To our cognitive, thinking brains here at the end of May 2020, “Is it safe?” is a really stupid question. My guess would be that about 95% of you reading this, given some time to really ponder it, would answer with some variation on the following: “Who the hell knows?” There are a lot of variables out there in the world right now. Unfortunately for we humans, that level of uncertainty doesn't play well over time, often leading to chronic stress, tension, and all the challenges that go with those patterns (including pain).
Read MoreWhen I see new clients, 80-90% of them share one common struggle that’s evident to me within minutes of meeting them. They’re working too hard. To put it simply, they are unconsciously creating pain and physical breakdown and it shows. The great news is that simple, awareness-based exercises you can do during the small pockets of your busy day or after a hard day’s work as a reset can yield a tremendous shift forward in your experience of your body.
Read MoreWhy is it that we end up where we are physically, especially in the absence of major physical trauma or pathology? Often, it seems, we choose (mostly unconsciously) very physically-expensive ways of being. My puzzle then became to figure out how to help clients make better choices.
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