Anita Smith

Soma bodywork is a series of 10-12 sessions, evolved from the work of Dr. Ida P. Rolf, whose genius was seeing that there is an organized way to release the myofascial compensation patterns in the physical structure. These develop as a result of living out of alignment in gravity, stress and physical injury. Each session involves hands on work, movement re-education and emotional support of unprocessed held energy in the body. There is a momentum to the process, each session preparing the body for the next by creating space in the tissue and practicing appropriate movement to integrate. Each session is like a mini-seminar with receiving the work, studying the handouts of each session's goals and practices and feedback to bring back to each session, identifying changes and issues as they occur. It is an interactive, whole person process.

Somassage was developed to offer a more structurally oriented body therapy treatment of myofascial release. It assists in maintaining Structural Integration sessions like Soma Neuromuscular Integration, or other systems like Rolfing, or for someone who would like a more comprehensive treatment other than traditional massage.