Greater Health through Lifestyle

About the Center:

The Center for Holistic Living focuses on improving the components of lifestyle that rob us of our health. Those components are nutritiion and physical well being. We address nutrition through the metabolic type test which identifies your body's unique nutritional metabolism, osteopathic manipulation is provided to improve physical well being and Alexander technique classes are taught to help you maintain your gains. Additionally the anti-aging component offers customized, individualized medical care to maintain mobility, vision and memory as we age.

About Dr. Somner:

Dr. Somner is board certified in general adult psychiatry, certified in cranial osteopathy, is a fellow in anti-aging medicine and trained in medical acupuncture. She has been in practice since 1991. Feel free to email us at: hl@centerfhl.com or check out our full website at:

www.centerforholisticliving.com or come visit us at 6867 Elm Street, Suite 103, McLean, VA 22101. Telephone 703-734-1774.

 

Current events:  Alexander workshops offered Sundays afternoon 1-4

February 17; March 16, and April 6.

Fee: $100 per class or $240 for all 3 workshops.

Register at: hl@centerfhl.com; 703-734-1774

Mathias Alexander was a Shakespearean orator who lost his voice.  He had no medical pathology so he placed himself in a room full of mirrors and observed that when he even thought about orating he would tense his neck and his whole body would shorten.  When he made himself not tighten his neck, his whole body relaxed and lengthened.  From this he developed an entire technique of body use, not exercise but how you use your body doing anything.  I find it an invaluable tool for decompressing the joints of the body.  I couldn't work without it!