Natalie Heller is a somatic therapist, osteopath and movement educator. Her curiosity for understanding the mind/body unity has led her to study dance, philosophy and finally osteopathy. Her approch to the body is one where body, mind and soul are indivisible. She believes that the 'body holds the score' of our journey through life. Through somatic therapy, alignement and awareness excersises, we are able to sense the mind/body unity. This is the first step in the healing process (mental and physical). Her practice is influenced by methods such as Somatics, dance therapy, creative practice, Yoga, Pilates, Thai Massage, Body Mind Centering, Contact Improvisation, Feldenkrais, Alexander Technique and Injury-prevention all of which she has extensive training in.
Natalie is registered with the Dutch Chamber of Commerce as a natural medicine therapist.
Qualifications:
- Diploma of Osteopathy (D.O), Sutherland College of osteoapathy, Amsterdam, NL, (pending) 2026
- Foundations of Western Medicine, Shenzhou Open University, Amsterdam, NL, 2020
- Masters Degree (WO) in Somatics, Trinity Laban, London, UK 2012
- Simonson, injury-prevention from Dance New Amsterdam, New York, USA 2008
- Intensive dance training, Dance New Amsterdam, New York, USA, 2008
- Thai Massage Therapist, Two Souls Massage, New York 2008
- Masters & Bachelors (WO) Degree in Philosophy and French, Oxford University, UK, 2006
- Numerous courses and workshops in movement practices and hands-on body work from around the world.
Natalie is registered with the Dutch Chamber of Commerce as a natural medicine therapist.
Qualifications:
- Diploma of Osteopathy (D.O), Sutherland College of osteoapathy, Amsterdam, NL, (pending) 2026
- Foundations of Western Medicine, Shenzhou Open University, Amsterdam, NL, 2020
- Masters Degree (WO) in Somatics, Trinity Laban, London, UK 2012
- Simonson, injury-prevention from Dance New Amsterdam, New York, USA 2008
- Intensive dance training, Dance New Amsterdam, New York, USA, 2008
- Thai Massage Therapist, Two Souls Massage, New York 2008
- Masters & Bachelors (WO) Degree in Philosophy and French, Oxford University, UK, 2006
- Numerous courses and workshops in movement practices and hands-on body work from around the world.
What is Somatics?
"Somatic practices can be understood as reflective processes of undoing existing patterns so that new ones can emerge." Thomas Kampe
Somatics was a term first coined by Feldenkrais practitioner and philosopher Thomas Hanna in 1986. He made a distinction between the human body and the soma. The body, he defines as a phenomenon perceived from the outside. This is what we attend to when we are deciding what to wear or manoeuvring through a crowded city street. Whereas the soma, is the body as perceived from within, from a first-person perspective. We commonly talk about our experience of the soma as ways of feeling. For example, when you walk into a room full of unknown people, the sensation of tension you may feel would be an experience of the soma. Somatics has now come to incorporate a wide range of diverse approaches to the body that all aim at developing body awareness, attuning apprehension of sensation and augmenting perceptual experience. In my classes, I draw from a variety of somatic techniques aiming to bring together experiences that evidence a bodily way of knowing.
"Somatic practices can be understood as reflective processes of undoing existing patterns so that new ones can emerge." Thomas Kampe
Somatics was a term first coined by Feldenkrais practitioner and philosopher Thomas Hanna in 1986. He made a distinction between the human body and the soma. The body, he defines as a phenomenon perceived from the outside. This is what we attend to when we are deciding what to wear or manoeuvring through a crowded city street. Whereas the soma, is the body as perceived from within, from a first-person perspective. We commonly talk about our experience of the soma as ways of feeling. For example, when you walk into a room full of unknown people, the sensation of tension you may feel would be an experience of the soma. Somatics has now come to incorporate a wide range of diverse approaches to the body that all aim at developing body awareness, attuning apprehension of sensation and augmenting perceptual experience. In my classes, I draw from a variety of somatic techniques aiming to bring together experiences that evidence a bodily way of knowing.
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