Opening Session

Broadcast on June 06, 2022

With Don Hanlon Johnson & Eleanor Criswell Hanna & Paul Linden & Susan Harper
Hosted by Gayatri Schriefer & Brian Siddhartha Ingle

Your summit hosts Gayatri Schriefer and Brian Siddhartha Ingle welcome you to the summit.
They will be joined by somatic pioneers Eleanor Criswell Hanna, Paul Linden, Don Hanlon
Johnson and Susan Harper in a panel conversation about what somatics means to them, and
their perspectives on how the field has evolved over the years.

In this session, you’ll discover: 

 An overview of the summit schedule including the speakers and methods presented
 How to best use the summit to take yourself on a transformative somatic journey
 The focus of the impact program connected with the summit

Don Hanlon Johnson

Professor of Somatics at The California Institute of Integral Studies

For over half a century, the focus of Don Hanlon Johnson's work has centered on social
transformation as viewed through the lens of healing practices, the nature of the human body,
and structures of human communication. He has brought together people from a variety of
theoretical viewpoints and cultural backgrounds, aiming to initiate greater cooperation in
addressing critical problems.

He helped to create the field of somatics, along with a handful of others who recognized that
the fragmented proliferation of bodyworks — the Feldenkrais Method®, the Alexander
Technique, Rolfing® Structural Integration, sensory awareness, orgonomy, authentic movement,
Middendorf work, Hatha yoga, gyrotonic, and others — share common principles.

Don is part of a team at California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) that's currently initiating a
new online doctoral concentration in somatics within the integral and transpersonal psychologies
program. In 1982, Don founded the first university graduate degree program encompassing
body-oriented psychology and education. The department has become a support center for
teachers and practitioners in various other private training institutes, and a think tank in the field.
Graduates from this program are now working as therapists and educators throughout the Bay
Area and in other locales in the U.S., Australia, Europe, Japan, Taiwan, and Latin America.

donhanlonjohnson.com

Eleanor Criswell Hanna

Director, Novato Institute for Somatic Research & Training, C-IAYT

Eleanor Criswell Hanna, EdD, is a preeminent pioneer in the fields of somatics, biofeedback,

and yoga education in the United States. She's an emeritus professor of psychology at Sonoma
State University, where she taught for nearly 40 years. Eleanor has a master's degree in
counseling and guidance from University of Kentucky, and a doctorate in educational
psychology from University of Florida. She was a founding director of the Humanistic
Psychology Institute (now Saybrook University in Pasadena, CA), and is currently director of the
Novato Institute for Somatic Research and Training. She's authored multiple 
books including Biofeedback and Somatics: Toward Personal Evolution, How Yoga Works: An
Introduction to Somatic Yoga, and she edited Cram’s Introduction to Surface Electromyography.

Eleanor is a licensed psychologist and is certified in biofeedback, yoga therapy, and equine-
guided education. She is the originator of somatic yoga, Equine Hanna Somatics®, and Canine
Hanna Somatics®. She has a private psychotherapy practice and conducts trainings and
workshops sharing all these effective and transformative modalities.

somaticsed.com

Paul Linden

Developer of Being In Movement® Body Awareness Education

Paul Linden, PhD, is a body-awareness educator, a martial artist, and an author. He's the
developer of Being In Movement® mindbody education, and founder of the Columbus Center for
Movement Studies. He has been teaching and practicing Aikido for 50 years, and he holds a
sixth-degree black belt in Aikido.

Paul holds a PhD in physical education, a first-degree black belt in Karate, and a certificate in the
Feldenkrais Method® of somatic education. He has extensive experience teaching people such as
musicians, athletes, business people, pregnant women, adult survivors of child abuse, and
children with attention disorders. He's the author of a number of e-books and training videos.

being-in-movement.com

Susan Harper

Continuum Teacher and Founder of Continuum Montage

Susan Harper, RSME/T, is a Continuum teacher, heart-soul counselor, and inspired teacher of
perceptual and movement inquiry. Since 1975, Susan has been teaching internationally and
contributing to the development of the Continuum, which was originated by Emilie Conrad.
Susan has the ability (through a personal demonstration of sounds, breaths, and movement) to
transmit a primal and spiritual fluidity that inspires participation resulting in embodied
innovative discoveries. Her students call her a moving storyteller, one who opens portals into the
vast space of creativity, which is available within all human beings. She creates contexts for
those who love to inquire and engage in frontier conversation, who dare to listen at the edge and
in the depths— those who are aware of the adventure of courting the unknown.

Susan is a founding member of Continuum Teacher Association, the creator of Continuum

Montage, and developer of Body of Relating, Body of Perception, and Living Dreams seminars.
In these events, fresh heart-based perceiving and moving instantly affects how we relate, altering
our fundamental sense of belonging. The emphasis is on somatic awareness, soulful movement,
and the skills of intimacy. The practices open vital new ways of perceiving creative imagination,
and a deep capacity for presence, resonance, and love.

continuummontage.com

Belonging in the River of Life

Broadcast on June 06, 2022
With Susan Harper
Hosted by Gayatri Schriefer

Exploring movement in the language of life with subtle wave motion, primordial breaths, sounds,
and aware touch develops a heartful, responsive organism. Susan Harper shows us how moving
in resonance with the elements (water, air, fire, earth, and space) deepens our inherent
connection to the breathing planetary body. Everyone is invited to discover their own unique
somatic heart gifts, while simultaneously deepening an aware connection to the larger relational
field.

In this session, you’ll discover:

 A natural sense of belonging that supports you to be exquisitely present, deeply related,
and passionately alive
 How to build your capacity for grounded, embodied awareness, giving you a radical
capacity for presence, resonance, and love
 Ways to develop vital somatic resources for belonging to the full range of experiences
that the river of life delivers

Susan Harper

Continuum Teacher and Founder of Continuum Montage

Susan Harper, RSME/T, is a Continuum teacher, heart-soul counselor, and inspired teacher of
perceptual and movement inquiry. Since 1975, Susan has been teaching internationally and
contributing to the development of the Continuum, which was originated by Emilie Conrad.
Susan has the ability (through a personal demonstration of sounds, breaths, and movement) to
transmit a primal and spiritual fluidity that inspires participation resulting in embodied
innovative discoveries. Her students call her a moving storyteller, one who opens portals into the
vast space of creativity, which is available within all human beings. She creates contexts for
those who love to inquire and engage in frontier conversation, who dare to listen at the edge and
in the depths— those who are aware of the adventure of courting the unknown.

Susan is a founding member of Continuum Teacher Association, the creator of Continuum

Montage, and developer of Body of Relating, Body of Perception, and Living Dreams seminars.
In these events, fresh heart-based perceiving and moving instantly affects how we relate, altering
our fundamental sense of belonging. The emphasis is on somatic awareness, soulful movement,
and the skills of intimacy. The practices open vital new ways of perceiving creative imagination,
and a deep capacity for presence, resonance, and love.

continuummontage.com

Body Mind Medicine: How Somatic Practices Help With

Longevity & Disease Prevention
Broadcast on June 06, 2022
With Donn Brennan & Eleanor Criswell Hanna
Hosted by Brian Siddhartha Ingle

The panelists, Dr. Donn Brennan and Eleanor Criswell Hanna, EdD, will look at how
somatic practices can positively impact medical conditions. Learn how self-healing and self-
correcting forces within us can be activated by self-awareness. Find out how balancing the
autonomic nervous system is a key foundation for embodying health. The way in which we
respond to stress is one of major key factors in living a healthy and long life.

In this session, you’ll discover:

 Self-awareness practices and working through the mindbody can lead to physical and
spiritual development
 How the autonomic nervous system is a key player in prevention of disease
 Practices and daily routines to increase healthy living

Donn Brennan

Ayurvedic Physician, Author

Dr. Donn Brennan, MB, BCh, BAO, is an Irish native and one of the first western medical
doctors to train in Ayurveda in India. He qualified in medicine in 1979 at University College
Dublin. During the following decade, he worked in different specialties in hospitals and became
a member of the Royal College of General Practitioners. He is a qualified teacher of
transcendental meditation. In 2005, he earned a master’s degree in Ayurveda at Middlesex
University in London.

Since 1990, he has worked full-time promoting, lecturing, and consulting in Ayurveda, and
teaching transcendental meditation. He has been featured in many newspaper articles, and on
radio shows and television programs. In 2005, he became the founding president of the
Ayurvedic Practitioners Association in the United Kingdom. He has authored the book, Living
Better Ayurveda.

ayurveda.ie

Eleanor Criswell Hanna

Director, Novato Institute for Somatic Research & Training, C-IAYT

Eleanor Criswell Hanna, EdD, is a preeminent pioneer in the fields of somatics, biofeedback,

and yoga education in the United States. She's an emeritus professor of psychology at Sonoma
State University, where she taught for nearly 40 years. Eleanor has a master's degree in
counseling and guidance from University of Kentucky, and a doctorate in educational
psychology from University of Florida. She was a founding director of the Humanistic
Psychology Institute (now Saybrook University in Pasadena, CA), and is currently director of the
Novato Institute for Somatic Research and Training. She's authored multiple 
books including Biofeedback and Somatics: Toward Personal Evolution, How Yoga Works: An
Introduction to Somatic Yoga, and she edited Cram’s Introduction to Surface Electromyography.

Eleanor is a licensed psychologist and is certified in biofeedback, yoga therapy, and equine-
guided education. She is the originator of somatic yoga, Equine Hanna Somatics®, and Canine
Hanna Somatics®. She has a private psychotherapy practice and conducts trainings and
workshops sharing all these effective and transformative modalities.

somaticsed.com

From Silence to Thinking and Verbalizing

Broadcast on June 06, 2022
With Don Hanlon Johnson
Hosted by Gayatri Schriefer

Each of us is a treasure chest of as yet unshared insights into the world and its daunting
problems. One of the dangerous areas in carrying forward our urges to share at least some of
these treasures involves crossing the divide between our silent lives of reflection and the
cluttered world of speech and writing. Don Hanlon Johnson will share some of the under-
appreciated values of somatic practices and strategies to negotiate this move into
communication.
In this session, you’ll discover:

 How to express one's inner experiences in words and gestures that retain a perceptible
connection with direct experience
 How to develop tools for accomplishing this difficult transition
 A more refined sense of what is missing if we do not handle this task carefully

Don Hanlon Johnson

Professor of Somatics at The California Institute of Integral Studies

For over half a century, the focus of Don Hanlon Johnson's work has centered on social
transformation as viewed through the lens of healing practices, the nature of the human body,
and structures of human communication. He has brought together people from a variety of
theoretical viewpoints and cultural backgrounds, aiming to initiate greater cooperation in
addressing critical problems.

He helped to create the field of somatics, along with a handful of others who recognized that
the fragmented proliferation of bodyworks — the Feldenkrais Method®, the Alexander
Technique, Rolfing® Structural Integration, sensory awareness, orgonomy, authentic movement,
Middendorf work, Hatha yoga, gyrotonic, and others — share common principles.

Don is part of a team at California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) that's currently initiating a
new online doctoral concentration in somatics within the integral and transpersonal psychologies
program. In 1982, Don founded the first university graduate degree program encompassing
body-oriented psychology and education. The department has become a support center for
teachers and practitioners in various other private training institutes, and a think tank in the field.
Graduates from this program are now working as therapists and educators throughout the Bay
Area and in other locales in the U.S., Australia, Europe, Japan, Taiwan, and Latin America.

donhanlonjohnson.com

Somatic Psychology: Strategies for Transformation Through

the Body
Broadcast on June 06, 2022
With Derek P. Scott & Eleanor Criswell Hanna & Theresa Silow
Hosted by Brian Siddhartha Ingle

In this panel we will look at how and why working with the body emerged as an effective
strategy in the field of psychology. We'll talk about how trauma can be used as developmental
tool, what felt sense is, and how to use it as a guide in our process.
In this session, you’ll discover:

 An understanding of biofeedback assisted psychotherapy

 Various approaches to the therapeutic process as presented by the speakers
 How intent towards practice drives outcome

Derek P. Scott

Founder and CEO of IFSCA

Derek P. Scott is the founder of IFSCA, a Canadian organization dedicated to promoting the
work of Dick Schwartz, originator of the IFS model. Through IFSCA, Derek offers many
programs and trainings such as the Stepping Stone course. He also offers affordable, online,
monthly, masterclass workshops featuring IFS experts such as Dick Schwartz, Kay Gardner,
Susan McConnell, and many others.

Derek has been working with, and teaching the model for 20 years. He presented as part of the
plenary on diversity and inclusivity at the IFS conference in 2016, and volunteered as a
consultant to the IFS Institute as part of the diversity and inclusivity advisory committee.

His first job as a counselor was in the early 80s when he began working on the frontlines of the
AIDS pandemic, developing anti-oppression workshops, as clients and loved ones were dying.
He developed his expertise in the areas of grief as well as diversity at that time.

ifsca.caifsca.ticketleap.com

Eleanor Criswell Hanna

Director, Novato Institute for Somatic Research & Training, C-IAYT

Eleanor Criswell Hanna, EdD, is a preeminent pioneer in the fields of somatics, biofeedback,

and yoga education in the United States. She's an emeritus professor of psychology at Sonoma
State University, where she taught for nearly 40 years. Eleanor has a master's degree in
counseling and guidance from University of Kentucky, and a doctorate in educational
psychology from University of Florida. She was a founding director of the Humanistic
Psychology Institute (now Saybrook University in Pasadena, CA), and is currently director of the
Novato Institute for Somatic Research and Training. She's authored multiple 
books including Biofeedback and Somatics: Toward Personal Evolution, How Yoga Works: An
Introduction to Somatic Yoga, and she edited Cram’s Introduction to Surface Electromyography.

Eleanor is a licensed psychologist and is certified in biofeedback, yoga therapy, and equine-
guided education. She is the originator of somatic yoga, Equine Hanna Somatics®, and Canine
Hanna Somatics®. She has a private psychotherapy practice and conducts trainings and
workshops sharing all these effective and transformative modalities.
somaticsed.com

Theresa Silow

Professor of Somatic Psychology Program

Theresa Silow, PhD, LPCC, is professor and core faculty in the somatic psychology PhD
program at the California Institute of Integral Studies. She holds a PhD in somatic studies from
Ohio State University. Theresa joined the CIIS somatic psychology faculty after having been
core faculty and director of the somatic psychology specialization at John F. Kennedy University
for 11 years. A native of Germany, Theresa also teaches somatic psychology courses as adjunct
faculty at Steinbeis Hochschule, Germany.

Theresa's private somatic psychotherapy practice in Santa Rosa is informed by somatic,

developmental, attachment, psychoanalytic, and trauma theories and practices. Theresa explored
the integration of body, mind, and spirit for several decades. Her studies with pioneers Anna
Halprin, Emilie Conrad, and Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen continue to inform her teaching, her
psychotherapy practice, and her research.

ciis.edu

Wuji Hundun Qigong: Learning to be at Ease With Chaos

Broadcast on June 06, 2022
With Daisy Lee
Hosted by Gayatri Schriefer

Qigong's 5000 year old healing wisdom is as relevant today as it was in ancient times. Although
Wuji Hundun Qigong was once taught as a martial system on the battlefield, it was also
prescribed to heal and repair those who were hurt or maimed. In our modern times, it enhances
healing in those who have joint stiffness, poor circulation, eye strain, diabetes, PTSD and other
health conditions. Join Daisy Lee in a discussion about the gifts of Qigong and guided practice. 

In this session, you’ll discover:

 How Qigong's 3 treasures of breath awareness, mental focus, and body alignment help to
create peace, balance and healing 
 Your ability to observe and listen, helping you become aware of choices you didn't know
you had
 A Wuji Hundun Qigong movement that renews your alignment, vitality, and grace

Daisy Lee
Founder of Radiant Lotus Qigong

Daisy Lee is a respected leader in the Qigong world with more than 25 years of teaching
experience. She is founder and principal teacher of Radiant Lotus Women's Qigong, her
signature program that is taught worldwide by certified instructors. A past board member of the
International Qigong Science Association in Beijing, she has been a special guest lecturer at U.S.
and Canadian hospitals, including Johns Hopkins, Mount Sinai and Women's College, where she
taught Qigong to patients and medical staff to relieve stress and support whole body health. In
addition, she has presented at women's clinics, senior centers, schools, and has been a guest
presenter on numerous online summits.

Daisy also teaches Zang Fu Gong, a system of Qigong that supports organ health and emotional
balance. She learned ancient systems such as Wuji Hundun Qigong directly from her 107-year
old teacher, Master Duan Zhi Liang of Beijing, and is the 59th generation lineage holder of Hua
Tuo’s original Five Animal Frolics from Bo Zhou, China.

Daisy was presented with the 2020 Qigong Master of the Year Award by the World Qigong
Congress in recognition of her impact on women’s health and healing. She will resume teaching
live programs at Kripalu Center and Omega Institute this summer and fall, as well as online for
The Shift Network.

RadiantLotusQigong.com

Dynamic Embodiment Approach to Stress and Trauma

Recovery
Broadcast on June 06, 2022
With Martha Eddy
Hosted by Brian Siddhartha Ingle

The role of the body in trauma recovery has been emerging strongly over the past thirty years.
Working with a refined understanding of movement reveals how to amplify support for
wellbeing, and recovery from trauma. This method works with psychophysical meaning-making
and looks at larger societal constructs of oppression that are causative of trauma. Dr. Martha
Eddy will also share insights into the spiritual forces that may relate to traumatic experiences.

In this session, you’ll discover:

 How to track somatic sensation to reduce hyper-vigilance, numbness, exhaustion and

anxiety 
 Dynamic Embodiment's EGIC model to support moving out from trauma
 That there is a "a continuum from stress to trauma"
Martha Eddy

Founding Director of Dynamic Embodiment℠ Somatic Movement Therapy Training

Dr. Martha Eddy, RSMT, RSDE, is an international speaker and author, a Registered Somatic
Movement Therapist (RSMT), Registered Somatic Dance Educator (RSDE), and applied
physiologist, with a doctorate in Movement Science/Biobehavioral Studies from Columbia
University.

She is an innovator dedicated to social justice and was named the First Geraldine Ferraro Fellow
of Social Justice and Movement at Marymount Manhattan College. She spent 10 years as part of
the faculty at the School for Body-Mind Centering®   and the certfication in Laban/Bartenieff
Movement Studies influenced her to develop the first Somatic Movement Therapy Training, now
rebranded as Dynamic Embodiment®  SMTT, also affiliated with Moving On Center and
Moving For Life - two nonprofit organizations that she co-founded.

Her articles and chapters have been published in research, arts, and educational literature. Martha
is the author of Mindful Movement: The Evolution of the Somatic Arts and Conscious Action.
The book she co-authored with Shakti Andrea Smith, A Dynamic Embodiment Approach to the
Sun Salutation, guides readers in how to balance their hormonal system through understanding
sacred use of space, vibration and movement. She has served on numerous boards, including The
Yard Choreographic Residency, National Dance Education Organization, Congress on Research
in Dance, the International Somatic Movement Education and Therapy Association, and the
Laban/Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies, the last two of which she has served as
president.

Her work, especially with people going through cancer,  and her healing dance classes, have
been featured in the NY Times, National Public Radio, and almost every national news network. 

DrMarthaEddy.comDynamicEmbodiment.orgEmbodyPeace.org

Connecting Movement and Emotion for Increased

Flexibility, Vitality & Poise
 Jun 7, 2am-3:09am (Eastern European Summer Time)
With Lavinia Plonka
Hosted by Brian Siddhartha Ingle

How you move is how you move through life — your posture, breath, and face tell everyone
your story, as well as feeding back to your nervous system, resulting in joy, sadness, and all the
other experiences we call emotions. Lavinia Plonka will connect the dots between how you move
and how you feel, both emotionally and physically. Discover simple yet sophisticated
movements that can help relieve discomfort, improve your posture and connect you to your
emotional intelligence!
In this session, you’ll discover:

 A delicious movement process that relaxes the spine and shoulders while connecting to
your emotional center
 How postural choices impact your emotional and physical health, and how to improve
both
 The fascinating history of body language and how you can begin to understand your own
"emotional anatomy"

Lavinia Plonka

Body Language Expert & Guild-Certified Feldenkrais® Teacher

Body language expert Lavinia Plonka, RSME, has helped people improve their movement,
behavior, relationships, and careers for over 35 years. Her unique expertise connects the dots
between posture/movement, emotions, and the mind.

Lavinia’s training and professional career have included theater, dance, yoga, and the martial
arts. She has taught the Feldenkrais Method® for 30 years and is also a certified Assistant
Trainer. She is a level CL4 teacher of the Alba Method and a Lead Instructor of the Emotional
Body®. She was an artist in residence for the Guggenheim Museum, and a movement consultant
for theater and television companies around the world, from the Irish National Folk Theater to
Nickelodeon.

From Esalen to the Council on Aging, from Beijing to Mexico, Lavinia’s popular workshops
explore the intersection between movement, emotions, and the mind. She is director of the
Asheville Movement Center in Asheville, North Carolina. Lavinia’s writing includes several
books and audio programs.

laviniaplonka.com