Somatic Systems Institute Inc

Specialties

The international center for Clinical Somatic Education /​a.k.a. Prime Somatics, the groundbreaking neuromuscular re-​training system that gently and non-​invasively resolves serious chronic pains and injuries at any age, more quickly and longer lasting than conventional treatments, as well as boosts athletic performance and flexibility, and prevents future injuries and aging problems.

Prime Somatics comes in 2 forms — hands-​on sessions for powerful clinical results, and self-​help exercises that can provide many of the benefits of clinical sessions and can serve as a lifelong routine to prevent new injury, pain, and aging.

Somatic Systems Institute offers clinical sessions, weekly classes and one-​time workshops of self-​help exercises, and products for doing Somatics at home.

Somatic Systems Institute also offers professional training of Somatics practitioners, for work in clinical settings, to supplement an existing healthcare practice, or as a complete career retraining.

History

Established in 1993.

Somatic Systems Institute was founded in 1993 in the Northampton, Massachusetts area to bring awareness of the field of Somatics, to act as global resource center & to preserve & expand the integrity & availability of Somatics all over the world, & launched the first website about Somatics in 1995.

Somatic Systems Institute works to expand access to Prime Somatics (also called Clinical Somatic Education), the groundbreaking form of pain care & neuromuscular therapy, & increase availability of trained professionals in the field. SSI trains certified Clinical Somatics practitioners in its Somatics Professional Training Program.

In an effort to solve the problem of many peoples’ only access to Somatics being books or CDs, Somatic Systems recently began the process of building a national chain of Somatics clinics. These Somatics Centers also serve as exercise class centers, retail outlets, & resource centers for clients, the public & healthcare professionals of all kinds.

Meet the Business Owner

Steven A.

Business Owner

Steven Aronstein is President of Somatic Systems Institute, and Executive Director of the Somatics Professional Training Program. A certified Somatic Educator trained in the second program ever conducted, he has been in practice in Western Massachusetts and the Northeast for more than a decade. Steven is the first person accredited to operate a Somatics training program after Thomas Hanna’s death. He is President of the Clinical Somatic Education Society, the official professional guild of Prime Somatics. He has worked in K-​6 education; and works with the High/​Scope Foundation’s Education Through Movement program. Steven has studied Aikido, Tai Chi, and Qigong, and pursued a professionally tutored study of holistic Japanese medicine. He takes a special interest in chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, nutrition, and related matters.