Clinical Somatics

Lesson 1. This is a longer than usual lesson. Lesson 1 addresses the differential/rotational ability of the shoulder and hip, on the right side first, then the left. Working from a lying-on-the-side position, differentiations start with isolated shoulder movements. Then the movements combine for shoulder circles in either direction. Attention shifts to the right hip, utilizing the same strategy. Then the shoulder and hip combine for tandem and anti-tandem patterns. Covers both sides. Once the opposite side has been completed Hanna has listeners experimenting with a delightful bilateral variation of the same movement pattern from a supine position. (Similar to Lesson 2 of Delicate Back series, and Lesson 4 of the Rounded Shoulders/ Depressed Chests series.) Theory:50%/Movement: 50%. *****

Lesson 2. This is another longer than usual lesson. From a supine position listeners are guided in progressively opening and extending the body from one hip, up through the back, into and through the opposite shoulder, and extending up and along the lengthened opposite arm, before