Thomas Louis Hanna, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Thomas Louis Hanna

philosopher and movement theorist (1928-1990)

Date of Birth: 21-Nov-1928

Place of Birth: Waco, Texas, United States

Date of Death: 29-Jul-1990

Profession: writer, educator, philosopher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Thomas Louis Hanna (November 21, 1928 – July 29, 1990) was a philosophy professor and movement theorist who coined the term somatics in 1976.
He called his work Hanna Somatic Education. He proposed that most negative health effects are due to what he called Sensory Motor Amnesia.
He claimed that many common age-related ailments are not simply a matter of time but the result of poor movement habits.