Books about
Hanna Somatic Education
- Somatics :
Reawakening the Mind's Control of Movement,
Flexibility, and Health (1988)
- The Body of Life :
Creating New Pathways for Sensory Awareness and
Fluid Movement (1993)
- Bodies in Revolt : A
Primer in Somatic Thinking (1985)
Somatics : Reawakening
the Mind's Control of Movement, Flexibility, and Health 
by Thomas Hanna
Paperback - 162 pages (July 1988)
Perseus Pr; ISBN: 0201079798
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Customer Comments
A great book, it has saved me $100's and a lot of pain.
A reader , 13 April, 1997
This book uses visual aids to teach you how to solve your
own skeletal problems, such as a painful back, headaches.
Chronic problems such as poor posture can be changed in
very little time. You will learn to troubleshoot your own
problems and gain flexibility and strength. It has truly
saved me hundreds of dollars on Chiropractic bills. Thank
you Mr. Hanna. I have bought about 10 of these books for
friends in pain. A very easy read and reference.
Finally excercises
for a bad back!, October 1, 2001
Reviewer: A reader from
Summit, NJ United States
This is the first set of excercises for my back that has
ever had any effect at all. My back began feeling better
within a matter of days, and has just gotten better and
better. If you've had back trouble that you can't get rid
of, try this.
Brain
reprogramming, January 2, 2002
Reviewer: daniel f vasquez from
Phoenix, AZ United States
I am a massage therapist and use elements of Hanna's work
daily. Most people don't understand that their posture
and how they use their body comes from how they have
unwittingly programmed their bodies. Their bodies are on
"auto-pilot". Hanna makes this clear to the
reader and then discusses how the reader can re-awaken
their brain circuits and change their body programming,
releasing muscular tension, using the exercises in the
back of the book. Granted that the wooden figures showing
the exercises can be difficult to discern, it is worth
your patience to work it out.
Your body will thank you. I have adapted many of the
movements to my table work sessions and always assign one
or two movements as homework. You can do much on your own.
I have given away many copies of this book to clients who
showed great interst in Hanna's work and in taking care
of themselves.
Somatics :
Reawakening the Mind's Control of Movement, Flexi,
August 10, 2001
Reviewer: A reader from
Incline Village, NV United States
This is a fabulous book. I borrowed it from a friend then
bought my own copy so I never have to be without it. I
teach beginning Yoga practice and lead my students in
these exercises at the beginning of many classes to bring
awareness to the body-mind and loosen and open before
practicing traditional poses. This book has been a god-send
providing several somatic exercises that are explained
simply and thoroughly emphasizing awareness on the body.
The references to studies given in the body of the book,
come across a little "heady", but in no way
take away from the wealth of information. Hanna explains
what " Sensory-motor amnesia" is, and how to
free ourselves from it.
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The
Body of Life : Creating New Pathways for
Sensory Awareness and Fluid Movement 
by Thomas Hanna
Paperback - 210 pages (April
1993)
Inner Traditions Intl Ltd / Healing Art Press; ISBN:
0892814810
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Book Description
This is a landmark book with principles useful for all
approaches to somatic education.
This classic work on bodywork education builds on
Feldenkrais' theories of Functional Integration to fine-tune
the nervous system and improve coordination and range of
movement.
A Customer Review
An excellent overview, January 21, 2000
Reviewer: A reader from
Santa Fe, NM
This is a clear, easy-to-read introduction to the body-mind
theory behind Hanna's "Somatics" system, and
how the system works in practice. The anecdotes he tells
are engaging, and I especially liked his insistence that
the process is a collaboration: the practitioner isn't a
"healer" so much as a teacher, and healing
takes place because the sufferer re-learns how to use the
forgotten parts of his/her body. I also found his
explanation of the "soma" concept very
enlightening: too many thinkers (even those of the "New
Age" persuasion) promote the view that we are
spirits trapped in bodies and that we should hence adopt
a "mind over matter" philosophy. Hanna, by
contrast, insists that the two are interdependent and
that what happens to one affects the other -- in both
directions. He points out that this idea is reflected in
Zen Buddhism, yoga, and other Eastern philosophies. (Western
thinkers have tended to misunderstand it, possibly
because of the mind-vs-body dichotomy in Christian
thought, but Hanna clarifies the matter nicely.) I also
found his explanation of the Feldenkrais system and its
relationship to other methods of bodywork (such as
Alexander) very useful. Although some of the research he
cites is a little outdated now, nothing he says is (to my
knowledge) contradicted by recent studies. Despite its
age, this is still a very useful book for anyone
interested in the mind-body relationship.
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Bodies
in Revolt : A Primer in Somatic Thinking
by Thomas Hanna
Paperback (June 1985)
Freeperson Pr; ISBN: 0918236037
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