How’s somatic pain therapy different than other treatments?

"How's what you do different from other places I've gone for my pain?" I’m asked this question a lot. Here's a comparison of somatic yoga therapy and other treatment styles - physical therapy, yoga, meditation, personal training and chiropractic. Somatic Yoga Therapy The core principle of somatic yoga therapy is that you'll learn to be …

The body knows. Why don’t we listen?

The wisdom of a child My five year-old friend, Naomi, has started using the phrase "My body is telling me..." The end of the sentence can be any number of things: "I'm hungry," "I'm tired," etc. Good job to her parents for this teaching and good job to Naomi for accepting it. Naomi is learning …

Toughing it out? Please don’t.

Every week, I meet dozens of people who tell me that they have pain. When I ask what they're doing for it a common response is, "Nothing. I figure it will get better so I'm toughing it out." PLEASE DON'T. The longer we stay in pain, the more vehemently the brain sends pain signals to …