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This is a very special week! Total Somatics will be holding the FREE ONLINE event this weekend called, Navigating Midlife.

To learn more & register, CLICK HERE. Watching LIVE will be wonderful because you can interact with our guest speakers and gain so much more from the experience.

This week's podcast

When we think about balance, most people immediately focus on the feet:
Stronger ankles.
Better footwear.
Plus core exercises.

Yet true balance does not begin at the ground. It begins in the brain. Your ability to stand steadily, move confidently and feel stable in your body is not simply a strength issue. It is a neurological one. Balance is a learned skill, and all learned skills, are organised by the nervous system.

The Brain’s Role in Stability

Your brain constantly receives sensory information from your body. From your:
• eyes
• inner ear
• muscles
• joints
• skin

It uses this information to build an internal map of where you are in space. This is called proprioception. When this map is clear and accurate, movement feels effortless. When this map becomes distorted due to stress, injury, repetitive habits or prolonged tension, the brain loses clarity. When the brain loses clarity, the body loses confidence.

This often shows up as:
• wobbliness
• fear of falling
• stiffness
• gripping through the toes or jaw
• reduced mobility
Not because the feet are weak, but because the brain is unsure.

Why Strength Alone Is Not the Answer

Many balance programs focus on strengthening muscles. While strength has its place, it does not automatically restore neurological organisation. You can have strong muscles and still feel unstable.

Stability is not about force. It is about communication. If the brain does not accurately sense position, timing and movement, it cannot coordinate stability. This is where clinical somatic movement becomes powerful. Through slow, mindful pandiculation based movements, we restore the brain’s awareness of:

• weight transfer
• joint positioning
• muscular release
• spatial orientation
Instead of forcing the body to stabilise, we teach the brain to organise stability again.

The Impact of Modern Life

Modern lifestyles often dull our sensory awareness. Due to sitting for long hours, constant stress and repetitive movement patterns. Over time, the brain adapts to limited ranges of motion and chronic tension. This leads to sensory motor amnesia. When this happens, muscles remain partially contracted without conscious awareness. The body becomes less responsive and more rigid, reducing adaptability. Balance is not created through stiffness, it comes from the ability to respond.

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Watch my TEDx Talk

If you would like to explore how the brain influences pain, posture and movement, I invite you to watch my TEDx talk:

Pandiculation: The Natural Solution to Chronic Pain and Discomfort

In this talk, I explain how the nervous system drives tension patterns and how we can retrain the brain to restore ease in movement. Watching this will deepen your understanding of why balance and comfort are neurological processes rather than purely physical ones.

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Join the Free Online Event: Navigating Midlife

You are also warmly invited to join the upcoming FREE online event:

Navigating Midlife

This global experience brings together expert speakers to explore the physical, emotional and neurological shifts that occur during midlife. You will gain supportive insights into:

• maintaining mobility
• calming the nervous system with various trials
• building resilience & financial literacy
• adapting to hormonal and body changes with confidence

These sessions will gently guide you through somatic practices to help you feel grounded and steady after absorbing so much valuable information.

CLICK HERE to learn more & register for the FREE ONLINE event

Continue the Journey Inside The Total Somatics Online Membership

If this podcast resonated with you, the journey does not have to stop here. Inside The Total Somatics Online Membership, you will learn how to:

• improve posture
• move with greater ease
• restore neurological balance
• reduce persistent tension
• feel more stable and confident in your body

With guided clinical somatic movement sessions, educational resources and a nurturing global community, you can develop long term resilience rather than short term fixes.

The Total Somatics Takeaway

Balance is not something we force. It is something the brain organises. When we reconnect with the nervous system through slow, mindful movement, stability begins to return naturally. Not because we tried harder, but because the brain learned better.

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Have a brilliant week. xx
All my love & very best wishes.
Take care,
Heidi Hadley xx
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