Toshio Nomura and Emma Meehan Future projects In February 2020, we asked network members to generate project ideas about somatic practices (SP) and pain that needed to be addressed. In this blog, we present a qualitative research approach, called KJ Ho…
More reflections on somatic practice, pain and resting Tamara Ashley Following on from Glenna Batson’s post on Constructive Rest, I am going to look at the dynamics of rest in embodied practice. In particular, I look at the interplay between doing and…
Glenna Batson While scientists continue to investigate modes of pain management, self-help methods that highlight sensory awareness and rest are gaining currency. In the last blog, I suggested an easy sensory awareness tool: a quick, reflective moment of checking in…
In this interview, Dr. Eugenia Kim discusses her work on illness narratives through Virtual Reality (VR). She talks about how she translated somatic practices into a virtual landscape, and the challenges of this process. The discussion also questions how VR…
In this blog post, dance artist and researcher Lisa May Thomas introduces ideas from her work in Virtual Reality (VR) and somatic practices, exploring how this might enable participants in exercising choice over perceptions and experiences of chronic pain. Somatic…
During the pandemic, we are adding new resources to the website. One resource is this online interview with physiotherapist Dr. Ross Armstrong. His research examines screening tools for predicting injury in dance, looking at hypermobility in dancers as well as…
In this first blog post, Alexander Technique teacher Professor Glenna Batson shares her viewpoint on somatics and pain amid the pandemic. Somatics at the Nexus of the Pandemic and Pain: Part I Glenna Batson Photograph by Cathy Coughlan In the…
