Eleanor Criswell is emeritus professor of psychology and former chair of the psychology department, Sonoma State University. Founding director of the Humanistic Psychology Institute, she is editor of Somatics Magazine, the magazine-journal of the mind-body arts and sciences, and director of the Novato Institute for Somatic Research and Training. Her books include Biofeedback and Somatics: Toward Personal Evolution, How Yoga Works: An Introduction to Somatic Yoga, and she is editor of Cram's Introduction to Surface Electromyography. She is past president and board member of the International Association of Yoga Therapists, president of the Somatics Society.  She is the originator of Somatic Yoga and Equine Hanna Somatics. Her research interests include biofeedback/neurofeedback, psychophysiology, yoga, mind-body practices, somatics, and meditation.

To find out more about Dr. Criswell's work please visit, somaticsed.com

Dr. Criswell and Bryson discuss:

• The life of Thomas Hanna
• Hanna's introduction to the Feldenkrais Method and working with Moshe
• How he developed Somatic Education
• Dr. Criswell's interest in Embodiment
• What is Somatic Awareness
• How to live an embodied life

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