Canine Hanna Somatics® (CHS)

NEW Self-Paced Course is LIVE!!!

Help your DOG feel younger, relax tight muscles & perform better, with Canine Hanna Somatics - all while increasing your BOND and CONNECTION with your furry friends or clients.

Intro to Canine Hanna Somatics

For dog-lovers, owners/guardians, trainers, Somatic Educators, bodyworkers & DVMs, veterinary nurses or techs interested in working somatically with dogs.

This course will help you help your DOG:

  • Move with Less Pain, immediately

  • Have improved Nervous System Function

  • Connect more strongly to YOU

  • Grow Body Awareness

  • Relax all major muscle groups

  • Improve Range-of-Motion

  • Prevent Injuries

  • Be more Balanced and Confident

  • Feel Younger, Calmer, Relaxed & Happier

  • Self-Regulate

  • Get amazing results that don't wear off!

Join our NEW CHS1: Canine Hanna Somatics COURSE for just $97 $47 (for a limited time)...

Canine Hanna Somatics (CHS) is a gentle method of neuroscience-based movement education that works with a dogs natural tendency to PANDICULATE.

Each CHS course or workshop begins with an introduction to the principles & theory of Canine Hanna Somatics; then we will guide you and your dog through the CHS procedures.

⚠️ This course does NOT qualify or authorize you to offer CHS as a professional service - this is an introductory course, and also a prerequisite to qualifying for enrollment in our 2-year Equine & Canine Hanna Somatics Practitioner Certification and Training program. :)

Here's what it looks like when dogs PANDICULATE spontaneously:

Most people think these are just cute stretches - but pandiculation is actually a powerful natural reflex that helps dogs (and horses and people) dial down their chronic muscle tension so they can access their full range-of-motion again and enjoy activities with less pain and more joy!

THE PROBLEM:

Chronic tension is a natural adaptive response to stress, trauma and repetitive motion. Manual therapy, stretching and strengthening or conscious efforts at controlling posture or 'relaxing' do not address the centrally controlled 🧠 nervous system complexities underlying muscle tone...(Cacciatore et al. 2024)

HANNA SOMATICS DOES.

By tapping directly into a dog's Pandicular Response. When you do CHS with your dog, you are working directly WITH the dogs brain, instead of working ON their body... so even though it looks a lot like it, CHS isn't actually bodywork, but is an educational and experiential process that we facilitate for the dog.

REFERENCES

Cacciatore, T. W., Anderson, D. I., & Cohen, R. G. (2024). Central mechanisms of muscle tone regulation: implications for pain and performance. Frontiers in neuroscience, 18, 1511783. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2024.1511783

Disclaimer: Equine/Canine/Human Hanna Somatics is not bodywork or manual therapy, and is not a diagnostic or treatment tool. The information included on this website and in any affiliated programs is intended for educational purposes only and is not meant to take the place of professional veterinary or medical advice, may not be current, and is subject to change without notice. We encourage all members of the community to seek guidance from a licensed veterinarian, physician or allied healthcare practitioner regarding specific medical concerns or questions about your own or your animal’s health.

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