A few words with Meredith Sands Keator, Director of the Somatic Stretch® International training program
Meredith was raised in the Somatic Stretch® method and began teaching in 1986. Since 1996 she has also pioneered an understanding of fractals and anatomy that reveals an understanding of body mechanics and physical issues you can't find anywhere else. This work is included in the year-long training. Click on the video to learn more.
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Who is this for?
* your body doesn’t feel as good as it used to
* you have aches and pains that aren’t going away
* you want to stay feeling young as you get older
* you sit at a desk all day
* your posture needs improving
* you fatigue easily
* you feel stiff and can’t move easily
* you’re over-stressed
* you do vigorous exercise, like karate or sports, but lack flexibility
* you do yoga and can’t do the postures well
* you do anything active from golf and hockey to running and walking but don’t take time to stretch
* you’re a massage or other bodywork therapist and need a way to care for your own body
* you have patients who need a healing type of exercise
* you need guidance in how to exercise
* You want to help others through teaching
For personal health or teacher certification
What does your year-long program look like?
This ten-month journey provides you with online programming, regular support from Meredith and her teachers as well as your fellow compatriots on the path to wellness.
With only ten new students accepted each year, we focus on your progress and make sure you are keeping up with the schedule that is easily fit into your weekly life!
With only a commitment of 2-5 hours per week, you can study from home or on the road and still be supported by our team and your community group.
You will learn 43 explorative exercises to give you a remarkable amount of flexibility and inner awareness that will change your relationship to your body and your health, while learning about your own fractal anatomy and the inner nature of tension.
Two months off during the year allows for your own integration, and the overall schedule is designed to give you an immersive experience without stressing your schedule.
Create the difference you've been longing for.
Program Outline
Bonuses
Schedule and Time commitment
Pricing
Certification
Is it all online or ... ?
Lilian Jarvis and Meredith Sands Keator
Mother (famous dancer and pioneering somanaut) and Daughter (therapist and researcher of all things somatic) have carried on a lineage of work that heralds from Finland - a family legacy of health and embodiment that increases flexibility and releases tension and pain.
Their International Training Program is for individuals and teachers, online with one-on-one support. Live workshops also happen every year around the globe, and offer the opportunity for beginners to dip their toe in, or teachers to fast-track their training.

Somatic Stretch® requires an approach to working with your natural stretch reflex that is different from most other bodywork methodologies.
Our method creates flexibility easily and without strain, using less movement than more, and is to be learned and taught from an experiential standpoint rather than as a series of movements or positions.
This process should not be hurried and will progress at exactly the speed YOU require to embody, integrate, transform and work with your own issues while you hone the skill of teaching others - if that is your goal.
Increase your flexibility, mobility, and vitality.
Say goodbye to so many aches and pains.
Are you ready for a year of real transformation that gives you the results you've been in search of?