The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between the body image and the somatic movement education by literature review. The major comment of the study was that the somatic movement education (SME) had effect in improving body image. In those articles, it showed there were several key points in SME which could improve body image. They are as followings: 1. SME focuses on human movement. 2. SME can help people to relax themselves. 3. The purpose of SME is to increase the ability of controlling oneself. 4. SME emphasizes the individual differences. Besides, the effect of improving body image by SME included changing the body attitude and increasing body awareness etc. Some other suggestions were presented in the study.