What if transformation isn’t about perfecting the pose — but perceiving it more deeply?

In this experiential course, Dr. Jaime Stover Schmitt introduces you to seven key schools of somatic sensing that reconnect you to your body’s innate intelligence. Drawing from modalities like Feldenkrais-inspired movement, Alexander Technique, Laban Movement Analysis, and Body-Mind Centering®, you’ll explore mindful movement as a tool for release, resilience, and deeper presence.

Enjoy this opportunity to learn how attuning to your body’s subtle sensations can help you move with greater ease and awareness in your yoga practice, daily activities, creative endeavors, and athletic pursuits!

What You'll Learn:

• The history of somatic movement and clarity around what makes a movement “somatic.”

• Seven somatic awareness practices that support healing, nervous system regulation, and more.

• Tools to integrate subtle body practices into your yoga or teaching practice.

What You'll Experience:

• Sensory-based movement that repatterns your neural pathways to release tension.

• Somatic play that deepens embodied awareness and expressiveness in your daily activities.

• Gentle, grounding techniques to encourage emotional resilience and healing from trauma.

How You’ll Feel:

The somatic sensing practices in this course invite a spacious, playful experience. Instead of performing postures, you'll be exploring within them, using movement to cultivate a greater connection to your own body and discover ease within yourself. Experience a release of tension, anxiety, and emotional trauma as your nervous system records moments of yielding, feeling, and trusting.

What You'll Gain:

• Seven interoceptive techniques to build nervous system resilience.

• Movement repatterning techniques to support emotional balance and trauma recovery.

• A deeper, more intuitive connection to yourself and your yoga practice.

Who This Course is For:

• Yoga students interested in deepening inner awareness and embodiment.

• Yoga teachers who wish to introduce yoga and somatics to their students.

• Anyone seeking to cultivate a practice of spanda (the divine pulsation of life), where postures arise from an inner knowing rather than rigid external forms.