I appear to be a big fan of "70's Esalen Somatics"

I had ChatGPT Compile a list of all the sources that might be associated with such a phrase.

19 names came up.

Have seriously engaged somatically with 15, seriously engaged in study about 3, familiar with 1. Like 'em all.

Makes a good starter set for somatic exploration.

Wilhelm Reich

Alexander Lowen (Bioenergetics)

Ida Rolf (Rolfing)

Moshe Feldenkrais

Charlotte Selver (Sensory Awareness)

F. Matthias Alexander (Alexander Technique)

Fritz Perls (Gestalt Therapy)

Elsa Gindler

Milton Trager (Trager Approach)

Emilie Conrad (Continuum Movement)

Thomas Hanna (Hanna Somatics)

Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen (Body-Mind Centering)

Joseph Pilates

John C. Lilly (interoceptive states, isolation tank)

Gabrielle Roth (5Rhythms)

Jean Houston & Robert Masters (Human Potential Movement)

Carl Rogers (Person-Centered Somatic Dialogue)

Aikido (via George Leonard)

Zen & Tibetan Movement practices (Suzuki, Trungpa, etc.)

(Of course, I also appreciate other somatic traditions, such as those of

Erik Franklin

Rudolf Laban

and, my "personal secret", John Rolland)