The root of where you’re stuck
is hidden.
You can change it.
You can get unstuck.
“I learned from you, that it’s fruitless to muscle my way out of bad posture.
That over-riding automatic posture will never work.
Now, I understand. This is a better way.”
-P. Trauma Therapist
“This is profound healing.”
-C. PhD Trauma Psychotherapist
Address the hidden tension roots of your pain.
Your nervous system has
learned to hold you in
your specific patterns of tension.
“The results in 2 weeks have been more than I have managed to get in the last 10 years.
I’m mind blown by it.
I cannot understand how tiny passive movements have
given me so much relief in 2 weeks.”
-T. Urban Utilities Worker after Two Private Video Sessions
Client relaxes out of the tension pattern.
Resolve the hidden background patterns.
Your adaptations to the challenges of life
have become patterns involuntary and normalized tension.
You hold deeply ingrained tensionss that feel normal
but cause pain.
“If I could go back in time,
I would skip all the time spent at chiropractors, yoga, Pilates and physical therapy.”
-G., Automotive Safety Engineer, after the fourth session
“This guy is on to something that gets to the heart of the matter that no one else is touching.”
-Sofia, Environmental Engineer
Standing relaxed, before and after multiple sessions.
Note: This change is without any forceful manipulation or stretching.
Your muscle tension problem,
is changeable.
“The work you do is really giving people who have lost all hope their life back.”
-S. Forensic Psychiatric Nurse
Settle and relax the areas where your body
is locked and restricted.
De-escalate the deep tensions
that fuel your pain.
Turn down the tension patterns that
pull you into restlessness, impatience,
worry, anxiety,
depression, and anger.
“This is the best thing I’ve done for my body.”
-A., Biomedical Engineer, feedback a year after a series of in-person sessions
The tension patterns of our emotions echo in us
as a lingering high-idle of background tension.
Your system has mastered the tensions of your:
• stress response,
• repetitive movement,
• reactions to injury and surgery,
• your adaptions to the difficulties, the stress of life.
This persistent background tension uses up your energy,
leaving you fatigued, stiff and uncomfortable.
Your tension control system is teachable,
if you give it the right lesson.
Change your stiffness, tension related pain,
and the moods that are inextricably linked with stress tension.
“The session I did with you opened my eyes in a way I didn’t know was possible.”
-T., Chef
Guide your muscles back to
a state of ease and natural balance.
“You are a healer on the forefront.”
-P., Musician
Dissipate the deep tension patterns that
are the roots of your pain.
Experience a fully revised, updated, and improved version of Somatics,
built upon the foundation of Thomas Hanna’s original work.
Learn to uncover the hidden tension pattern
—the root holdings—
that lock your body in pain and stiffness.
Free yourself from the tension strategies that keep you stuck.
This method addresses the real, deeply embedded patterns
beyond the three basic surface tension patterns that Hanna described.
You may be surprised to learn
that most of your tension is
rooted in a specific strategy
that your nervous system is actively running.
Complex problems become understandable
as expressions of simple brain-controlling-body strategies.
Once you recognize it, you’ll see how this patterns have taken hold.
“I’m a firm believer in Thomas Hanna’s belief that Somatics would be the next revolution in Psychology therapy.
Love
where you have taken this work.“
-R., A very experienced Hanna Somatic Practitioner
Learn an optimized, adaptable,
gentle movement practice that helps you feel calm.
“When I left your office, I felt like I had not been in an accident!“
-H., Teacher, after an auto accident
You aren’t a one-size-fits-all person.
You don’t fit into cookie-cutter protocols.
This adaptable method recognizes that.
“I woke today for the first time since my injury in March to
no pain at my waist!
I feel limber, and loose.”
This isn’t about stretching—
it’s a method to teach your brain
to release the tension that constricts
your breathing and movement.
“My somatics sessions with Eric Cooper freed me from the gripping pain.”
-P., Yoga Teacher and Cross-Country Traveller
From foundational movements
to advanced techniques,
this method grows with you.
Learn effective movements to address
simple and very complex expressions of scoliosis.
“Since seeing him, my pain has decreased (shoulder pain) and my range of motion is improving. I’m sleeping better and am significantly more comfortable! Since Eric teaches you as he helps you heal, you actually are in control and gain tools to maintain the gains you achieve. Brilliant!”
-C. Relationship Counselor
The best part?
It’s both effective and enjoyable!
You have the power to change the
direction of your body’s tension patterns.
Change the course of your ship.
Re-train your nervous system to release habitual tension patterns.
While methods like stretching, foam rolling, therapeutic manipulation,
and massage may give temporary relief,
but deep tension habits soon return to their default patterns.
There is a better way:
Teach your nervous system how to
release deep-rooted tension patterns.
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I work with clients who:
• struggle with unresolved injuries
• live with chronic tension, stiffness and pain,
• experience asymmetry and scoliosis,
• have lived under stress that continues to manifest physically and emotionally,
• have tried countless solutions without success.
“After ten years of experiencing daily chronic pain, headaches, and migraines, caused by an auto-accident when I was eleven years old, I am finally finding relief and learning to gain control of my pain for the first time. Eric is the ONLY practitioner to ever help me get to the root of my pain problem.”
-H. College Student and Film Maker
Note: I don’t ‘fix’ people.
I guide and equip you with the method to
resolve the tension patterns that keep you stuck.
You have to
release your own tension.
Only you can do it.
“Just got done pandiculating. 4th time in two days. So, so thankful. This is the medicine. If the entire globe stopped what they were doing, laid down, and did this practice at the same time, the solution we are all seeking for the calmness and balance of the earth and our bodies would effortlessly arise.”
-C, Fashion Model
As you go through this process,
you may discover a deeper understanding of yourself.
“This is life changing.”
-A., Educational Technology Co-ordinator after two sessions
“This was life changing.”
-S., Retired School Teacher after a series of 6 sessions
“It is an awakening of sorts. That’s true! That’s what I experienced.”
-M., Advanced Bodyworker and Awareness Teacher
“It helped me connect to places missed from my consciousness.”
-A. Advance Yoga Teacher in India
“This went really deep.
The story is amnesia. It’s a dense fog.”
-H., Storyteller after a series of video sessions
“I’m laughing more. There’s more fluidity in my being.”
“It’s simple, and so profound.”
-K., Advanced Bodyworker
These gentle movement create ease by between
your nervous system and body.
“I recommend seeing Eric Cooper with all of my heart.
The work he does has truly changed my life and the lives of many.
Do not be complacent with your aching body and mind.
Eric can help in ways you never knew- but hoped- were possible. Thank you!”
-A., Uplifter of the Arts
“Everything you said was true. It is pretty miraculous, the change I can feel in my body, even from 5 minutes of these exercises. It’s been fantastic. I feel like you inspired me to get on this road, which is the only thing I have ever found that has been helpful.“
-S., Clinical Social Worker, a year after four sessions.
“I am seriously feeling soooo much better already!! I am so excited and so full of hope in having a body that is moving with freedom and ease! I am now actually looking forward to the coming years as I grow older! I think they will be even better than the first half, which is quite a beautiful miracle thanks to you and the incredibly skilled and gifted way that you teach Somatics!!”
-J., Coach and Counselor
I discovered via Eric’s guidance that my stiff neck (which created down-spiral outcomes in the limbs) started to move more smoothly, a bliss! I tried other Hanna Somatics teachers but i can witness that I loved Eric’s methodology the most because it goes to the bits and bytes of the movement and it is so precise.
I started to feel better after the 2nd session and knew that I found the key to healing. I highly recommend Eric’s services because his teachings are the real deal. My deep gratitude is to him and for him..”
-A. Writer and Yoga Teacher in Jerusalem
“You are the only person that’s ever been able to help with my pain.”
-J., elder-care professional
Registered Somatic Movement Teacher and Therapist
Professional Member of the International Somatic Movement Education and Therapy Association
This method is NOT:
chiropractic, Rolfing, manipulation, massage,
Peter Levine’s “Somatic Experiencing”, TRE, or psychotherapy.
This method focuses on
what can be observed and what remains hidden.
It examines the big picture while paying attention to
the details of what is truly happening in your body.
It is a method to restore voluntary control to musculature that
has been held in involuntary contraction.
This is based on up-to-date neurophysiology.
This website serves as an informational and educational resource. It is not a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always consult a physician or qualified healthcare provider regarding any medical condition. Do not ignore or delay seeking medical advice because of something seen here. Only doctors diagnose. Many doctors refer clients to me, and I also work with doctors as clients.
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