Connections: Patrice Hamilton, M.Ed.

Patrice's own journey of personal growth and healing fuels her desire to assist others in theirs. She completed her three-year certification course in Cortical Field Re-Education at Esalen Institute in 2001, and holds a Master's Degree in Education and Counseling.

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To register for a class or schedule a private session contact Patrice:
Phone: 805-541-1311
or email Patrice

Patrice offers individual sessions and classes.
Contact Patrice for current schedule

Sycamore Mineral Springs Resort, Avila Beach
3 hour workshop offered on the last Sunday of each month through May, from 1-4 pm. Call 541-1311 for details.

Cortical Field Re-Education

Our bodies respond to the pressures, demands and stresses of daily life by developing patterns of contraction in the muscles. From infancy, every happening in our life, and our responses to it, is deeply ingrained in our muscular postures and movements. We gradually lose awareness of those muscles that are habitually held in contraction.

These muscular contractions are so deep and unconscious that they continue even in our sleep. Thus these areas never get to truly rest. They are always working. This results in a constant low level fatigue that comes to be accepted as normal.

Through Cortical Field Re-Education you can relearn the ease, fluidity and openness taken for granted as a child and lost somewhere along the way. By changing muscular holding patterns through the brain-muscle-emotion connection, restrictions in movement can be freed.

When these chronic problem areas are released, your body will become a more comfortable home. You will experience a much more restful sleep at night, a much higher level of energy during the day, and a dramatic improvement in the ease, fluidity, power and coordination of your everyday movements.

For more information, please contact Patrice by phone at (805) 541-1311 or by email

Cortical Field Re-Education (CFR) has been developed by Harriet Goslins during her 23 years of private practice in Laguna Beach, California. Her primary teachers have been Moshe Feldenkrais and Lansing B. Gresham.