Becoming A Trusted Advisor: Why Clients Keep Coming Back Even When Pain is Gone | #394
In this episode, I break down the transition from getting out of pain into moving back into the rest of your life—a concept I call Model Two.
What Happens When a Client Doesn’t Have Awareness? Ideas from 30+ years of helping people reduce and eliminate pain. | #385
In this episode, I explore a common challenge that movement teachers and practitioners face: what to do when a client lacks physical awareness or struggles to describe what they are feeling. I explain why body awareness is essential for creating lasting, transformational change rather than just temporary pain relief. By breaking down the difference between […]
Becoming a Movement Detective 6 of 7: How Barb Eliminated 90–95% of Her Pain by Becoming a Movement Detective | #379
In this episode, I sit down with Barb Morin, who shares her journey from years of chronic shoulder, hip, and flexor pain to becoming 90–95% pain-free. After trying numerous treatments and practitioners without lasting success, Barb discovered a different approach—learning how to become a movement detective and understanding the compensatory patterns that were contributing to […]
Becoming a Movement Detective 4 of 7: Becoming a Movement Detective with Kendra McCuine, C-IAYT Yoga Therapy Trainee | #377
In this episode, I’m sharing a conversation with Kendra McCuine, a trainee in my Movement Detective program from Massachusetts. We talk about her journey from being a special education teacher to becoming a yoga teacher who is now learning to see the body through a much more functional and investigative lens. Even in just a […]
Becoming a Movement Detective 3/7: Becoming a Movement Detective with Candice Bourgeois, C-IAYT Yoga Therapy Trainee | #376
In this episode, I sit down with Candice Bourgeois, who is currently in the certification program, to explore her journey from teaching with formulaic cues to becoming a true movement detective. We talk about what it actually means to see movement differently—not as something to fix, but as something to understand. Candice shares how she […]
Become a Movement Detective: Rethinking Neck Pain | #370
In this episode, I invite you to rethink neck pain by becoming a movement detective. Instead of focusing only on where the pain is, I explore how the body works as an interconnected system and why the neck often takes on more work than it’s designed to do. I share how compensation patterns form and […]
It’s Not A Muscle Problem – Understanding Compensation Patterns | #369
In this episode, I break down a recent article on compensation patterns and share where I agree, and where I see a gap. While the article frames compensation as a muscle issue, I explain why I view it instead as a coordination pattern shaped by habits, strategies, and how the body distributes load. I walk […]
Relief to Sustainable Results | #367
In this final part of the three-part series, I walk through what it really takes to turn temporary relief into lasting results. I break down why pain isn’t the problem, but rather a signal of deeper patterns in the body—and how learning to recognize subtle “whispers” can completely shift the way I approach healing and […]
Why Relief Doesn’t Last… Yet | #366
In this episode, I build on our conversation about “whispers” in the body and take it a step further—what happens after you start noticing patterns and experience relief. I explain why relief doesn’t always last, why symptoms return, and why that’s not failure, but actually part of the change process. When you understand how your […]
Kyphosis: Why “Stand Up Straight” Doesn’t Work | #364
In this episode, I explore the common desire to “fix” posture and why simply trying to sit or stand up straight rarely works for long. I share how posture isn’t something we force or hold—it’s something that naturally emerges from how our body moves and coordinates as a whole system. I also dive into why […]