When Body-Based Yoga Therapy Meets Mental Health Work: A Conversation with Functional Synergy Graduate Austin Chason | #388
In this episode, I sit down with yoga therapist and program graduate Austin Chason to explore what life looks like post-certification and how core yoga therapy principles work in real-world clinical settings. We talk about how learning to truly trust what you see—and cultivating deep personal presence—can transform both physical pain and mental health. Austin […]
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 […]
Pain Science Explained Pain… So… Now, What Does A Person DO? How Does A Teacher Teach? | #373
In this episode, I explore the evolution of pain understanding—from a structural, tissue-based model to the introduction of pain science—and what both perspectives miss when it comes to real-life recovery. I share how earlier beliefs around degeneration, alignment, and “damage equals pain” shaped fear-based movement, and how pain science helped reframe pain as a protective […]
The Pathway of Change: What Getting Out of Pain Really Is | #365
In this episode, I bring together over three decades of clinical observation working with people in pain—from chronic and autoimmune conditions to frozen shoulders, scoliosis, kyphosis, and post-cancer movement recovery. I explore how, beneath these seemingly different presentations, there is a shared process of patterning, awareness, and change rather than a focus on chasing symptoms. […]