What your belief systems have to do with your neck and shoulder pain

You got out of work in time to squeeze in a Pilates class, and walking out of class you feel AMAZING.

You told your teacher your shoulders have been super tense, and she packed the class with luscious shoulder-opening moves. YES!

But by the time you wake up the next morning, your shoulders are tight and painful. Again.

We get it - sooooo many of our students suffer from chronic neck and shoulder tension, and lots of us do too! It’s painful and annoying and sometimes it just won’t go AWAY.

And while working on posture, alignment and strength helps - a LOT - when it just keeps coming back, that may be a sign that the pain and tension might be a symptom of an emotional coping strategy.

That’s right - our emotions, our belief systems, and the ways we see the world can manifest as dysfunction in our physical bodies.

And the hustle culture that we live in teaches ALL of us that we have to work hard and constantly without resting - a belief that, for many of our clients, shows up as neck and shoulder tension.

If that’s true for you, you are NOT doomed to stay in the endless cycle of recurring shoulder tension forever! We CAN help you get to the root cause - we just need to bring in more tools.

That’s where somatic practices, like Somatic Personal Resonance bodywork (SPRe) come in. SPRe sessions consist of a combination of talking and hands-on bodywork. This potent blend can help you break through outdated and unneeded belief patterns that have gotten somatically stuck.

SPRe and conscious strength work like Pilates or Gyrotonics work best together - because once you’ve had a SPRe breakthrough and you’re feeling a new sense of balance in the structure of your body, you’ll need to strengthen that balance.

By doing Pilates or Gyrotonics - with an attentive teacher who can watch and assist you with your form.

Curious? The Accelerator is a four-week container that combines three private Pilates sessions each week with two SPRe sessions and 4 Breathwork sessions. We designed it to provide a framework of support for you to gain real, lasting comfort and vitality in your body.

Click here to learn more about The Accelerator.

We can’t wait to find out what the potent combination of Pilates and SPRe can do for you!