Check in with Martha Peterson to learn how you can once again move without pain, with Pandiculation.

Ever wonder why cats arch their backs or why your first move on waking is a giant yawn-and-reach? That automatic stretch is called pandiculation, and it’s more than cute—it’s critical for healthy muscles and nerves.

Have you ever noticed how even the simplest movement — like reaching for your keys or standing up from a chair — can sometimes feel like more effort than it should?

If this struggle sounds familiar and you’ve tried a variety of methods to feel better in your body, Martha Peterson, founder of Essential Somatics® and author of Move Without Pain, can help you find the missing link…

… an understanding that your brain — not just your muscles — orchestrates movement, tension, and perception as one deeply interconnected system.

Join Martha for a free online event …Experience the Power of Pandiculation: Release Deeply Held Tension Through Lesser-Known Hanna SomaticsTM Movements for Reduced Pain & Embodied Flow.

… where she’ll gently guide you into the world of somatic movement and the transformative power of pandiculation… 

… a natural nervous-system reset and powerful tool that restores muscle control, calms your whole being, and returns your body to its natural state of relaxation.

Pandiculation is a simple solution that can help you release chronic pain — as well as physical and emotional limitations — by improving your brain’s ability to sense and move your muscles with ease.

This mini-workshop will give you a tangible, embodied taste of pandiculation, so you can begin releasing the tension, stiffness, and limited range of motion that may have quietly built up over time.

You’ll start to recognize how your body holds the lived story of your every thought, emotion, and experience… 

… and feel the capacity of somatic movement to unwind your stress at its source, restore flow, coherence, and wholeness, and bring you back to your most vital self.

In this experiential healing hour, you’ll:

• Discover what it truly means to be somatic — to feel yourself from the inside out — and demystify the root causes of chronic tension and pain
• Engage in a guided practice that reveals how tension in your hands and legs affects the mobility of your shoulders and hips — and how relaxing your periphery can free your center, reawakening the deep connectedness of your body from the inside out
• Experience how releasing tension in your center — the front, back, and sides of your body — restores freedom and control in your arms, legs, hands, and feet
• Explore foundational somatic movements that safely reset your nervous system, enhance creativity, and bring more ease into daily life
• Learn about three universal stress reflexes that keep you stuck in patterns of contraction 

Whether you’re living with chronic pain or daily tension, feeling disconnected from your body, or simply longing to move through life with more resilience…

… this event is an invitation to remember that grace is your natural state and that healing is possible through softening, rather than force.

Join Martha Peterson’s Pandiculation Workshop Here!

1. Pandiculation is the involuntary act of stretching and yawning, usually when we shift from rest to activity (e.g., waking up). Unlike passive stretching, it involves simultaneous muscle contraction and lengthening

    
2. How It Works
   • Sensory-motor reset: The motion sends feedback to the nervous system, resetting the “gamma loop” that controls resting muscle tension

   • Tension release: It prevents chronic tightness and restores voluntary muscle control

   • Fascia tune-up: May keep connective tissue (fascia) supple and integrated

    
3. Benefits Snapshot
   • Eases muscle tension and pain
   • Improves posture and balance
   • Boosts dopamine, making you feel good
4. From Automatic to Voluntary
   Thomas Hanna turned the reflex into Clinical Somatic Education—slow, conscious pandiculations that retrain habitual tension and chronic pain

    
5. Key Resources
   • Somatic Movement Center – detailed explainer & videos: https://somaticmovementcenter.com/pandiculation-what-is-pandiculation/

    

   • Cleveland Clinic – why it feels so good: https://health.clevelandclinic.org/why-does-pandiculation-feel-so-good

    

   • PubMed – fascia & myofascial integrity paper: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21665102/

6. Key Take-away
   If you want to move more freely and hurt less, don’t skip the morning yawn-and-stretch—it’s your body’s built-in software update.

To Your Freedom!

Paul at ChangeThatMind.com

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