How is your posture serving you?

Hello, how are you? I hope you are keeping well. In this week’s blog and podcast I would like to highlight the importance of your posture. The way you stand, sit, move, think and behave has a profound effect on your muscles and posture. I would like to ask you, how is your posture serving you? Do you feel you move freely? Do you feel smoothness and rhythm with your walking, running and other activities? Do you feel pain, [...]

The importance of Hydration

As you may be aware, Total Somatics encourages people around the world to become somatically and holistically aware of their mind and body, considering their emotional, mental and physical health.  If you are a member within The Total Somatics Membership program, you will know from many of the videos, workshops and additional advice within the membership, I encourage you to deepen your awareness to various areas of your life.  When we stand back with soft eyes and look at [...]

Managing our wellbeing & creating resilience during challenging times

As we approach the end of this year, we can certainly say it has been a year we won’t forget for many reasons.  However, as we move forward towards a new year, it allows us the opportunity to recalibrate, reset and move forward with education and skills that can support our emotional, mental and physical health. When we have the Total Somatic education on how and why we feel or behave a certain way, it allows us greater insight into [...]

How your emotions shape your body & physiology

I am sure you are aware with the way world events have shifted this year that your emotions create a huge impact on your body, mind and physiology. If you are a regular reader of my blogs, a listener to my podcasts or a member with the Total Somatics online program , you are very well aware that our soma (entire mind, body and spirit) are intertwined. In this week’s podcast episode, I discuss what is happening within your nervous [...]

Breaking the cycle of pain & limited mobility

Hello, how have you been this week? I hope you are keeping well. Recently I was invited to present online to The international Pain and Rehab summit. Within the summit I discussed how people think recurring pain is a new norm they have to live with. However, when we consider that the level of tension, they way you move, your perception of pain, the mindset you develop can be shifted and a new way can be adopted, I am [...]