Welcome
Welcome to 'The Centre for Embodiment and Somatic Movement  Dance Education & Therapy'. We provide  Somatic Movement Education & Therapy for individuals and community groups; specialised retreats for dancers and non-dancers; professional training programmes in Bio-Somatic Dance Movement Naturotherapy; and international conferences and health symposiums. ​​ Somatic Movement Education & Therapy is rooted in experiential anatomy and physiology, free-movement, self-awareness,  self-regulation and neuroplasticity. This approach to embodied therapy supports those experiencing work related stress, anxiety, depression, neuro-muscular tension, back pain and fatigue. 

​In association with 'The International Somatic Movement Education & Therapy Association',  we offer a professional graduate training programme in, ‘Bio-Somatic Dance Movement Naturotherapy ©: Registered Somatic Movement Educator & Therapist’.

​International Scope of Practice
The purpose of Somatic Movement Education & Therapy is to enhance human function and body-mind integration through movement awareness. Professional practice combines experiential anatomy, sound, breath, touch and imagery to bring awareness to the self-regulatory intelligence of the body. Somatic movement practitioners work sensitively and gently with the human body,  acknowledging that movement affects dimensions of psyche and spirit as well. As a result, practice facilitates improved vitality,  creativity,  easeful movement functioning, and a restful embodied experience. The profession, as represented by ‘International Somatic Movement Education and Therapy Association (ISMETA)’ helps students and clients in some way to:
  • ​​​recognize habitual patterns of perceptual, postural and movement interaction with the environment
  • improve movement coordination that supports structural, functional and expressive integration
  • experience an embodied sense of vitality and create both meaning for and enjoyment of life
  • focus on the body both as an objective physical process and as a subjective process of lived consciousness
  • refine perceptual, kinesthetic, proprioceptive, and interoceptive sensitivity that supports homeostasis, co-regulation, and neuroplasticity

Bio-Somatic Dance Movement Naturotherapy ©: Registered Somatic Movement Educator & Therapist Prospectus 2019/2021

Bio-Somatic Dance Movement Naturopathy & Therapy
​ Individual & Group Sessions  for Clients​

Conferences, Health symposiums 
&
​International Courses

Total Surround Sound Meditation​ with
​Sarah Bolton-Locke

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Meet The Bio-Somatic Dance Movement Naturotherapy © Team

Rachel Anderson
★★★★★ 
I visit Amanda at Moving Soma every Saturday for a private one to one session.  Over the weeks we have tried all different forms of movement, therapy and meditation together, all of which are proving invaluable to my recovery/rehabilitation. 

Last weekend we tried some cranial sacral movement therapy - I have been blown away by the results as not only have I been pain free in my back - which is unheard of!  I set about a project to replace my turf in my garden which involved a lot of strenuous activity and I have suffered no aches or pains whatsoever in my back as a result.. I am absolutely amazed by how I have felt this week thanks to this treatment.  Would highly recommend.
Arran Stibbe
★★★★★ 
2 months ago-
Dr Amanda Williamson is one of the top international scholars and practitioners of somatic movement education. It’s fantastic that she has opened a studio here in Cheltenham. The studio itself is an oasis of tranquillity, a perfect environment for a harmonious blend of relaxation and movement that is surprisingly rejuvenating and healing. As well as individual and group sessions, the Centre offers a superb professional accreditation course in bio-somatic education. I highly recommend everything about Moving Soma.
GROWING THE FIELD OF SOMATIC MOVEMENT EDUCATION AND THERAPY
GROWING THE FIELD OF SOMATIC MOVEMENT EDUCATION AND THERAPY