For something to be true and usefull it must have a scientific foundation to differentiate it from pure quackery.
This page contains links to various scientific literature regarding to many of the implemented features of Lin Sublin Somatic Education.
We invite you to explore and start reading. Take a break, do a lesson and feel the the benefits.
The book “The Brain’s Way of Healing: Remarkable Discoveries and Recoveries from the Frontiers of Neuroplasticity” explains Somatic Education inditrectly through explaining Neuroplasticity which is the main goal of LinSublim. Two chapters are dedicated to Moshe Feldenkrais’ and his method, which form a foundational part of Lin Sublim Somatic Education. Another chapter talks about chronic pain, which can be completely eliminated by using Lin Sublim.
“The Body Electric by Robert O becker” a Nobel Prize winner - Details the regenerative power of our body.
This page is still work in progress, meaning new research will be added and most links are not organized.
Effects on low back and neck pain Hanna somatic education Thomas hanna Somatic education - Effects on low back and neck pain
Jacobson relaxation technique The Neuroprotective Effects of Exercise: Maintaining a Healthy Brain Throughout Aging
Studies showing Somatic Education efficiency
- Patients who had pain neck and low back pain for longer than 2 months resolved after 5 sessions, once every 1-2 weeks. Effect of Thomas Hanna Somatic Education on Low Back and Neck Pain Levels
- Study showing significant decreases in complaints from neck and shoulders and disability during leisure time in somatics group in female industrial workers. Physiotherapy showed no change, control groups had worsening of symptoms
- Reducing of bruxism, tight jaw clenching in children Effect of awareness through movement on the head posture of bruxist children
- Lengthening the Hamstring Muscles Without Stretching Using “Awareness Through Movement” somatic education
- Therapeutic effects of Somatic Movement and Education in patients with eating disorders . Extract: **The participants of the Somatics-course showed increasing contentment with regard to problematic zones of their body and their own health as well as concerning acceptance and familiarity with their own body. Other results were a more spontaneous, open and self-confident behaviour, the decrease of feelings of helplessness and decrease of the wish to return to the security of the early childhood, which indicates the development of felt sense of self, self-confidence and a general process of maturation of the whole personality. The outcome points to the therapeutical effectiveness of the Feldenkrais Method with eating-disorder patients within a multimodal treatment program. **
- 20+ studies linked in Meta analysis of somatic education, especially Moshe Feldenkrais’ variant
Studies showing how taking short breaks may help our brains learn new skills, including sensory and kinesthetic learning:
Using imagination to improve muscular and nervous system by combining practice with break periods, in which offline gains are apparent. Consolidation of human skill linked to waking hippocampo-neocortical replay
Benefits of breaks, reducing stress, increasing productivity, boosting brain function, improved learning, developing social skills. In case you wondered why there are so many “breaks”/pauses during a LinSublim lesson research
- Boost your brain, while having a break! The effects of long-term cognitively engaging physical activity breaks on children’s executive functions and academic achievement
40-second green roof views sustain attention: The role of micro-breaks in attention restoration S0272494415000328
Why it’s important to move with awareness in somatic education. Attention to movement modulates activity in sensori-motor areas, including primary motor cortex when we challenge our proprioceptive system, we see major improvements in executive function, working memory, and psychological health research .
A reason why some lessons have a specific progression and different movements is that Neuroplasticity is promoted by task complexity and variation.
NSDR Training attention for conscious non-REM sleep : The yogic practice of yoga-nidrā and its implications for neuroscience research - LinSublim uses various body scan techniques which have the same effects. At the beginning, during and the end of every lesson. Gaining even more benefits.
- Using imagination and rest intervals interspersed with practice strenghtens the wakefull consolidation of a skill meaning that while you rest after practicing somatic movements, your brain continues to make gains. Another research for muscle strength has similar findings
More to come Meditation benefits
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Breathing - Respiratie - Beneficii Calmare
Polyvagal Theory
Siguranta
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Additional reading
Clinical Somatic Education A New Discipline in the Field of Health Care https://www.appliedsomatics.com/documents/Clinical%20Somatic%20Education%20Article.pdf https://www.researchgate.net/publication/344020559_The_Somatic_Work_of_Thomas_Hanna_Tai_Chi_and_Kinesiology