"I'VE GOT THIS PAIN IN MY (X) WHEN I DO THIS (Y)"

I was having a polite conversation with a fellow at a coffee shop. I told him I was a yoga therapist and he immediately blurted that he was having the most mysterious pain in his hip and what did I think was going on?

I know better than to play coffee shop therapist - so I threw the question back at him. "What do YOU think is going on?" His response was, "I don't know. I run 5 miles a day and then do Crossfit. I can't imagine why it hurts." 🤫🤫🤫🤫🤫🤫🤫 I really get this question a lot! "Can you give me your opinion on this (X) that is bothering me when I do (Y)?" Simple answer, not really. But I can at least offer some safer, simpler solutions for you to start having that conversation with the right person: YOU. The video here has you repeating the pose slowly - which gives you the opportunity to feel for yourself where the pain originates, where it travels to, what other parts might be in cahoots with it, what moves relieve, and what moves make feel stronger.

You might even ask yourself, "Is it really PAIN or is it SENSATION"? By practicing this way you're becoming your own yoga therapist! But if you still want a professional opinion, you always have me! ❤️

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About

Samantha brings warm-hearted wisdom and humility to her work, believing the answers you seek are inside you. She has always felt a deep call to honor the role suffering plays as a catalyst to personal metamorphosis. 

She leverages her three decades of yoga therapy (IAYT), and health coaching (NOOM)

experience with somatics (SOM), Jungian psychology (JPT), interfaith perspectives, spiritual technologies, trauma healing, polyvagal techniques such as the Felt Sense Polyvagal Model and Safe and Sound Protocols, Compassionate Inquiry (CI), Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT), and the Neurosequential Model (NSM).

All this is to say, there are many doorways to use on the path to healing and self-discovery, and Samantha’s breadth of experience allows for vast creativity on which approach is right for you!  

Samantha seeks to be a facilitating witness to patterns of movement, thought, feeling, and behavior that can both prevent and create physical pain and emotional suffering at conscious and unconscious roots. 

She aims to empower people from 6 to the age of 99 to trust their inner wisdom, allow new layers of self-compassion to emerge, and achieve positive transformations in their careers, relationships, and overall lives.

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