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
We get stuck in
the tension echoes of
our well practiced emotions.
Your nervous system has
learned to hold you in
your specific patterns of tension.
This is the root of your pain.
“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.
Your tension adaptations to the challenges of life
have become involuntary and normalized.
The problematic tensions,
the root holdings,
feel normal to you.
“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
All of these are expressions of:
constricted breathing space.
and
too much tension.
“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
2m:41s
Settle and relax the
most stuck parts and places of your body,
De-escalate the
tension holdings that make your pain,
Address the
tension patterns that
pull you into
restlessness, impatience, worry,
anxiety, and 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
Your system has mastered the tensions of your:
• stress response,
• reactions to injury and surgery,
• repetitive movement,
• your adaptions to the difficulties, the stress of life.
Tension uses up your energy,
leaving you fatigued, stiff and uncomfortable.
It makes your life less enjoyable.
The control system is teachable,
if you give it
the correct lesson.
Change your stiffness,
tension related pain,
and the moods that are inextricably linked with stress tension.
(Three general tension related mood categories:
1. restless, annoyed, impatient, angry
2. anxious, under-pressure, frustrated
3. worried, sad, and depressed)
“The session I did with you opened my eyes in a way I didn’t know was possible.”
-T., Chef
1m:54s
Clarify the gap between your mind and body.
“You are a healer on the forefront.”
-P., Musician
Restore your muscle tension to
an easier, more natural balance.
Change the specific tension patterns that cause your pain.
This is a fully revised, updated, and improved version of
Thomas Hanna’s “Somatics”.
Learn to self-assess, to find the hidden root-holding(s) that
your tension situation organizes around.
Learn the 7 tension strategies we get stuck in
(this goes beyond Thomas Hanna’s Basic Three).
I can show you that you are
mostly stuck in a single tension situation.
This method allows you see
the complexity of your body problem, as simple.
Once you see it,
you can see how it has taken hold in your body.
you can see how it has taken hold in your body.
This method let’s you change it.
“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
Soothe your system, address the root of the problem,
with this optimized gentle movement practice.
“When I left your office, I felt like I had not been in an accident!“
-H., Teacher, after an auto accident
You don’t fit into cookie-cutter protocols.
This method adapts to your
specific needs and limitations.
By design, this method is it not static.
It is always becoming better.
It adapts to the needs
of each person who explores it.
“I woke today for the first time since my injury in March to
no pain at my waist!
I feel limber, and loose.”
It’s not stretching.
It starts with relaxing the places that
constrict your breathing.
“My somatics sessions with Eric Cooper freed me from the gripping pain.”
-P., Yoga Teacher and Cross-Country Traveller
It goes from simple
to advanced.
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 cool thing is, it’s enjoyable, it’s pleasurable!
You can do it.
You can change the course of your ship.
“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
Stretching, foam rolling, therapeutic manipulation, and massage
may give a temporary relief
but
the deep tension habit soon returns to
exactly how it likes to run you.
Teach your tension system to change its habit.
My clients are people who:
• have injuries that won’t resolve,
• have chronic tension, stiffness and pain,
• are often racked in scoliosis and asymmetry,
• have had stressful lives and the stress likes to run in them,
and
• many of them have tried almost everything to find a solution.
Note: I don’t fix people.
If you want someone to fix you, I’m not the right guy for you.
I empower you to fix yourself.
“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
Along the way,
you may even find
a deeper self-knowing.
“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
It’s gentle movement that
creates ease in
your body and your mind.
“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.
“You are the only person that’s ever been able to help with my pain.”
-J., elder-care professional
“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
“I know and have practiced many movement modalities,
but what you have had the courage, brain and inspiration to further develop is quite exceptional.
– I’m not sure, if everyone recognizes this.” -P.
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.
It is looking at what can be observed and what is un-observable.
It is looking at the big picture and the details of what is really happening.
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 is intended for informational and educational purposes only and not for the purpose of rendering medical advice. It is not intended to substitute for medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.Always seek the advice of a physician or other qualified healthcare provider with any questions regarding a medical condition. Never disregard or delay seeking professional medical advice or treatment because of something you have seen on this website. Only doctors diagnose. Doctors refer clients to me. I have doctors as clients.
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