Alissa Mayer is a co-instructor of the Equine Hanna Somatics training program and the creator of the Feel-Embodied System Hanna Somatics Horsemanship. Her passion is to get every horse to experience the amazing benefits of Hanna Somatics by teaching their owners and trainers to be their own ‘bodyworkers.’ She’s empowering every equestrian to take back control of their own body and health by learning to use Somatic Movement to un-write patterns and awaken our natural abilities to feel. In this Part 1 of our conversation, we discuss:

• What's the somatic approach? 
• What are Hanna Somatics and Pandiculation?
• Why exactly horses are not doing what we would like them to do and how Hanna Somatics helps them to by releasing the tension in their bodies
• The mechanism of chronic tension build-up in the muscles
• Key role of the brain in muscle tightness and tension and muscle memory
• The science behind the muscle pain originating from low level tension
• What’s the difference between confirmation and posture

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Learn more about my guest Alissa Mayer on her website alissamayer.com and her social media @alissamayersomatics

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To learn more about the SoulBodyHorse host, Meredith Crawford, find her on Instagram @meredithcrawfo

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