From personal experience learning Somatics as well as from the perspective of a Certified Essential Somatics Movement Teacher, I assure...

Somatics has become a buzzword lately, attached to all kinds of therapies and disciplines. It can get confusing, so let’s start with the basics. The word soma simply means “body,” and somatic means “relating to the body.” When you see terms like somatic yoga, somatic psychology, or somatic breathwork, it usually means those practices emphasize bodily awareness. But Somatics—specifically the work of Thomas Hanna, PhD.—is something different. How Did Thomas Hanna, Ph.D., Define