Physical Freedom

Rebecca is an Embodied Breakthrough client who wears many hats. She’s a project manager, a mom of two kids and 3 animals, a painter and incredible writer who is working on her memoir.But chronic pain began to interrupt her active lifestyle. From lower back and hip pain to migraines from neck and shoulder tension, she wasn’t feeling settled in her body. Her rigorous kettlebell training program encouraged her to move in a way that just didn’t feel right. She felt stuck and knew what she was doi...

In this episode, we talk with Tiffany Walsh, an Embodied Breakthrough client who has broken through artificial ceilings and is forming a whole new way of being in the world with her body.Like many others, Tiffany held childhood beliefs of not being cut out for athletic pursuits. But she discovered Crossfit a decade ago, and her ideas of what she was capable of started to change. While putting her body through the paces, she faced recurring shoulder pain that eventually became excruciating and...

In this episode, we had the honor of talking with Embodied Breakthrough student Hollie Lemin. Hollie is a passionate human dedicated to overcoming challenges and becoming the strongest version of herself. Hollie is no stranger to challenges. With a family history of arthritis and being told she would suffer the same fate, she felt pain in daily movement from the age of 16, often struggling just to get out of bed in the morning. She stopped going to the concerts she loved because even sta...

Physical pain is often the reason people seek out body work, and it can also be the catalyst that leads them to greater body awareness.As we discuss with author and certified Rolfing expert Mary Bond, body awareness is useful in learning your limits and capacities. By slowing down and learning to be present in yourself through your body, you give yourself time for more feedback to take place. We talk with Mary about our movement starved bodies in this digital age, and how our tunnel of a...

Taken too far, even a healthy pursuit like trying to get in better shape or eating healthy can become toxic.So, where do we learn to push ourselves to constantly do more, achieve more, BE more?How do we use overtraining to avoid difficult emotions or areas of life we’re unhappy with?In this episode, we chat with PHD, personal trainer, and burnout recovery coach Kersten Kimura, discussing the need to examine our mindset and deeper foundations. Kersten explains the spectrum of burnout, hea...

Why can't we outsource our healing to someone else?What's the role of chiropractic work and other hands-on healing? Where do we have to take ownership for our own health and wellbeing?What's the truth about the Coronavirus and when do we go too far in trying to protect ourselves?These are the questions Dr. Brett Jones and I sit down to discuss on this episode of the podcast.We also talk about a simple practice you can do every day to take charge of your own healing journey.Listen in and enjoy.

In this episode we explore a very simple question:How can you become a better ally to your body?In order to heal ourselves, to create TRUE strength, we need to heal our relationship with ourselves, with our bodies. We need to dismantle the hierarchy and learn to let the information and signals not just flow top-down from the mind to the body, but bottom-up, from the body to the mind.We need to yes, learn to listen, but also to UNDERSTAND what the body is trying to tell us. To honor and trust ...

Ev'Yan is here to help you liberate yourself from shame and step into your erotic power.She's here to help you ask the big questions. Questions like...Why does our sexuality often get put last in our lives? Why is it the last frontier we look to liberate?What are the common blocks we face to erotic embodiment? How do we cultivate more pleasure, sensuality, and express it through our movement?These are the topics Ev'Yan Whitney, my wife, and I dive into in this special edition of the podcast.W...

In this episode, I sat down with one of my movement teachers and mentors, Todd Hargrove. Todd is a genius when it comes to understanding how the body works, the science of pain, and how to move with more freedom.He's the author of one of my absolute favorite books as well, A Guide to Better Movement, which I highly recommend.What you're about to learn:Why having a neurocentric perspective is critical to understanding why pain and tension hang around.How pain sensitivity is learned from an ear...

There's one thing I know to be certain.Wherever you're at it in life, you want more.And what you think you're capable of, whether with your body or in life, is just a small fraction of your true potential.When things get tough, we all have a choice. We can either collapse and make ourselves small, or we can rise and expand.Today's a special edition of the podcast I don't think you'll want to miss.This is one you'll want to share as well. Because I believe motivation and hope is a contagion we...