The Whole Back
with Katie Cooley, PhD

Day: one Saturday per month (September 13, October 11, November 15)
Time: 10:45 am -12 pm
Price: free with membership, class packages apply

The Whole Back is a sequence of connected, gentle movements to unwind the network of patterns that often underlie acute and chronic back pain and tension. This sequence was developed by Dr. Eleanor Criswell of the Novato Institute of Hanna Somatics. Katie has been teaching this to groups and private clients since 2009.

What is Hanna Somatics?

Hanna Somatics is a gentle, neuromuscular movement practice developed by Thomas Hanna that focuses on relieving chronic muscle tension and improving movement through sensory awareness and motor control. Using slow, mindful movements helps re-educate the nervous system to release habitual patterns of contraction, promoting greater ease, flexibility, and functional alignment in the body.

Who is this workshop for?

The whole back refers to whole body patterns that present as either chronic or acute neck, upper back, lower back, or sometimes hip pain. This sequence is designed to be something that one could do once a month, or even once a year. The origin of the pain could be from an accident, surgeries, body posture, or even repeated use patterns.