Hanna Somatic Education^®

Hanna Somatics Gold^TM
A Higher Standard

WORKSHOPS / TRAININGS

Practitioner Training Program
conducted by Lawrence Gold

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Next training: May 19-26 | "Please add me to the announcement list."
Learn the basic protocols and understanding of Hanna Somatic Education^® to rapidly and decisively end back pain, to free breathing, improve posture and movement, and overcome the multifarious, lingering effects of injuries, persistent non-malignant musculo-skeletal pain, pain and stiffness associated with ageing.

• Santa Fe, NM
• New York, NY
• Orlando, FL
• Portland, OR
• Farmington, CT

inquire: | phone: 505 699-8284 | Skype: lawrencegold

This program is based upon the three-year curriculum designed by Thomas Hanna, Ph.D. You may see Training Pre-requisites here. Training modules: two to six days in length. First module: six days

You develop basic competence in the methods of Hanna Somatic Education and the capacity to understand and use its underlying principles.

I do not confer authorization to use the trademarks, Hanna Somatic Educator^® and Hanna Somatic Education^® in this training; The Novato Institute for Somatic Research and Training reserves use of the registered trademarks for trainings specifically sanctioned The Institute. Mine is an independent training program in which I aim at a higher standard of proficiency and understanding than the Institute-sanctioned trainings.

I served for two years as an instructor for The Novato Institute for Somatic Research and Training (Personal Page (click for bio, credentials, and papers published)).

• Training in your area

Certification Training Program

Offered by the Association for Hanna Somatic Education
in cooperation with The Novato Institute for Somatic Research and Training (certifying institution)
Write to: Eleanor Criswell-Hanna, Ed.D., Director
The Novato Institute for Somatic Research and Training
1516 Grant Ave., Suite 212
Novato, CA 94945
415 897-0336
415 897-9618 (fax)
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Whole-body Weekend Workshops for the public
Hanna Somatic Education^® with Lawrence Gold
Somatic exercises improve whole-body coordination and create a feeling of "being better put together." Learn how to do somatic exercise sequences to produce specific effects in yourself. You will feel looser, quicker, and better balanced. Long-term pains may disappear during the weekend.

Once you've done an enlivenment weekend, you'll know how to do somatic exercises by yourself for best results.

• next date to be scheduled - inquire:
  Friday evening 7:15 to 9:30 PM; Saturday and Sunday, 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM
  
• Santa Fe, NM; New York, NY; Orlando, FL; Portland, OR; Farmington, CT
  
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• Tuition: $225.00 - 325.00, two days, depending on the workshop

Experiential Mini-Training Workshops for practitioners and helping professionals
$135-165/day

Certification Training Program
inquire for current tuition and expenses

Experiential Workshops

conducted by certified Hanna somatic educators
Contact: Lawrence Gold, certified Hanna somatic educator
15 Esquina Road
Santa Fe, NM 87508
505 699-8284
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Training in Your Area

conducted by Lawrence Gold
Write to: Lawrence Gold
The Institute for Somatic Study and Development
15 Esquina Road
Santa Fe, NM 87508
505 699-8284
inquire:

Preparation / Pre-requisites

• Be familiar with human anatomy and kinesiology.
• Read Somatics: Re-awakening the Mind's Control of Movement, Flexibility, and Health by Thomas Hanna.
• Have direct experience of the clinical work at the hands of a certified Hanna somatic educator (a surprisingly enjoyable experience).
• Use the somatic exercise instructional programs to develop an internal understanding of somatic change through somatic education.

  Enthusiastically Recommended (one or more)

  • somatic exercise instruction | CD | DVD | print |
  • BioKinetics/Hanna Somatics, educational video programs by Carol Welch, certified Hanna somatic educator
  • Clinical Somatic Education -- A New Discipline in the Field of Health Care, by Thomas Hanna (book)
  • somatic exercise program: Disproving the Myth of Aging with The Cat Stretch daily regimen by Lawrence Gold, certified Hanna somatic educator. (audio preview available from that page)