Ad Libbing Your Somatics
John Loupos
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I have many clients who fall into the ‘usual client’ category, people whose circumstance calls for this protocol or those, people whose problem issues are clearly identifiable and potentially fixable using our ‘standard’ protocol approach. When these individuals arrive for services at my clinic I ply my Somatics skills as best I can to achieve some varying degree of resolve and repair, usually leaving them happy and better off for the experience and fully equipped with new resources to practice and maintain on their own. Then these clients are off and on their own.
Occasionally a different kind of client seeks me out, either at my clinic or remotely. This kind of client may or may not have a particular presenting issue. But they are different nonetheless as they fall into one of two possible categories; either they are very process-oriented and want to learn what Somatics has to teach them purely for the sake of the knowledge and experience, or they have some health or wellness issue, i.e. a debilitating neuropathy, that falls outside the usual purview of Somatics, but for which Somatics can provide concomitant benefit. These clients linger, they may come to stay even once the usual repertoire of protocols and movement pattern resources has been exhausted. What then?
“Ad Libbing Your Somatics” will offer a model for how you can make stuff up (the right stuff, of course) on the spot while staying fully compliant with the principles of Hanna Somatics to continue to serve these clients in a useful way.
John Loupos CHSE
holds a Masters Degree in Psychology and is a Somactivist with a clinical practice in Cohasset, Ma. He is author of multiple books, including, “The Sustainable You – Somatics and the Myth of Aging,” and has composed numerous original Somatics movement recordings. John is also trained in Classical Homeopathy. He owns and operates Jade Forest where he has been teaching Chinese martial arts, including Kung Fu, Tai Chi, qigong, etc. since the the 1960’s.
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HSE Learning Community
Presenters and Attendees Wanted
The Hanna Somatic Education Learning Community is a monthly group that will be hosted by Ryan Moschell and the AHSE Education Committee. This group’s mission is to cultivate our members’ continued learning and deepen our community’s connection. All AHSE members would be most welcome to attend. Together, we’d benefit Hanna Somatics as a discipline, while supporting the common growth of our clients, the general public, and ourselves as Hanna Somatic Educators.
In this online group, AHSE members are invited to volunteer to teach a topic of their choice focused on Hanna Somatic Education. Each presentation would be 15 to 30 minutes in length. You’d have the valuable opportunity to practice your presentation skills and your HSE colleagues could process your chosen topic together. You certainly don’t need to be an expert on the topic. You’d inspire the group to learn from each other through their questions and discussion.
The presenter can get a recording of their own presentation that they can present to their clients, post on social media, upload to YouTube, or use to write an article. If the content is cleared by the AHSE Education Committee, your recording can be archived in the Members section of the AHSE website.
Suggested presentation topics:
o Anatomy
o Kinesiology
o Neuroscience
o Somatic movements / Techniques
o Diagnosis - somatic interpretations and possible solutions
o A case study (With permission to share)- problems and solutions
o Translating and incorporating HSE into other disciplines.
o Other HSE-related topics…
The group meets the fourth Wednesday of each month at 9:30 am PDT/PST, 12:30 pm EDT/EST, 5:30 pm BST/GMT, for 60-90 minutes. The first meeting of the Hanna Somatic Education Learning Community is _______________-and we already have a great presentation lined up.
We’ll need monthly presenters, so if you’d be interested in being a future presenter, Please submit a paragraph describing your topic to Ryan Moschell and the AHSE Education Committee. Let Ryan know if you have any questions about being a presenter.
