement, sensation, breathing and adaptation.

Integration: Working With the Whole Body

Day 7 — Bringing Functional Somatics Into Massage Practice
Learn how to bring observation, reassessment and clinical curiosity into the massage practice you already have.

From Knowledge to Practice: Your Functional Somatics Toolkit

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Course Content

Day 1 — Muscle Tension & Adaptation Explore why muscles become tense and how the body adapts to the demands placed upon it.

Seeing beyond the tight muscle

Day 2 — Breath: The Hidden Driver of Muscle Tone Discover how breathing influences posture, movement, muscle recruitment and nervous system activity.

Breath: The Hidden Driver of Muscle Tone

Day 3 — The Nervous System & Protective Patterns Explore how the nervous system can influence the way a person holds, moves and responds, and how familiar protective patterns can develop.

Reading the Nervous System Through Touch

Day 4 — Movement, Compensation & Adaptability Look beyond perfect alignment and explore movement variability, compensation and the importance of having options.

Reading the Body Through Movement

Day 5 — Stress, Emotions & the Body Understand how emotional and physiological states can influence breathing, posture, movement and muscle tone without assigning emotions to particular muscles.

Stress, Emotions and the Body

Day 6 — Integration: Working With the Whole Body Bring these ideas together and consider the body as an interconnected system of movement, sensation, breathing and adaptation.

Integration: Working With the Whole Body

Day 7 — Bringing Functional Somatics Into Massage Practice Learn how to bring observation, reassessment and clinical curiosity into the massage practice you already have.

From Knowledge to Practice: Your Functional Somatics Toolkit

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Day 1 — Muscle Tension & Adaptation
Explore why muscles become tense and how the body adapts to the demands placed upon it.

Day 2 — Breath: The Hidden Driver of Muscle Tone
Discover how breathing influences posture, movement, muscle recruitment and nervous system activity.

Day 3 — The Nervous System & Protective Patterns
Explore how the nervous system can influence the way a person holds, moves and responds, and how familiar protective patterns can develop.

Day 4 — Movement, Compensation & Adaptability
Look beyond perfect alignment and explore movement variability, compensation and the importance of having options.

Day 5 — Stress, Emotions & the Body
Understand how emotional and physiological states can influence breathing, posture, movement and muscle tone without assigning emotions to particular muscles.

Day 6 — Integration: Working With the Whole Body
Bring these ideas together and consider the body as an interconnected system of movement, sensation, breathing and adaptation.

Day 7 — Bringing Functional Somatics Into Massage Practice
Learn how to bring observation, reassessment and clinical curiosity into the massage practice you already have.