Join me this week as I share what goals mean to me and why setting them can be fun and exciting! I’m sharing a goal setting exercise you can use to help you realize your own goals, and showing you how to take the necessary steps toward achieving them this year! I encourage you to think about what you really want and what you’d be thrilled with realizing this year – allow yourself to dream, and then make it happen! Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.functionalsynergy.com/2...
Dec 31, 2020•18 min•Ep. 28
This week, it’s time to get comfortable and begin to connect with your body. I’m walking you through a relaxing breathing exercise and body scan that you can enjoy when you have a moment over the festive period. You’ll feel relaxed and rejuvenated after this week’s episode, so sit back, or lie down, and let the world stop for a little while. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.functionalsynergy.com/27
Dec 24, 2020•9 min•Ep. 27
Join me this week to learn some breathing exercises to help you relax, connect with your breath, and observe the mind, body, and breath connection. These exercises can be done anytime, anywhere that you want, not just when you're feeling wired! Make sure you’re comfortable and get ready to relax and see the benefits that breathing can have on your state of being. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.functionalsynergy.com/26...
Dec 17, 2020•12 min•Ep. 26
In today’s episode, I’ll be sharing some techniques you can use to help hone your own presence, and as a result, the presence of your clients. I’m explaining the power of being present and how you can tune into your awareness, take ownership of your health, and become your own greatest teacher. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.functionalsynergy.com/25
Dec 10, 2020•16 min•Ep. 25
In this episode, we discuss the necessary skills required to go further in your yoga business and how to get clear and confident on your offer. We discuss the common misconceptions about earning as a yoga teacher and share some tips and advice to help you reach 100K in your business. Remember, if you’re good at what you do, you can make a living out of it! Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.functionalsynergy.com/24...
Dec 03, 2020•33 min•Ep. 24
Join us on the podcast this week as we discuss the effects that the combination of yoga and physiotherapy treatment can have on clients. We discuss why mental and emotional health is part of the physical experience and why psychosocial aspects play a huge role in a person’s progress and healing. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.functionalsynergy.com/23
Nov 26, 2020•34 min•Ep. 23
Join me this week as I talk about the relationship between your body, breath, and state of being. I’m sharing why reaching a fundamental state of awareness about your breath will help you change so much in your life, and how learning about the breath can impact your ability to digest food, emotion and gain restful sleep. Don’t miss this powerful episode! Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.functionalsynergy.com/22...
Nov 19, 2020•14 min•Ep. 22
Join me this week as I share the essential skills a yoga professional needs to run a business and create a life of vitality and freedom. I’m sharing some general principles to apply to your business and some activities that I do personally in my own business. Building a business is like a puzzle, and I’m giving you the pieces you need to complete it. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.functionalsynergy.com/21...
Nov 12, 2020•14 min•Ep. 21
Tune in this week to learn more about how I pivoted my teaching and business through lockdown and how Facebook Lives, private sessions, and Zoom workshops have been such an effective way to support people through such chaotic, uncertain times. I’m sharing why my private sessions have been equal to my previous in-person sessions in terms of support, and why when the day finally comes, my in-person training will be even better as a result. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www...
Nov 05, 2020•21 min•Ep. 20
This episode of From Pain to Possibility consists of some exploration of the pelvic floor, with a specific focus on a technique called Pelvic Floor Breathing or Orifice Breathing. Today, Susi explores this sacred, powerful exercise, teaching you why it’s beneficial while walking you through the exercise. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.functionalsynergy.com/breathing-pelvic-floor
Oct 29, 2020•15 min•Ep. 19
“I’ve found that when I can effectively teach my clients about their movements first, before getting into muscle conversation, the faster they get better.” In this episode of From Pain to Possibility . Susi discusses the idea of movement and understanding movement as an approach to helping a client reduce their pain. Susi has recently been asked a lot of questions from yoga instructors about muscles. Susi has found in her years of training yoga teachers that the ones who understood muscles least...
Oct 22, 2020•16 min•Ep. 18
Oct 15, 2020•32 min•Ep. 17
Why is the triangle pose blamed for issues in the spine, SI joints, and knees? Listen, as Susi explores why it's blamed and why on the flip side that the triangle is an exceptional position, especially when someone has recovered from SI joint issues, plus more in this episode of From Pain to Possibility . Susi explores the triangle pose and describes what she has seen when people do a traditional way of moving into the pose versus how she prefers to see it done. Susi has found that her students ...
Oct 08, 2020•18 min•Ep. 16
"My job isn't to heal people; it's to support and help people see and feel how they move in a new way." In this episode of From Pain to Possibility , Susi and her guest Kirsten Richardson discuss what is possible when you integrate yoga therapy concepts with physio or physical therapy, the results she has found, and her transition to doing physiotherapy by video. Kirsten is a registered physiotherapist and a yoga therapist and has served and assisted people from all walks of life to decrease pai...
Oct 01, 2020•39 min•Ep. 15
"I believe the Psoas to be a sacred, powerful, and subtle muscle." In this episode of From Pain to Possibility , join Susi as she explores the Psoas muscle. So often the psoas gets blamed for issues, but really, it isn’t the psoas’ fault. The psoas is responding to the forces in the body and how they are being absorbed and dissipated. Consider this idea of being grounded and light simultaneously, solid and stable, the ability to be agile. All of these characteristics apply to a psoas that is res...
Sep 24, 2020•14 min•Ep. 14
Are you having trouble doing it all, running a business, taking care of your family, dealing with the pandemic, and all the other things that come your way? In this episode of From Pain to Possibility , listen as Susi discusses some key principles that have worked for her over the past three and a half years and some that didn't. Listen and see if there is a takeaway you can use to make your life run a little smoother. Susi shares the five principles that worked for her, clarity, conversations, ...
Sep 17, 2020•21 min•Ep. 13
Do you think it is possible to heal from a rotator cuff injury without paying attention to the shoulder girdle? Listen as Susi digs into the rotator cuff and the shoulder girdle. A lot of times, when you think about the rotator cuff and healing from rotator cuff injuries plus much more on this episode of From Pain to Possibility. "The shoulder girdle is an amazing part of our body" Listen, as Susi discusses the relationship between the rotator cuff and the shoulder girdle, how the shoulder girdl...
Sep 10, 2020•15 min•Ep. 12
"When I can clear up those extraneous patterns, I can help someone become more efficient in their movements." Today Susi discusses compensation patterns because either the body moves or it doesn't, it's actually doing the thing we want it to do, or it's not, it provides a very clear understanding of what's working and what isn't, so we are looking at what compensation is on this episode of From Pain to Possibility . Listen, as Susi discusses when compensation happens and how, when she can clear ...
Sep 03, 2020•16 min•Ep. 11
"I like to look at anatomy like a map." Today Susi introduces a topic she is passionate about anatomy, biomechanics, and kinesiology. She shares how they relate to Yoga, how they relate to the reduction of pain, and overall recovery and healing. She outlines this in three segments, defining these concepts and then sharing a little bit about why she's so passionate about them on this episode of From Pain to Possibility . Susi speaks about anatomy being the mapping of muscles, other tissues, lymph...
Aug 27, 2020•20 min•Ep. 10
"Where the pain is, is not actually the problem." Listen, as Susi discusses the questions she often hears: Why am I not through this already? Why am I not out of pain? Why have I tried these things and seen these professionals, and I am still in pain? Susi will give her best ideas on how to reduce or even eradicate pain and how to listen to your body on this episode of From Pain to Possibility . Susi speaks about what happens when a person tries to fix a problem. Typically, you are trying to fix...
Aug 20, 2020•24 min•Ep. 9
"When we lose awareness, we lose the connection." Listen as Susi and her guest Megan Jenkinson discuss Pilates, movement, physiotherapy, and biopsychosocial models and what we can look at in terms of movement and how this can be helpful for a variety of healthcare professionals, including physiotherapists. Megan is a physiotherapist, kinesiologist, and Pilates instructor with a specialty in women's health and movement. She draws on these practices when working with her clients to provide a compr...
Aug 13, 2020•52 min•Ep. 8
Compassion is the foundation of health care and overall well-being. Listen as Susi and her guest Shelly Prosko discuss why Shelly believes this, her journey to where she is today, how she learned about compassion fatigue, and much more on this episode of From Pain to Possibility. Shelly is a physiotherapist, yoga therapist, educator, author, and pioneer of physical yoga with over 20 year's experience integrating yoga into physiotherapy and working with people in pain. Shelly teaches in physiothe...
Aug 06, 2020•45 min•Ep. 7
Did you know that your body isn't a passive thing that follows at the whim of your emotions or desires? Listen, as Susi discusses the body being a barometer and the importance of the concept in the work that she does with her private clients when she is training yoga teachers and other professionals on this episode of From Pain to Possibility . Susi says that your symptoms are there to tell you to pay attention, and the concept of the body as a barometer plays into her concept of her yellow ligh...
Jul 30, 2020•28 min•Ep. 6
Susi is digging into four obstacles, particularly obstacles to smooth progress in this episode of From Pain to Possibility . Listen, and by the end of this episode, you'll see that obstacles aren't actually bad. They are a part of the learning process, and once you see them for what they are, you can see them as opportunities for growth and development. Listen as Susi shares and explains the four obstacles: Line in the sand, being afraid of crossing the line, B as the new A, and blowing by the y...
Jul 21, 2020•23 min•Ep. 5
Are you ever too old to practice yoga? Listen, as Susi and her guest Ruth Ann Penny discuss older adults, yoga and the older adult, and what yoga can do for an older person on this episode of From Pain to Possibility . Ruth Ann has been an educator for forty years with a master's degree in adult education, focusing on leaders and the elders in our midst. Ruth Ann became a yoga practitioner almost 25 years ago, as an active and ambitious person in her mid-forties she had a feeling of coming home....
Jul 15, 2020•57 min•Ep. 4
Problems will always exist. You don't want to have the same problems this year as you had last year. Listen as your host Susi Hately shares some issues she has had and the lessons she has learned from them so that maybe we can learn from her mistakes and the opportunities they have provided for her to rethink, reframe, refine and refresh and move forward in this episode of From Pain to Possibility. Do you believe that healing is possible? Susi does and is sharing some examples of people who list...
Jun 22, 2020•22 min•Ep. 3
Have you heard of the polyvagal theory? Listen as your host Susi Hately and her guest Marlysa Sullivan discuss this theory, the roles of our sympathetic and parasympathetic systems and relaxation, gunas, and much more in this episode of From Pain to Possibility. Marlysa is an assistant professor at the Maryland University of Integrative Health , where she teaches in the integrative health sciences and yoga therapy departments. She’s developed courses in the yoga therapy curriculum and is the fou...
Jun 22, 2020•35 min•Ep. 2
Did you know that if you integrate yoga, medicine, and rehabilitation, you can get better results? Welcome to the very first episode of From Pain to Possibility, with your host Susi Hately. Susi is giving us some useful information that can be implemented today, and along the way, she is sharing bits and pieces of her life so we can get to know her better. Susi is the owner and director of Functional Synergy Yoga Therapy, where she trains healthcare professionals and yoga teachers on how to inte...
Jun 22, 2020•30 min•Ep. 1
