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BETTER THERAPEUTIC EXERCISES to RELIEVE PAINFUL CHRONIC INJURIES and IMPROVE FUNCTION.

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SOME WORDS FROM LAWRENCE GOLD:
I am a teacher of teachers in our field and I put a great deal of care into the development of programs. Two come from a colleague of mine, Carol Welch. They all guide you into inhabiting your own body with greater ease and comfort. With them, you can recapture, preserve and improve your ability to move with the flexibility, comfort, and effortless ease that are the hallmarks of everyday fitness.

If one of these programs excites you, you'll probably get started with it immediately -- which means, get the results. If you need help choosing, contact me and I will be pleased to advise you.

Turn what may be a hidden concern -- living indefinitely with pain, stiffness, or diminished activities -- into an asset: the motivation to improve your quality of life.


The Magic
of Somatics
Somatic Exercise Sampler:
$.01 + shipping

Free Yourself from
Back Pain

Free Your Psoas

CORE TRAINING FITNESS
CORE EXERCISES FOR ATHLETES
ALL BOOKS AND PROGRAMS COME WITH FIFTEEN MINUTES FREE CONSULTATION, BY TELEPHONE.

Call 505 699-8284 to schedule. I recommend you call after you have worked with the program, so your questions are based on experience. Please have your transaction confirmation number and be prepared with three appointment times for your consultation. I will confirm your appointment.

How far do you want to go?
Stage 1: Eliminate pain and recover function.

Stage 2: Preclude a repeat injury.

Stage 3: Enhance function to superior levels.

All programs can take you through all three stages, depending on how long you work with them. Choose the right program for your requirements or special interest.


Special Program to Free Breathing

The Cat Stretch

(GENERAL PREPARATORY PROGRAM)

The SuperCat Stretch

(ADVANCED GENERAL PROGRAM)

The Five-Pointed Star
(KEYSTONE PROGRAM)
FOR CORE PERFORMANCE ENDURANCE

Somatic Transformational Exercises for Easy Walking

(from GAIT TRAINING to SPEED WALKING)
New Seated Exercises CD
The New Seated Refreshment Exercises
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Deeper Lovemaking companion audio set

Deeper Lovemaking

CORE WORKOUT
BioKinetics Program
BioKinetics/Hanna Somatics
Reflexes 101

BioSomatics
Reflexes 102


Calm and Energize:

Somatic Breathing Training
to Reduce Stress

CORE EXERCISES

Get to Sleep

Pre-Natal/Post-Partum Somatic Exercises

CORE TRAINING
FOR WOMEN

The Guidebook of Somatic
Transformational Exercises

(FOR PROFESSIONALS)

The teaching comes from outside. The learning comes from within.
We integrate the body to forget the body.

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SOMATIC TRANSFORMATION BOOK DESCRIPTIONS

"The proof of the pudding is in . . ."
The Magic of Somatics
Hanna Somatics Gold

by Lawrence Gold

Take Back Your Body,
Develop Free and Easy Movement
and Look Better Than You Have In Years

NOTE: Purchase this program or Body Meditations, but not both.

A COMPANION TO THE ORIGINAL BOOK ON CLINICAL SOMATIC EDUCATION, Somatics, BY THOMAS HANNA

FREE DOWNLOAD of an excerpt that explains the heart of these exercises.
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Use the somatic exercises in this richly illustrated, introductory, step-by-step instructional book to eliminate stubborn pains and to recover the pleasure of moving and functioning well. The introductory section explains the difference between somatic exercises and other kinds of exercise and how to get the best results with the least effort. People get this book because the somatic exercises found herein do a better job of easing pain and muscular tension than massage, strengthening, stretching or common therapeutic modalities.

OUTSIDE THE U.S.A. click and send.

  • BOUND AND PRINTED BOOK with bonus CD, The New Seated Refreshment Exercises: $34.50 (Item #106)
    8 1/2" x 11" full-page, coil-bound handbook format that opens flat for easy use.


  • e-BOOK (only): ECONOMIC HARD TIMES SPECIAL $23.76 $17.76 (Item #107)

    See the ITEM DESCRIPTION on your eReceipt for download instructions.
    Adobe Acrobat/PDF format with full color illustrations


  • For preview, click here.
    Mailable order form, click here.

    FREE BONUS with bound-book order: instructional AUDIO-COMPACT DISC: The New Seated Refreshment Exercises
    A system of conscious movements to refresh flexibility, comfort and vitality in five minutes -- for office workers, drivers, travellers and others chair-bound for long periods.

    Guided audio instruction teaches you the pace to do somatic exercises to get the best results.

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    The Guidebook of Somatic Transformational Exercises

    Hanna Somatics Gold

    by Lawrence Gold

    FOR PROFESSIONALS: Improving Body Awareness, Body Image, Physical Comfort and Mind-Body Integration

    INSTRUCTIONS TO DECREASE OR END CHRONIC PAIN, IMPROVE FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT AND COORDINATION

    Movement instructors and fascinated students buy this step-by-step, text-only exercise guide (which comes with bonus audio CDs) because it gives the most comprehensive collection of somatic exercises available in one place for improving physical comfort, flexibility, agility, and physical prowess. Suitable as guided instruction to be read aloud for therapeutic movement classes, individual clients, and student instructors.

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    OUTSIDE THE U.S.A. click here.

  • BOUND AND PRINTED BOOK with bonus CDs: $97.95 (Item #103)

    PHYSICAL BOOK INCLUDES SPECIAL AUDIO-INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS ON COMPACT DISCS (set of 4):

    • Calm and Energize: Somatic Breathing Training to Reduce Stress (1 CD)
    • Somatic Transformational Exercises for Easy Walking (1 CD)
    • Pre-Natal and Post-Partum Somatic Exercises (set of 2 CDs)


  • e-BOOK (only): $68.00 (Item #104)

    See the ITEM DESCRIPTION on your eReceipt for download instructions.


  • For preview, click here.
    Mailable order form, click here.


    message from a young purchaser
    (reprinted with permission)

    Hi Lawrence, I got the download. Right away, I got a lot from your knowledge today. I was able to eliminate my pain pretty fast. Very cool. Looking forward to more studying/practicing.

    Thanks,

    steev dinkins
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    Also, an update - I was dreading 12 hours worth of flying round trip from San Francisco to Boston for the fourth of July this past weekend. I knew ordinarily I'd be in massive pain by then end of these flights. By using your techniques, I was amazed to find myself able to limit and control the pain unlike I'd known before. Essentially I was in a lot of motion for the duration of the flight, as opposed to sitting "perfectly still" and hoping not to cramp. Now I know to stay in motion and listen to what is out of balance or needing stimulation/relaxing.

    I know I have a ways to go to eliminate the quadratus lumborum pain, but I now feel I can actually make better progress than I have in the last 2 months of yoga, weight training, acupuncture and chiropractic work.

    Thanks much again,

    steev

    Free Yourself from Back Pain,
    2nd edition

    for a Comfortable Back You Can Trust

    Hanna Somatics Gold
    by Lawrence Gold

    Recondition Your Back
    UPGRADED from Version 2.2

    FOLLOW-UP PROGRAM FOR "12-MINUTE EMERGENCY BACK SELF-CARE" and "17-MINUTE FIRST AID FOR BACK PAIN"

    People buy this program because it effectively addresses lower-back pain, mid-back and upper back pain, bulging discs, sciatica, and facet joint irritation. You follow evenly paced step-by-step instructions to loosen back muscles with coordinated muscle balancing techniques that work from the inside, out. Pain fades and mobility effortlessly increases with each session. You start softly and gently come free of muscle spasms and pain; you recover comfort and flexibility; as you get better, you progress to exercises that develop strength and prove your back trustworthy. Soon, you're so naturally free that all you have left is gratitude for the relief, and then your ordinary life.

    Audio-CD set
    easiest learning for people who learn best through hearing

    -- and/or --

    Fully Illustrated Guidebook
    In addition to (1) step-by-step instructions, the Guidebook contains (2) tips for larger improvements from each practice session, (3) a sophisticated lesson sequence that weaves the exercises together for higher integrity, and (4) "workarounds" (what to do), to adjust the lesson sequence to your unique needs. Large print for easy reading; illustrated in color. Includes reprints of articles by the author that appeared in The Townsend Letter for Doctors and Somatics -- magazine/journal of the mind-body arts and sciences.

    WORKBOOK: 274 pages, nine instructional sequences
    AUDIO CD set: 5 DISCS

    OUTSIDE THE U.S.A. click here.

  • PHYSICAL BOOK/INSTRUCTIONAL CD SET (5): $98.60 (Item #217)


  • AUDIO-INSTRUCTIONAL CD SET (5)
    with e-BOOK download: $74.70 (Item #218)

    See the ITEM DESCRIPTION on your eReceipt for download instructions.


  • PHYSICAL GUIDEBOOK (only): $62.50 (Item #110)


    -- BEST VALUES --

  • DOWNLOAD AUDIO-INSTRUCTION (only) -- SPECIAL BONUS --
    This electronic download contains an extra instructional track, a higher-integration form of the first lesson, Spine Waves.
      ECONOMIC HARD TIMES SPECIAL $62.50 $49.50 (Item #209)

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      ECONOMIC HARD TIMES SPECIAL $31.25 $25.00 (Item #111)

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    Hi Lawrence,

    I typed in "relief for back spasms" yesterday and read your article. Then I ordered the ebook, and did some exercises this morning. I can already feel some relief. And I know over time my "back problems" will return to normal, my natural state.

    Thank you so MUCH for making Somatics available!

    I love alternative therapies. I listed your article/site at What Love Does in alternative therapies.

    Marelin Thornton
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    Hi, Marelin.

    Thanks for the note and for the listing at What Love Does.

    May I quote you on the website, somatics.com?

    with regard, Lawrence Gold
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    Sure! I'd be honored. I did them again this morning and I feel even more improved. I plan to keep this up for the sake of my healthy back.

    Marelin


    Deeper Lovemaking
    instructional playbook with optional CD set
    Hanna Somatics Gold
    Move Freely, Enhance Your Sensuality, and Prolong Your Intimate Occasions
    by Lorenzo Gold

    People buy this program because they would like to enhance their intimate lovemaking occasions and because it confers added flexibility and sensitivity to lovemaking. This program is a path into deeper, more complete union at physical and emotional levels. It enhances other practices, such as those found in The Kama Sutra, Masterful Lover programs, or the teachings of Mantak Chia, guiding you to awaken feeling intensity -- both physical and emotional.

    • The Cadenced Breathing
    • Wriggling
    • Twisting
    • Spine Waves
    • The 'Grind' of Bump and Grind
    • Freedom to Spread ...
    • Freeing Your Groin
    • Presenting Your Chest and Pelvis
    • The Pelvic Power Thrust
    • A Few Final Suggestions
    In addition to movement instruction, the playbook contains nine interludes with titles such as, "The Subtle Touch," "The Transcendental Kiss," "The Whole-Body Orgasm."

    PLAYBOOK: 198 pages, large print for easy reading, color illustrations of exercises to improve sensation, movement and flexibility
    AUDIO-INSTRUCTIONAL CD SET: four CDs to guide you through the process of greater freedom and sensual awakening.

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    OUTSIDE THE U.S.A. click here.

  • e-PLAYBOOK/AUDIO CD SET: $69.96 (Item #222) -- BEST VALUE

    See the ITEM DESCRIPTION on your eReceipt for download instructions.


  • AUDIO-INSTRUCTIONAL CD SET (only): $47.69 (Item #215)


  • e-PLAYBOOK (only): $30.96 (Item #112)

    See the ITEM DESCRIPTION on your eReceipt for download instructions.


  • For preview, click here.
    Mailable order form, click here.

    image of Body Meditations cover Body Meditations
    Mindful Movement Meditations
    that Rapidly Improve Mind-Body Integration
    for Physical, Mental, and Spiritual Development

    Hanna Somatics Gold
    by Lawrence Gold

    The path of meditation is a path of freedom. Body and mind are interrelated. In these times, the body is held in disrepute and that is one reason it is so unconscious. People buy this program because it can take them in an unexpected direction that brings unexpected results: By illuminating the deep unconsciousness of the body, it aids the process of awakening in meditation. As you enter more fully into incarnation as the feeling, moving body, you put yourself together better and relax more deeply and completely. Your mind becomes still. When you become active, again, you find that your mind functions at a higher level of organization -- new clarity of thought, new kinds of thoughts, and creativity. People in psychotherapy may buy this program to speed their progress.

    See these articles for discussions of the mind-body connection:

  • Psychotherapy and Integral Somatic Education
  • Is the Body 'Self' or 'Other'?

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  • e-BOOK: ECONOMIC HARD TIMES SPECIAL $28.00 $17.76 (Item #113)

    See the ITEM DESCRIPTION on your eReceipt for download instructions.
    Choose this book or The Magic of Somatics, but not both.

    For preview, click here .
    Mailable order form, click here.

    SELF-TRANSFORMATION AUDIO & VIDEO

    Programmatic Keys to Free and Easy Movement
    Recorded, Step-by-Step Instruction for Self-Development and Self-Healing

    OUTSIDE THE U.S.A. click here.

    Somatic Exercise Sampler
    Hanna Somatics Gold

    SELECTIONS FROM THE SUPERCAT STRETCH
    Learn two somatic exercises that free and integrate the muscles of (1) your back and (2) your front for a lasting change you feel, immediately.

    You get the CD for one cent; postage/handling = $5.00 (USA, only).

    AUDIO COMPACT DISC (1): $5.01

    See the ITEM DESCRIPTION on your eReceipt for download instructions.
    3 sessions, 68 minutes


    MP3 DOWNLOAD: FREE
    3 sessions, 68 minutes


    Somatic Transformational
    Exercises for Easy Walking

    Hanna Somatics Gold
    by Lawrence Gold

    People buy this program because there's no better program around for improving efficiency of walking -- balance, grace, endurance, and speed. If you're working to rehabilitate yourself after injury this program can help you get you where you want to go faster. Recover the pleasure of walking freely at your preferred speed.

    AUDIO COMPACT DISC (1): $18.65 (Item #213)
    10 sessions, 79 minutes


    Mailable order form, click here.

    Calm and Energize: Somatic Breathing Training
    to Reduce Stress

    Hanna Somatics Gold
    by Lawrence Gold
    Get this most excellent program to dispel the accumulated effects of stress and boost your overall energy level. You can feel better, even with no change of circumstances. Free your breathing: relaxed, easier, fuller. Contains an embedded sound signal to entrain the "waking dream" alpha brainwave rhythm to help dissipate sensations of stress, help you activate the somatic exercises in yourself, and make mental room for creative problem-solving ideas to surface in the rest period afterwards.

    Audio Preview: CLICK HERE and send - will return an email message with clickable, download links)
    Read a review.

    AUDIO COMPACT DISC (1): $18.65 (Item #214)
    seven different lessons


    Mailable order form: click here.

    MP3 DOWNLOAD: $12.00 (Item #214e)

    See the ITEM DESCRIPTION on your eReceipt for download instructions.


    Get to Sleep
    Hanna Somatics Gold
    by Lawrence Gold
    QUIT INSOMNIACS ANONYMOUS.
    Be lulled to sleep. People buy this program because medicinal sleep aids have undesirable side-effects and this program has desirable side-effects: mental clarity and better daytime physical stamina. The very sounds in this program, apart from the instructional content, "get under the radar" of your mind to guide you into relaxation conducive to sleep. No need to "try" to go to sleep. Preparatory somatic movement exercises relax tensions associated with the waking state. "Waking dream" alpha brainwave rhythms embedded in the sound ease you into the deeper brainwave states of sleep. A Dream Zone soundtrack (additional soundtracks here) draws you into the Blissful Deep.

    Audio Preview: CLICK HERE and send - will return an email message with clickable, download links)

    AUDIO COMPACT DISC (1): $18.65 (Item #210)
  • preparatory lesson
  • sleep program
  • Dream Zone soundtrack


    MP3 DOWNLOAD: $12.00 (Item #210e)

    See the ITEM DESCRIPTION on your eReceipt for download instructions.


  • Special Program
    to Free Breathing

    Hanna Somatics Gold
    by Lawrence Gold

    Buy this program because you want to increase your ease of breathing and breathing capacity, immediately and progressively. If you have rib pain, this may help.

    AUDIO COMPACT DISC (1): $18.65
    65 minutes


    MP3 DOWNLOAD: $12.65

    See the ITEM DESCRIPTION on your eReceipt for download instructions.
    65 minutes


    The Cat Stretch
    Overcoming the Myth of Aging
    (also titled, Somatic Exercises for Neuromuscular Stress)
    Preparatory Lessons and 10-minute daily regimen
    A BASIC, SYSTEMATIC, WHOLE-BODY PROGRAM for MOVEMENT HEALTH

    guided by Lawrence Gold, certified Hanna somatic educator

    People buy this program because they've found that somatic exercises very effectively do what stretching is supposed to do: improve flexibility and prevent injury. Lawrence Gold paces you step-by-step through the instructions for the exercises found in Dr. Hanna's book Somatics: Re-awakening the Mind's Control of Movement, Flexibility and Health. Recorded with introductory explanations separate from instructional material, so you can use your time efficiently.
    • The Back of the Body
    • The Front of the Body
    • The Sides of Your Trunk
    • Twisting Your Hips and Trunk
    • Freeing Your Neck and Shoulders
    • Twisting Your Hips and Trunk
    • Improving Breathing
    • Improving Walking
    • The Daily "Cat Stretch" (brief routine)

    Audio Preview: CLICK HERE and send - will return an email message with clickable, download links)

    Sold alone or with The SuperCat Stretch Exercises (see immediately below).

    AUDIO COMPACT DISCS (4):
    $54.40 + shipping (Item #211)

    eight lessons plus the daily Cat Stretch regimen


    MP3 DOWNOAD:
    (Content of all four discs compressed for quicker download):

    $44.40 TOTAL (Item #211e)

    See the ITEM DESCRIPTION on your eReceipt for download instructions.


    Mailable order form, click here.


    From: Christine Davies
    Date: 17 February 2009 22:28
    To: Lawrence Gold
    Subject: Re: Notification of payment received

    Christine Davies wrote:

    Hi Lawrence

    Many thanks for your email. I ordered (and received) the downloadable version. After just one session with Lesson 1, I am seeing benefits and look forward to completing the lessons and getting on to maintenance with The Cat Stretch each day.

    Please feel free to reference the blog as this has literally been life changing for me.

    My blog is here: http://divecat.multiply.com/tag/health

    Kind regards - Christine

    The SuperCat Exercises - higher integration
    Hanna Somatics Gold
    Beyond Overcoming the Myth of Aging

    developed and guided by Lawrence Gold
    certified Hanna somatic educator

    The more integrated a system is, the better it functions. In this program, you feel the releases go further, and when you move, you feel better put together and looser. Athletes may get this program to move to a higher level of integration and a higher level of performance. Evolved forms of Dr. Hanna's original exercises, found in his book Somatics: Re-awakening the Mind's Control of Movement, Flexibility and Health, the SuperCat Stretch has sophisticated integration techniques, additional movement elements and mind-body integration built onto the framework of the regular Cat Stretch.

    Forge a better and better-organized mind-body connection that integrates intuition, intention and physical expression -- in other words, better consistency between intentions and tangible results.

    AUDIO COMPACT DISCS (10): $107.20 (Item #212)
    Includes the Cat Stretch Program (above, 4 CDs) and the SuperCat Program (6 CDs)


    MP3 DOWNOAD:
    Content of all TEN discs:

    $87.40 TOTAL (Item #211e)

    See the ITEM DESCRIPTION on your eReceipt for download instructions.


    no image available Deeper Lovemaking companion CD set
    by Lorenzo Gold
    Move Freely, Enhance Your Sensuality, and Prolong Your Intimate Occasions

    Contains the complete instructional movement sequences found in the illustrated book (electronic PDF download or bound manual), but without the deeper, psycho-physical disciplines found in the book Deeper Lovemaking. Can be used independently of the book.
    BOOK DESCRIPTION, CLICK HERE.

    OUTSIDE THE U.S.A. click here.

    AUDIO COMPACT DISCS (4): $47.95 (Item #215)


    Mailable order form click here.


    Pre-Natal and Post-Partum Somatic Exercises
    by Lawrence Gold

    For during and after pregnancy. Because pregnancy changes the muscle tone of the abdomen and alters posture, and there's no more direct way to do that than to retrain muscles, posture and movement at a healthy level of tone, women may use these exercises to develop healthy core integration.. Before delivery, ease the pains of pregnancy. After delivery, recover your strength, get back your attractive shape, and feel more energetic. A gift, perhaps, for a sister, a friend or a couple.

    AUDIO COMPACT DISCS (2): $23.95 (Item #216)


    Mailable order form, click here.


    Free Yourself from Back Pain
    Hanna Somatics Gold
    Contains the complete instructional sequences found in the illustrated workbook. Can be used independently of the book.
    BOOK DESCRIPTION, CLICK HERE.
    AUDIO-INSTRUCTIONAL CD SET (5) with e-BOOK download: $74.70 (Item #218)


    AUDIO-INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM DOWNLOAD (ONLY)
    -- SPECIAL BONUS --

    This electronic download contains an extra instructional track, a higher-integration form of the first lesson, Spine Waves.

      ECONOMIC HARD TIMES SPECIAL $62.50 $49.50 (Item #209)


    Mailable order form, click here.

    New Seated Exercises CD New Seated Refreshment Exercises
    by Lawrence Gold

    Here's the formula for stiffness and stagnation at the desk: relative immobility at a high level of concentration for a prolonged time. Muscles get set and tired at holding a fixed postures. Add coffee to the mix and you get toxic stagnation. No wonder people get stiff and tired at work. You can counteract these effects with a systematic sequence of conscious movements in three basic directions: forward/back, twisting and expansion/contraction (breathing). Here's a system of movements that does just that, sitting in your chair in about five minutes. Follow with two or three minutes of walking, and you're refreshed. This sequence of movements was designed for people with limited freedom to move or who must stay seated for long periods -- air travelers, drivers, desk jockeys, the elderly, customer service and tech support team members.

    AUDIO-INSTRUCTIONAL CD (1 CD): $12.70 (Item #219)


    MP3 DOWNLOAD: $10.00 (Item #219e)

    See the ITEM DESCRIPTION on your eReceipt for download instructions.


    Mailable order form, click here.


    image of Free Your Psoas pack Free Your Psoas
    Hanna Somatics Gold
    by Lawrence Gold

    NOTE:
    Persons with low back pain or unequal leg length find this
    program easier if they have prepared themselves with
    The Cat Stretch program.

    ALL MOST PEOPLE NEED:
    You've found a more comfortable, lasting way to free your psoas muscles.
    Freeing tight psoas muscles with massage or stretching can be painful, as you may have found. Freeing tight psoas muscles by awakening control and balancing muscles with each other is much more comfortable and more effective. With this program, you go through gentle and well-organized somatic exercises that free your psoas muscles surprisingly comfortably. You bring ease to yourself and improve your core integration. The exercises fit together like a jigsaw puzzle for a well put-together you. Enjoy this program.
    ORDERS SHIPPED OUTSIDE THE U.S.A. REQUIRE ADDITIONAL POSTAGE

    DVD set

  • Two DVDs = 147 minutes
      organized into bite-size lessons that leave you feeling noticeably better each time
  • Bonus:
    $102.70 (Item #306)


    Electronic Download
    "ISO" format for burning your own DVDs.

    See the ITEM DESCRIPTION on your eReceipt for download instructions.

    $69.00 (Item #307)


  • FULL PREVIEW. See all of the exercises in this program explained and introduced here, on video.

    Free Your Psoas
    image of Free Your Psoas pack ENHANCED AGILITY FOR ELITE ATHLETES
    An integrated system of brain-muscle training (somatic exercises) to free your psoas muscles and to integrate them with the other core movers and stabilizers of the body. The Athletes' Program contains somatic exercises that are more intricate than the basic program and that develop more sophisticated patterns of coordination. Both programs begin and end with the same somatic exercises, Locating the Center of Breathing and The Athletes' Prayer for Loose Calves. A mind-brain-whole-body training workshop-on-DVD.

    This video program first tells you how to get the fastest results in the least possible time, then introduces each somatic exercise with a preview and one or two keys to the exercise, then guides you carefully, step-by-step, through each exercise at a slow pace for easiest learning. You will feel immediate results.

    Preview:
    Click here and send the blank email message.

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    OUTSIDE THE U.S.A. click here.

    DVD SET (3 DVDs = 228 minutes)
    with electronic download of DVD disc 1 (disc image for burning DVD):

    ECONOMIC HARD TIMES SPECIAL $159.20 $122.50 (Item #305)
    includes bonus audio CD training program,
    Somatic Transformational Exercises for Easy Walking (79 minutes)


    SPECIAL OFFER: Obtain the introductory material and first lesson by electronic download for $1.00.


    AUDIO-INSTRUCTIONAL CD SET (4 CDs): $54.40 + shipping(Item #220)


    Mailable order form, click here.


      Bill Arcand wrote:

      Hi

      Please send me more information on how to obtain the introductory material and first lesson on video CD and any other info describing the contents of the full psoas DVD program as well as the Free Preview, Guidebook of Somatic Transformational Exercises. I completed two years of somatic training in the Northampton MA somatics systems institute so i have some background on somatics.

      thanks,
      Bill Arcand

      (follow-up message from Bill, exactly as written:)

      Hi Lawrence,

      Just wanted to say that your DVD, CD, and Manual are great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!- giving me a whole new perspective on exploring- thanks for sincerity, for sharing your knowledge and for taking me deeper into discovery.

      Thank you thank you thank you!!!!!
      Bill

        Hi, Bill,

        Thanks for the note.

        May I use your words on the website, to encourage others?

        with regard,
        Lawrence

      Hi Lawrence,

      I would be honored if it will help inspire others to investigate these wonderful tools.

      Bill

    image of The Five-Pointed Star packaging The Five-Pointed Star
    - or - The Four Universal Human Movements

    Hanna Somatics Gold
    by Lawrence Gold

    This program is a "keystone" -- meaning that it integrates movements from the core (or "hara" or "dan tien" or "center of gravity") to the periphery (or extremities). As such, it enhances all somatic exercises done immediately beforehand or all physical activities done afterward.

    This is one of the shorter and more potent programs available. It immediately increases strength, flexibility, and fluidity of movement to a surprising degree. Get it to magnify the effects of any other somatic exercises (or any other exercises you do, for that matter).

    additional effect: emotionally calming and centering. Those who meditate after a session of The Five-Pointed Star notice an enhanced capacity to witness mind, emotions, and body from a neutral, centered space.

    To do this sequence, you need to be fairly supple, already. The Cat Stretch program is good preparation.

    audio compact disc set (2) $24.96 (Item #221)


    MP3 download $21.00 (Item #221e)

    See the ITEM DESCRIPTION on your eReceipt for download instructions.



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    BioKinetics Program Biokinetics/Hanna Somatics
    Developmental Movement Education with Carol Welch,
    Certified Hanna Somatic Educator
    Reflexes 101w
    Do you learn more easily from seeing than from hearing? Get this program to augment you learning of The Cat Stretch Program This video presents the theoretical foundation of somatic education and shows the exercises found in The Cat Stretch/Overcoming the Myth of Aging and Thomas Hanna's book, Somatics: ReAwakening the Mind's Control of Movement, Flexibility and Health in summary form. Practice along with Carol Welch, certified Hanna somatic educator.
    76 minutes running time, many hours in fruitful practice time.
    OUTSIDE THE U.S.A. click here.

    DVD: $64.00: (Item #303)


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    I liked this video very much. It was well organized and aesthetically pleasing. Clear and simple to follow, the video had an excellent pace which allowed the viewer to participate simultaneously with the producers.

    Consequently, I would recommend this video . . . It is accessible, applicable and appropriate for any audience: practitioners, students, or novices.

    ~ Judith Aston (developer, Aston Patterning)

    BioSomatics
    Spine and Joints 102w
    This program consists of movement patterns for the well-being of the spine, the long muscles of the back, and the small muscles joining the vertebrae. Included are cyclic motions that serve to integrate the sense of weight, balance, intention, and direction of movement.
  • VHS/PAL/SECAM: $54.40: (Item #302)


  • DVD: $64.00: (Item #304)


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  • Information on Consultations by Telephone Consultation by telephone with Lawrence Gold, Certified Hanna Somatic Educator #3 (third person conferred certification), can be arranged by pointing and clicking on (i.e., "following") the link at the end of this description.

    Lawrence Gold Personal Page was one of the thirty-eight people trained by the developer of Hanna Somatic Education, Thomas Hanna, Ph.D. From 1996 to 1998, he practiced at The Wellness and Rehabilitation Center of Watsonville Community Hospital; his writings have appeared in The American Journal of Pain Management, The Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients, The Massage and Bodywork Quarterly, and elsewhere.

    A partial list of conditions with which he may help you can be found by following this link. This page will remain behind the window that opens.

    In your consultation by telephone, tell Lawrence Gold about your problem. He will then ask pertinent questions about your history of injuries, surgeries, and your general condition.

    If somatic education will help, he will offer one or more options to you, all of which are available through Somatics on the Web :

    • pertinent exercises from the book, Somatics , by Thomas Hanna, or audio CD program The Cat Stretch, somatic exercises guided by Lawrence Gold

    • pertinent audio or video instructional program

    • exercises from The Magic of Somatics or Free Yourself from Back Pain

    • custom-made audio program to address your problem

    • referral to a certified clinical somatic educator

    To proceed, follow this link: CONSULTATION

    Click here for the Certified Practitioners' List.
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