The Reason for One Sided Tension & Pain in your Body

Hello! Only a few days to go until we connect online! I am really looking forward to sharing Total Somatic Movement, Mindset & Mindfulness with you! Every weekend in May I will be holding a LIVE workshop on Zoom. If you are unable to watch LIVE, a REPLAY link will be sent to you. To receive the Zoom LIVE & REPLAY links each week in May, CLICK HERE To find out more about Mindful in May 2023, enjoy the [...]

What does your Posture reveal about you?

Posture and pain often go hand in hand. In today’s blog we are going to consider what our posture reveals about us and how we reverse and reduce the issues we may be currently dealing with. Somatics looks at how your brain communicates to your muscles, so with this mind, I would like to discuss posture and pain from a Clinical Somatic Educator’s point of view. What is Somatics? Somatics involves internal awareness with movement. Somatic education and movement empowers and [...]

How to Develop a Somatic Approach to Daily Activities

In today’s blog we are going to consider the postural reflexes which your brain will produce from stress, poor habits and injury, just to name a few. With this information, let’s consider how we can develop a mindful approach to our daily activities with this knowledge and move forward knowing how we can prevent recurring injuries and pain. If you have joined The Total Somatics Approach to Health & Wellness Online Program at www.TotalSomatics.com, you will definitely know through the [...]

How to Improve Hip, Back and Knee Issues

In my clinical practice, I see many clients suffering with varying degrees of hips, back and knee issues. They are often in pain and have had investigations which highlight there are no structural abnormalities. As a result of no significant findings, they are puzzled and unsure what to do next. In today’s blog we are going to look at why pain and discomfort can occur in these areas and learn how we can remedy the issue. Labels and Limiting beliefs Many [...]

How Somatics can help with Scoliosis & Back Pain

Would you like to know how to reduce your back pain? Do you feel you are in a constant cycle of taking pain killers and relying on therapists to ‘fix’ you, only to return a short time later to be treat the same issue again? In today’s blog we are going to consider how Somatics can help with back pain and in particular scoliosis. What is Scoliosis? Scoliosis is a side bending or lateral curvature of the spine. Scoliosis can present with [...]