About us

SomaTraining UK is an educational entity offering specialised exercise therapy, performance training and manual therapy courses & workshops for working professionals in the sports & healthcare fields. Our ELDOA™, SomaTraining and SomaTherapy courses are based on the work of the late Guy Voyer DO.

We also works with professional sports teams, coaches and athletes organising educational programs and specialised workshops customised to each organisation’s and individual’s needs.

For more details please see Treatments menu option.

Peter Bodi - Program Director, Course Instructor

Peter has studied at the Academy Sutherland D'Osteopathie du Quebec and followed the manual etiotherapy program under Guy Voyer DO. Peter shadowed and worked with Dr Voyer in his London practice for over 12 years witnessing Voyer’s application of his unique ELDOA™, SomaTherapy and SomaTraining techniques and treatment methods in many complex health cases.

Peter is a certified SomaTrainer, SomaTherapist and ELDOA™ trainer's trainer with a background in physical education and personal training. Peter is also the founder and director of SomaTraining UK in 2014, a continuing education entity dedicated to spread the work of Dr Voyer, where he leads courses and workshops, as well as consults healthcare and sports organisations. Peter has consulted organisations in professional rugby, football and the NHL.

Peter has a special interest in designing treatment plans and targeted exercise and lifestyle programs aiming at correcting physiological and biomechanical dysfunctions resulting from injury and disease with the goal of transitioning back to optimal performance.

Guy Voyer D.O. -Pedagogic Director ( 1954-2024 R.I.P.)

Combining over 30 years of study with his passion for anatomy, physiology, and athletic training, and with his extensive clinical and practical experience, Guy Voyer D.O. (in France & Canada) was a leading expert in the study and treatment of the fascia. He combined his expertise as an athletic trainer, a physiotherapist, and osteopathic physician (in France, Canada), and with more than 10 other medical and paramedical specialties, Guy Voyer was one of the very few capable of bringing Osteopathy and strength and conditioning together to help people better their quality of life, heal their ailments and achieve better athletic performance.

Erik Shimane, D.C. - Course instructor

Erik Shimane was born and raised on the island of O'ahu. Erik graduated from Kaiser High School and went on to earn a Bachelors of Science Degree in Computer Science from the University of Hawai'i Manoa. He achieved his Doctor of Chiropractic degree from Palmer West Chiropractic College in San Jose, CA and continues to obtain numerous post graduate certificates and is currently pursuing an International Diplomat of Osteopathy. Erik achieved a Diploma in Pelvilogy from Somatraining and Manual Etiotherapy Institute in Santo-Domingo, Dominican Republic and is the first USA instructor for Pelvilogy.

Terry Frangapulous - Course Instructor

Terry is a licensed physical therapist and Certified Strength And Conditioning Specialist based in New York. He obtained his physical therapy degree from Stony Brook University Medical Center and for the past 20 years has dedicated his clinical practice to understanding the interconnectedness of the human body. Terry has worked as a strength coach administering training programs with MLB teams and worked privately with NHL players.

Terry is also the founder of Somafit physical therapy on Long Island, N.Y. His practice is rooted in the analytical and clinical study of anatomy, fascia, and the tensegrity model of biomechanics. For nearly a decade, Terry has studied both privately and at the academy Sutherland of osteopathy, under world renowned French Osteopath, Guy Voyer D.O. This advanced training has allowed Terry to apply Dr. Voyer's Eldoa method and somatherapy principles to relieve his patients pain and achieve a state of optimal performance, healing, and well being.

Peter with the medical staff of the 2020 & 2021 Stanley Cup Champions Tampa Bay Lightnight - NHL