In this episode, I’m sharing some questions to help you think about what core is and how many people view the relationship between pain and core. Discover how I work with these two entities, how I train my trainees on them, and what I view the relationship to be. Get full show notes and more information here: ttps://www.functionalsynergy.com/88
There are four key areas that I find to be super useful in helping someone reduce their limp and improve their walking mechanics. In this episode, I’m sharing these four key areas and explaining how knowledge and understanding of these areas can have a huge impact on somebody’s ability to walk. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.functionalsynergy.com/87
This week, I’m giving you something to work with if you have multiple diagnoses or no diagnosis at all. I’m walking you through why it’s not a good or a bad thing to receive multiple diagnoses or a scan that’s clean, and sharing an exercise to help you connect with your symptoms and grow your sense of understanding about the direction your body and mind are asking you to go. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.functionalsynergy.com/86...
This week, Mona Warner and I discuss the relationship between the brain, body, and bowels. I’m sharing why constipation is a sign of how your digestion is going and how the whole system is integrating together, and how I dealt with mild constipation for most of my life until I discovered Ayurveda. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.functionalsynergy.com/85
This week, I’m sharing a client case study and some great ideas about how to work with clients who have knee issues and are carrying compensatory patterning up in their shoulder girdle. Hear the results of working with this particular client, the progress she made, and a behind-the-scenes look at the way I approach working with clients. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.functionalsynergy.com/84
This week, I am heading in a direction that some listeners may find surprising. I’m delving deeper into the realm of inclusivity. I have experienced fascinating exploration into my unconscious biases, and there have been three people who have been integral in opening my eyes to this work, so I’m bringing them on to the show to discuss the experience further. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.functionalsynergy.com/83...
The last thing anybody with depression needs is another list of things they should be doing. But this week's conversation is less about fixing you and more about looking at how you are thinking about your depression, and we’re showing you how to turn the way you think about it on its head and some coping mechanisms to do so. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.functionalsynergy.com/82
Heather and Stacey are here to share what they have learned over the process of certification and where they have evolved in their practices. Hear what has changed, what things they thought might change but didn’t, and where they’re at in terms of comfort level in their own evolution as massage therapists that also practice yoga. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.functionalsynergy.com/81
This week, I’m showing you how to tune into your inhale and exhale with 3 exercises to help you downregulate and learn to free your breath versus control it. I’m sharing a mantra to help you with these exercises and showing you how to use these exercises to reconnect with yourself, clear out the mental clutter and tune into the wisdom of your body. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.functionalsynergy.com/80
I’m sharing some exercises to help you prepare for the holiday season and supporting you in this experience. Learn what you can do for yourself to help you reconnect and feel your feelings, and how doing so will help you make better choices that truly serve you. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.functionalsynergy.com/79
I’m digging into this question and showing you how to help your client understand pain as a signal and use it as a guide. Pain goes up or down depending on how we interpret it, so I’m showing you how to become a partner in the process, support and guide your clients through their pain, and show them that they have the power to overcome and recover. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.functionalsynergy.com/78...
This week, learn some breathwork and self-massage techniques to help your digestive tract move through some of that overindulgence you might be experiencing. I’m sharing three exercises to work with in these areas and showing you how powerful they are when you implement them. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.functionalsynergy.com/77
Join me this week as I guide you through a breathing and movement practice to help you settle and calm yourself. I’m helping you tune into where you are and what you feel right now so that you can use this to settle and calm whenever you need to. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.functionalsynergy.com/76
This week, learn how to nourish yourself through the winter months and why our bodies need a little more in terms of resources around this time of year. Discover why sometimes what we think is nourishing us actually isn’t, and how reflecting on last year’s winter season filled with restrictions can help you establish what you need this year. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.functionalsynergy.com/75...
This week, I’m doing something a little bit different and taking you on a journey of meditation for your run. Whether you are a runner or a walker, you can utilize this 20 minute practice and enjoy the process. So put your shoes on, and let’s head out. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.functionalsynergy.com/74
This week, I'm sharing 4 key areas to support you in connecting with your feelings more effectively. When we can get clear on emotion, we can start to see how emotion and physical sensation fuel the actions we take, so I’m showing you how to take that discernment into your recovery process this week. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.functionalsynergy.com/73
I’m discussing what it is to recover and heal and explaining why some people recover more quickly than others. I’m sharing the importance of feeling your body’s sensations, emotions, and vibrations, and how doing so will enable you to heal more quickly. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.functionalsynergy.com/72
I’m covering what I like to call solutions for sciatica and sharing a few things that may be helpful with sciatic symptoms. I’m teaching you how to discover what contributes to the experience of sciatica, how to step back and question where your symptoms are coming from, and where you can go next in terms of support. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.functionalsynergy.com/71
I’m sharing some important things to know about Plantar Fasciitis, and what you can do to ease the symptoms if you have it. I’m showing you the importance of recognizing that the pain isn’t where the problem is, and a key piece of information to know about absorbing the body’s load more effectively and improving your symptoms. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.functionalsynergy.com/70
Listen in this week as Mona Warner and I discuss the transition of seasons and what’s going on in our bodies as the seasons change. Discover how our environment has a strong impact on our experience of ourselves, one of the primary goals of a digestive reset, and the perfect time to do one. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.functionalsynergy.com/69
This week, I'm teaching you how to bring your brain and body together to decode your symptoms. Discover how to regain your power and reduce your symptoms and pain, and tune into the sense of knowing that your body provides you with. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.functionalsynergy.com/68
Join me this week as I dig into some key components of biomechanics and why these components can make balance naturally happen. I’m sharing how to take these concepts and bring them into practice and showing you how to improve control, coordination, and alignment in your life. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.functionalsynergy.com/67
I’m sharing the fundamental key to improving balance, particularly as we get into our 60s, 70s, and 80s, and the differences I see in people in their second half of life. Learn where I begin when I teach about balance, and the benefits that working on your balance can bring as you get older. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.functionalsynergy.com/66
This week, I’m sharing three key things that helped my client and that will support you wherever you are in your healing process. I’m sharing the importance of being able to tap into your body as a barometer, and how to change the habitual patterning in your body so that you can change the way you experience pain. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.functionalsynergy.com/65
This week I'm sharing some exercises to help you reclaim your power around money, and help you connect to your higher power and inner world more clearly. We have decades and decades of unconscious beliefs that have moved through our cultural awareness and I’m showing you how to understand these beliefs and use them to embody yourself. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.functionalsynergy.com/64
I’m showing you how to come back into yourself, and how doing so will enable you to increase clients and money and reduce pain. Discover the importance of tuning into your inner authority, why money is a result of your state of being, and how to use this knowledge to help more people while making more money. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.functionalsynergy.com/63
Many people have issues with the psoas, and these are usually longstanding, providing only short bouts of relief. This week, I'm showing you what the psoas is and how to have longer and more sustainable gains, relief, and freedom. Discover how I support my clientele to help their psoas regain and maintain its suppleness, and the missing element to help you get longer-term gains. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.functionalsynergy.com/62...
Discover the equal importance between physical sensations and mental state. I’m sharing why our brains tend towards mind over matter, and how to readdress this balance so you can tune into what your system as a whole is telling you, your brain and body can work in synergy, and you can perform and generate the results you want without pushing yourself too far. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.functionalsynergy.com/61...
Learn all about the Yoga Therapy Certification program: how it works, what it’s about, and how it could fit with your life. Hear the skills that both Rachel and Lory have developed over the course of the program, what they have gotten from it, and how this program could serve you. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.functionalsynergy.com/60
This week, I am guiding you through a Yoga Nidra practice and sharing a process for you to access some conscious relaxation. Get ready to settle, become curious, and enjoy a space to tap into your subconscious, because this practice will enable you to cultivate a deep connection with your body, mind, and innate wisdom and authority. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.functionalsynergy.com/59
