Posture gets distorted. People suffer body aches . They age . They are only obeying the nervous system. The problems that result can be reversed only by releasing the accumulated effects of injuries and stress.
Somatic education involves a kind of awakening.
What gets awakened is the capacity to feel and control ourselves in a natural way. The effects are indeed far-reaching. If there is a problem with somatic education as a healing paradigm, it is that it is new. Often, somatic education can make surgery for musculo-skeletal conditions unnecessary, with excellent results. Until it is better known, the effectiveness and applicability of somatic education may tend to be underestimated.