Maintain youthful flexibility in just five minutes a day.. Building on the foundation laid by Moshe Feldenkrais, Thomas Hannas groundbreaking work completely redefines the bodys potential for withstanding decline. His gentle program for the mind and body proves once and for all that so many problems we accept as inevitable over timechronic stiffness, bad back, chronic pain, fatigue, and, at times, even high blood pressureneed never occur if we maintain conscious control of nerve and muscle, replacing Sensory-Motor Amnesia with Sensory-Motor Awareness. The good news of Somatic Exercise is that most people simply do not have to become captives of age or injury. Once learned, this lifelong program can help almost anyone maintain the pleasures of a supple, healthy body indefinitely, with only a five-minute routine once a day.