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Here, you will find expert-crafted posts that explore the science and practice of somatic healing, neuromuscular re-education, and mind-body connection.

Our content is designed to discuss why pain persists, how your nervous system shapes your experience, and what steps you can take to retrain your body and nervous system for lasting relief.

Consider each article an invitation to deepen your understanding, challenge conventional assumptions about pain, and gain actionable tools to support your well-being

Incontinence or Prolapse After Child Birth?

Are you suffering from urinary incontinence, pelvic floor pain, prolapse or general discomfort in your pelvic floor?

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Incontinence or Prolapse After Child Birth?

Are you suffering from urinary incontinence, pelvic floor pain, prolapse or general discomfort in your pelvic floor?

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Is Your Nervous System in Overdrive? Here’s How to Reset & Relieve Stress

In today’s high-speed, hyperconnected world, many of us are unknowingly living in a state of chronic stress. Our nervous systems—designed to protect us from danger—are stuck in overdrive, constantly interpreting everyday stressors as threats.

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Is Your Nervous System in Overdrive? How Somatics & Somayoga Reveal the Hidden Signs of Dysregulation

How Somatics & SomaYoga Reveal the Hidden Signs of Dysregulation In a world that moves faster than our biology was ever designed to handle, many of us are unknowingly living with a nervous system stuck in overdrive.

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JAW TENSION COULD BE RELATED TO YOUR HIP FLEXORS

Updated: Sep 7, 2020 The strongest muscle in the body based on its weight is the masseter (jaw muscle).

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Join FREE Plantar Fasciitis Summit Oct 26-29 2020

I am honoured to be one of 18 speakers to be part of the Virtual Planter Fasciitis Summit upcoming October 26-29 2020 . Want to get unstuck from Plantar Fasciitis and learn from some great teachers, therapists and experts in this field?

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Join Us at Toronto Yoga Conference

We are so excited to bring our unique blend of Somatics and Yoga Therapy to the 2024 Toronto Yoga Conference & Show. Integrating a knowledge and practical application of somatics into your yoga teaching and practice is transformative.

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Listen to Our Latest Podcast Interview

Updated: Nov 26, 2023 We were so pleased to be invited on the air with Elizabeth Sullivan, author, speaker and spiritual teacher on her Soul Sovereingty Podcast where we talked about Mind-Body Healing and just what is available to us when we look at

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MORNING PRACTICES TO STIMULATE ELIMINATION & DIGESTION

The science of Ayurveda and the 6 pillars of balanced living outline many easy to adopt practices that have a large impact on our health and well-being.

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Mind Body Blueprint: a New Way to Heal from the Inside Out

Most of us have been taught to treat pain from the outside in. We stretch the tight spot.

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Mind Body Blueprint: A New Way to Heal from the Inside Out

Most of us have been taught to treat pain from the outside in. We stretch the tight spot.

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New Innovations in Pain Resolution

Should we accept pain as a normal part of aging? Chronic tension/pain has become an epidemic across North America and the industrialized world.

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On Being Truth

Updated: Jul 27, 2022 Those of you who are new to our blog and site(s) should know that we are truth seekers, warriors of this work on deep and intersecting levels. We try , test and practice the work that we share with you.

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Pain Protects Us from Danger: but What If Pain Persists?

When you first get hurt, pain is your brain’s way of telling you that something is wrong and that you need to attend to it. Nociceptors are nerves that detect changes in pressure, chemical balance and temperature that may be dangerous to you.

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PELVIC FLOOR PROBLEMS: SYMPTOM OF A BIGGER PATTERN

Just as any other muscle can fall into a pattern of not functioning well as a result of Sensory Motor Amnesia , the pelvic floor is affected by trauma (such as labour and delivery), sports and habituated contraction of the belly muscles.

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Poochy Belly Explained

Pain is the body’s way of telling us that something is out of balance. Yet often where we experience pain is not necessarily at the place of the movement limitation.

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READINESS AND TRUST

Have you ever had the experience of working through a problem or challenge in your life and received good advice from someone to make a particular change in a behaviour or habit?

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REBUILDING TRUST WITH OUR SOMAS

Rebuilding trust with our somas is the key to healing. Whether we never thought to look inside ourselves or learned that we had to rely on others to “fix” us, we are here to remind you of the power of the human body to rebalance and heal.

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Regulating Your Health Through the 5 Senses

Have you ever considered that how you use your five senses can have an impact on your health? Your five senses are taste, touch, sight, smell, and hearing.

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Release Tension, Stabilize, Repeat!

When bodies are showing up in pain, when there is a postural imbalance, a low back that grips and “goes out” on occasion, restricted breathing, low mood, a sore hip – we work with this simple strategy to help our clients move and feel better.

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Self Care Isn't Selfish

Stress heightens pain and the habituated patterns that show up in our bodies. And we know that this time of year can be particularly stressful for many.

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SIX INGREDIENTS FOR OPTIMAL HEALING

You can’t heal when your nervous system is in overdrive. Generally speaking, your nervous system can be in overdrive just from the demands of your busy life and many responsibilities.

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SMA COULD BE THE REASON YOU ARE CONSTIPATED

Updated: Jun 28, 2021 Digestive issues are all too common today. The digestive system is paramount to your overall health and wellness.

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Somatic Therapy Is Powerful for Breathing Related Conditions

A client came in wanting to learn how to breathe better because of an advanced stage of emphysema . The client’s main goal was to find a satisfying breath, to feel the benefits of a full exhalation.

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SOMAYOGA NIDRA- NERVOUS SYSTEM RECHARGE

I have been teaching this luxurious class here in Whitehorse, Yukon on Monday evenings called SomaYoga Nidra . It is a blissful combination of somatic movement re-education (moving meditation) followed by a deeply restful guided Yoga Nidra practice.

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STRENGTHENING ABDOMINAL MUSCLES WILL NOT RELIEVE YOUR TIGHT BACK MUSCLES

Strengthening your core by tightening your abdominal muscles does not relieve chronic back pain. In fact, this approach could potentially make things worse!

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STRESS CREATES DIS-EASE

Updated: Sep 7, 2020 Our physiology has equipped us with the ability to fight, flight or freeze in the face of imminent danger. This natural autonomic response served us well in pre-historic times.

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