• 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.

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    Friday evening 7:15 to 9:30 PM; Saturday and Sunday, 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM
    
  • Santa Fe, NM; Eugene, OR; Maui, Hawaii; New York, NY
    
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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 3 years, summer sessions -- 10 weeks, total: $6,250 + living expenses
• Practitioner Training Program conducted by Lawrence Gold
  A series of training modules of two to five days in length. Learn the basic protocols of Hanna Somatic Education^® for alleviating back pain, freeing breathing, improving posture and movement, and overcoming the lingering effects of injuries.
  • Santa Fe, New Mexico
  • Maui, Hawaii
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    INFORMATION: 505 699-8284

  This program is based upon the three-year curriculum designed by Thomas Hanna, Ph.D.

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

  Authorization to use the trademarks, Hanna Somatic Educator^® and Hanna Somatic Education^® is not conferred in this training; use of the registered trademarks is presently reserved for trainings specifically sanctioned by The Novato Institute for Somatic Research and Training. This is an independent training program.

  Lawrence Gold (click for bio, credentials, and papers published) served for two years as an instructor for The Novato Institute for Somatic Research and Training and is now the principal instructor for The Institute for Somatic Study and Development.

• 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)
e-mail: criswell@sonoma.edu

Experiential Workshops

conducted by certified Hanna somatic educators
Contact: Lawrence Gold, certified Hanna somatic educator
1574 Coburg Road, #300
Eugene, OR 97401
505 699-8284
SCHEDULE
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Training in Your Area

conducted by Lawrence Gold
Write to: Lawrence Gold
The Institute for Somatic Study and Development
1574 Coburg Road, #300
Eugene, OR 97401
505 699-8284
Inquire by e-mail:

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 learning explorations on audio CD.
  • BioKinetics/Hanna Somatics, educational video programs by Carol Welch, certified Hanna somatic educator
  • Somatics: Re-awakening the Mind's Control of Movement, Flexibility, and Health, by Thomas Hanna (book)
  • The Magic of Somatics by Lawrence Gold, certified Hanna somatic educator. (Book with bonus audio CD - get free preview)