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Yoga Physical Therapist Blending Yoga and Physical Therapy for Mindfulness, Understanding, Compassion, and Healing.

Blending Physical Therapy and Yoga to address ALL the reasons why you hurt: Body, Mind and Spirit. Offering both physical therapy and wellness via private sessions and online programs.

It’s been a while since I did an in-person workshop. I’m always thinking about how to help more women heal: from pain, b...
17/06/2026

It’s been a while since I did an in-person workshop.

I’m always thinking about how to help more women heal: from pain, body-dysmorphia, anxiety, weakness, lack of body confidence…and this is it.

Come and practice with me. Do 1 session or attend all 3. By the end you’ll have a new way out of pain.

Link in bio to register.

17/06/2026

Many of my clients get so frustrated trying to figure out why they hurt. Over and over again they blame structures of their body calling them “bad” or “broken” parts.

They seek to understand external forces that cause the pain: bed, pillow, chair, shoes, etc.

Even when they acknowledge stressors working on them creating worry and ruminating thoughts, never fully being able to “relax”…they still want to know what’s wrong with their body.

The seeking of body-based reasons, rather than accepting stress-based reasons causes a great deal of suffering. This suffering only makes pain worse.

It’s really no wonder that women want to blame their body for pain. They have heard the body is to blame for problems all their life.

They blame their body for lack of acceptance and belonging because it doesn’t “look” a certain way.

They’ve been taught to stop listening to their body’s sensations, like hunger, and control urges and desires.

It’s easy to blame the body for not being “perfect”.

But to really understand chronic pain, women need to go ‘beneath’ the body and begin to notice what causes the tension and tightness. They need to practice accepting their body exactly as it is and seek deeper reasons for why the body feels the way it does.

Thoughts and beliefs that bubble up during quiet moments is a great place to start exploring those deeper reasons.

If you’re interested in going deeper to explore your pain, I’m offering a 3-part mini retreat in Columbus, OH in July. Head to the link in my bio to learn more.

13/06/2026

As I come to the mat I allow myself to feel and ask…

How are you?

I notice my breath and consider…

What feels limited in the flow?

I move gently while supported first by the ground and scan for resistance in joints and muscles?

I notice the thoughts that come up, maybe as judgements and pause to let them pass and return to…

Compassion.

Holding each ache carefully. Soothing any hurt with care and attention.

The practice is exactly what is promised. A uniting.

Body
Breath
Thoughts
Emotions
Joy
Pain

Together as one integrated human. Perfect in imperfection.

A practice of listening to each part and drawing them all together in a conversation to once again become…

Whole.

United with the deepest part. The purest part.

Spirit.

09/06/2026

Chronic pain is chronic tension. A bracing. Resistance felt in very predictable places. Understanding more about the ancient wisdom of the body’s energetic centers,the chakras, helps to open a conversation about the patterns of tension and holding. While it may seem like a casual conversation to my clients, it’s all part of investigating: Why does Pain Persist? It’s an invitation to go deeper and explore beneath the physical symptoms of their pain.

Learn more about my framework at the link in my bio. You can try a free class and meditation to see if it resonated with...
07/06/2026

Learn more about my framework at the link in my bio. You can try a free class and meditation to see if it resonated with you.

28/05/2026

Want to know why?

1. It’s not taught as an important sensation. I had never heard of interoception until I started training in yoga. Now when I research it, I find it within psychological literature. As a ‘physical’ therapist, very little psychology is taught.

2. Even if PTs wanted to teach and train interoception, the environment doesn’t allow it.

Think: noisy gym full of people with lots of distractions. It’s really hard to slow down and feel what going on inside in that environment.

But it’s also the fiscal environment. For many clinicians to see any profit, they must have 2 clients in the room at the same time. Insurance reimbursement for physical therapy in a private practice barely keeps the lights on.

While I don’t blame PTs for not knowing about interoception, I still think it’s necessary.

If it’s missing from your care, it’s hard to heal.

20/05/2026

Old Meniscal Injury. Arthritis. Last week there was even a pocket of swelling and pain when I put weight on it.

But I persist. Not pushing through pain but modifying as I need to stay as active as I want.

We’ve been led to believe that these conditions are limitations that cause certain movements and activities to be “bad for our knees”.

But how can a movement the joint was designed to do be bad???

Avoidance leads to more weakness, more limitation.

A better understanding of pain, what the sensations of your body mean, how muscles support your knees…all information that can guide you to better function.

Combined with a slow progression of strength and mobility might be exactly what you need to build more trust in what your knees are capable of.

Give one of my therapeutic classes a try. Sign up at the link in bio.

The truth…or another opinion you’ve not been offered. If you believe your knees can feel better, then it’s possible! If ...
19/05/2026

The truth…or another opinion you’ve not been offered.

If you believe your knees can feel better, then it’s possible!

If you believe the only answer is surgery, consider the source of that belief. Where does it come from?

Working with me is about new possibilities…some you’ve never considered and not offered by medicine.

I’m not here to convince. I’m offer these services as a way to support and guide.

If you’re interested in my approach, try a free video to gain more trust in your knees. Link in bio.

21/04/2026

Women didn’t wake up one day and decide strength training wasn’t for them.

They were taught-over time-to fear it.

Told-

they might get hurt
tone was feminine and strong was masculine

Sent the message of acceptance if they stayed small.

The result has been a deterioration of health. Not because of aging, but because of what women were NOT allowed to do, FOR THEIR HEALTH.

But it’s not too late!!

Women in my program have made gains in function and bone density.

The main goal is to reduce fear around strength training…feel safe while you train…build confidence that you will be accepted no matter what!

Join me for 1 week of SAFE, TAILORED, ADAPTIVE RESISTANCE TRAINING.

By the end you’ll understand exactly how to make strength gains while honoring pain.

Link in bio.

Strength training is necessary, especially as you age and want to stay active.Learn more about the 1-week experience ins...
20/04/2026

Strength training is necessary, especially as you age and want to stay active.

Learn more about the 1-week experience inside my virtual program. In 2 live classes and recorded lessons, you gain the confidence you need to START strength training. Link in bio.

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