Somatic Patterning
can help you
• boost professional skills
• improve body mechanics,
• learn simple exercises to
improve posture and
alleviate pain.
414 pages,
500 illustrations & photos,
129 illustrated exercises,
300 endnotes, a glossary,
and an index.
Click here for Table of Contents
Save your body from poor posture and back pain.
Click here to order Somatic Patterning
Only $49.95
ISBN 0-9713700-0-1
Copyright 2007, 2004
Educational Movement Systems (EMS) Press is a local press run by Maryann Foster to produce educational materials that integrate therapeutic movement studies into practical exercises to improve posture and movement. EMS Press publishes Somatic Patterning (© 2004), a monthly newsletter, and numerous articles and editorial letters.
Somatic Patterning
Save your back with Somatic Patterning! You'll be glad you did.
Somatic Patterning is the first book of its kind to provide a comprehensive overview of the somatic field. It will save you time and money because it consolidates diverse information about somatics from the groundbreaking body-mind therapies, as well as traditional information about patterning based on biomechanics.
Somatic Patterning covers a broad array of topics, including working with reflexes and developmental patterning to change deep-seated patterns, patterning joint and muscles function to improve efficiency and performance, and exploring organic and fluid movement approaches to release deep levels of stress. SP also presents exercises based on the latest research for training postural muscles to achieve joint stability.
Somatic Patterning is well documented with a comprehensive history, glossary, endnotes, bibliography, and index. It has excellent special features plus numerous photos and illustrations that make it a user-friendly sourcebook. Special features include a bridge to practice box for massage therapists and bodyworkers, links to practical application, and body stories (case studies).
Somatic Patterning is popular with self-starters who want practical exercises and research-based information to help them help themselves!
"I'm reading your amazing book . . . going through all of the exercises . . . each one unleashes a small avalanche of changes." —Ken Levinson, P.C.
"Love your book, can open it at any page and be absorbed by it." —Susan Salvoni
Here's what reviewers have said about Somatic Patterning:
“This new book fills a significant gap . . . provides a whole overview of the field of somatics . . . I can heartily recommend this book as one that will end up dog-eared on your desk, not pristine on your shelf.”
—Tom Myers, review for Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies
“Somatic Patterning is two books in one— a movement and posture text for somatic practitioners and students; and a source of posture, movement, and body/mind exercise for readers and their clients.”
—Don Schwartz, review for Massage Magazine
“. . . a comprehensive resource manual for Rolfers, movement teachers and somatic practitioners interested in working with body-mind awareness as a therapeutic intervention . . . skillfully organized . . . a valuable addition to your professional library.”
—Carol Agneessens, review for Structural Integration: The Journal of the Rolf Institute
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Upcoming Somatic Patterning Courses!
SP 101: Spine and Postural Muscles 1
March 24-25, 2012
SP 102: Spine and Postural Muscles 2
April 21-22, 2012
Learn postural muscle training for scapula, shoulder girdle, and cervical spine: integrate with nueromuscular patterning and muscle enery techniques for alleviating cervical and shoulder pain. Apply these simple exercises to improve body mechanics and hands-on techniques in massage and bodywork.
All Somatic Patterning courses are NCBTMB approved and held in Longmont, Colorado.
Get personalized attention in small classes. Space is limited so sign up for a course today!
The postural muscles presented in these courses.
For more information on courses, call Mary Ann at 303-682-5900.
Check out a video demo of course material on our home page.
Check out the
"Pain-Free Posture" Class
For massage clients or anyone who wants relief from back pain associated with poor posture.
Sign up with 2, 3, or 4 friends and split the tuition among you.