SOMATICS

FINDING EASE AND FREEDOM IN MOVEMENT AND STILLNESS

An easy and effective way to release tension from your body.

Feel more comfortable when you move and calm when you rest.

Thanks to funding from the National Lottery, Skylarker are offering

6 X 5 week Somatics courses in Buckfastleigh in 2025.

Learn to retrain your brain to release tight and stiff muscles, leading to:

  • pain-free movement,

  • easier breathing,

  • greater flexibility and co-ordination,

  • a calmer nervous system.

  • Skylarker Somatics is for anyone who would like to experience more comfort in their bodies and deep relaxation in their lives. It is particularly helpful for people who are in pain with stiff and tight muscles (eg sore backs, hips, necks, shoulders).

    Somatics has a profoundly positive effect on breathing is excellent for nervous system regulation, so these classes are helpful for anyone experiencing stress.

    It is also for anyone who wants to age well, as it gives space for the joints and all the bodily organs and systems to work optimally.

  • The skills to use a simple and effective method to release muscle tension (called pandiculation). This releases and reverses neuromuscular pain so that you:

    feel comfortable and at ease in your body

    experience full, free and nourishing breath

    are able to relax deeply and sleep well

    have greater range of motion

    enjoy a calm and regulated nervous system

    benefit from better balance and posture

    • 5 X 1 hour classes

    • Friendly and encouraging learning environment

    • Audio recordings to use at home

    • A certified teacher to answer questions and support you

Pip is a Certified Movement Coach in the tradition of Thomas Hanna.

Hanna Somatics is a mind body system of movement education.

Each class consists of slow mindful movements and sensory awareness training, done lying down.

You learn to release habits of stress and tension in your muscles, so that your body can

rest in an innate sense of peace and well-being, as well as regain

ease, freedom and fluidity of movement.

Dates

Sign up for a 5 week block:

Mondays 6 - 7pm on Feb 24th, March 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24 th

Tuesdays 9.30-10.30am on April 22nd, 29 th , May 6 th , 13 th , May 20 th

At The Moor Imagination Centre, Chapel Street, Buckfastleigh TQ11 0AB

Wednesdays 6 – 7pm June 4th , 11th , 18th , 25th , July 2nd

At The Hands On Retreat, Pridhamsleigh, Newton Abbot TQ13 7JJ

Mondays 6-7pm on September 15th, 22nd, 29th, Oct 6th, 13th

Tuesdays 9.30-10.30am on Nov 4th, 11th, 18th, 25th, Dec 2nd

At The Moor Imagination Centre, Chapel Street, Buckfastleigh TQ11 0AB

Plus more dates to come… Keep updated on our Instagram!

Fee: Free (donations welcome)

Donations support Skylarker’s running costs and to be able to offer

free/subsidised places to those who need it.

  • "I loved the gentle approach and I really enjoyed your teaching style Pip - so welcoming and well explained."

  • "Somatics helps me to relax and to become more aware of my body and mind. It definitely helps my well-being"

  • "I feel so calm and centred after the class and the tightness in my neck is so much better!"