712 D Street, San Rafael, California
Marin Center for Somatic Education
~ Supporting Well-being for over 40 Years ~
The outcome of being open, relaxed, balanced, and integrated is blissful!
Membership or affiliations
1000 Years of Osteopathy started by Dr. Steve Sanet
Association of Hanna Somatic Educators by Dr. Thomas Hanna
Clinical Research Professionals
Brain Expansion Group
Mental Health Change Agents - Advocates - Speakers
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Why Movement is Medicine
The Invaluable Invisible She Shed
The Invaluable Invisible She Shed
This talk centers on how to add specific principles to your workout to better unlock the epigenetic potential of movement and exercise. Because everything that happens to us is in the body, moving in this way can clear out the data, cache and cookies we don't want.
The Invaluable Invisible She Shed
The Invaluable Invisible She Shed
The Invaluable Invisible She Shed
With unprecedented stress, exhaustion, and burnout rates among college students, young and older workers, an easy remedy is imperative for society to continue in a healthy way. I have one that is evidence-based.
Flipping the Script on Death
The Invaluable Invisible She Shed
Flipping the Script on Death
One of the most powerful inevitable experiences in our lives can be transformed into a liberating, compassionate one. A few key death rituals shifted unbearable grief into an expansive, uplifting rite of passage for entire communities and families.
About Us
Our Story
Shibui was started by a group of friends in the 1970s. Two other owners
had it until a group of 6 employees purchased it in 2005. Time passed until eventually, only one owner remained and the original location with hot
tubs, sauna and outdoor gardens was surrendered in 2019 right before the pandemic. Suresha Hill, who was the sole owner since then, has shifted her focus more to teaching and public speaking. What she learned over the years can help countless more people resolve pain, stress, tension and avoid burnout. A little background:
After her time as a School Psychologist, Suresha studied the system on many levels, beginning with the surface psyche, the emotions, the breath, the subconscious, energetic pathways and musculo-skeletal methods. She worked in clinical settings for physical therapists and chiropractors before training in Hanna Somatic Education developed by Dr. Tom Hanna.
This Feldenkrais-based work proved to also be a turning point in for many clients who began achieving greater and more lasting results. While exploring the neuromuscular approach for 35 years, her knowledge base expanded to include other approaches involving muscle energy, manual therapy, vascular, lymphatic, brain, visceral techniques.
Suresha then became certified in the Biodynamic Cranial Sacral approach in 2010 while exploring the subtle manipulation of structure through energy in bone as taught by Dr. Fritz Smith in Zero Balancing, offered a unique influence to working with bones and fulcrums in a deeper way with clients.
Finally, the completion of a training in 2013 with Dr. Steve Sanet through he Ontario College of Ontario led to being a Diplomate in Osteopathic Manipulative Theory and Practice. Through the years she taught several classes in NeuroSomatic Integration, and presented talks and classes in somatic intelligence.
She has also spent many years in dance, martial arts, and various sports, has rehabilitated many of her own injuries and written several books on Somatic Intelligence. These books are intended to continue the legacy of helping to educate the community in self-care and preventive maintenance.
Marin Center for Somatics Reviews
- Joyce ~ Auto-immune disease with rheumatoid arthritis : “I’ve hardly had any flare-ups at all in my arthritis in so long, and when it does come, it’s much milder. I’ve come such a long way since the beginning when I could barely move at all and everything hurt! For the first time in a very long time, my right knee is normal."
- Evy ~ Fibromyalgia with migraines and an injured shoulder: “When I started seeing you, it was a real turning point. I feel like my life is do-able now – I feel human again. My migraines really started subsiding, my pain is a lot better, and my shoulder is a lot better; I don’t have to have surgery now! You helped me so much. I’ve told so many people how amazing the cranial process is!”
- Avon ~ Hip replacement with shattered femur and lower back and knee issues: “Suresha is a rare and exceptional integrative healing professional. Her years of study and experience provide clients with cranial balancing that is unique and effective.”
- Barry ~ car accident with three ruptured discs in his neck “Suresha’s work was instrumental in my being ale to avoid major surgery. It’s fantastic!”
- Chris ~ Torn hamstring, pulled shoulder muscles from dancing : “I just wanted you to know how much better I feel after just one session with you!”
- Terry ~ Recovering from liver disease: “Suresha is one of the finest therapists I have ever worked with. The range of techniques she employs is broad and her understanding of the human body on both a physical and energetic level in my opinion, is masterful. Suresha is a person of highest integrity whose sense of honesty and fairness is surpassed only by her compassion and concern for other people..”
- Keith ~ Herniated disc: “Suresha was instrumental in finding 100% relief from my problems. Her insight, knowledge, and experience with back problems of her own helped me to avoid surgery.”
- Lee ~ PTSD / stress: “I had a lot of stress in my life and (the cranial session) settled my nervous system. I felt a lot of peace and my heart felt really good. I’d told you that I had a lot of tension in my head and later that night I felt my sinuses relax."