Karyn Clark Evolve Life

Karyn Clark Evolve Life Persistent Pain • Movement • Lifestyle Support
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Clinical Essential Somatics is Neuromuscular movement re-education that teaches people to regain voluntary control of muscles that have become involuntarily and chronically contracted due to adaptation to accidents, injuries, surgeries, major illnesses or on-going/repetitive emotional or physical stress. Thomas Hanna (Hanna Somatics) termed this state of chronically tight muscles that can't let go as Sensory Motor Amnesia (SMA) and described SMA as the root cause chronic pain. Sensory Motor Amnesia alters the way one not only moves, but how one experiences him/herself from within, their SOMA-tic experience. By improving the connection between the brain and the muscles people learn to regain sensation and motor control of muscles and movement. Chronically tight muscles affect physical structure and alter posture and movement. Examples of Sensory Motor Amnesia include:

• chronic back pain
• sciatica
• leg length discrepancy
• hip pain
• altered gait
• plantarfasciitis
• piriformis syndrome
• TMJ/TMD
• neck/shoulder pain
• scoliosis

Those suffering from SMA lose their ability to release and relax muscles and move freely. Clinical Essential Somatics is taught in 1:1 session with hands on work with the practitioner, focusing on the clients patterns of restricted movement and SMA. Groups classes, are weekly classes that teach Somatic movements and are suitable for those new to Somatics and those whom have undertaken clinical sessions.

'Essential Somatics' builds on the work of Thomas Hanna (Hanna Somtics), as well as bringing in the work of new pioneers in the field of Somatic Movement.

I took over a week off clinic! The last time I did that was March 2024 and every part of me needed it. I needed to give ...
22/02/2026

I took over a week off clinic!
The last time I did that was March 2024 and every part of me needed it.

I needed to give my nervous system a break, I needed to grieve, I needed to rest, I needed to regroup, I needed to find me!

I needed to do everything I know, and teach, because if you don’t you mind and body will find a way to make you stop!

I trained, of course
I went for sauna’s
I went in the sea
I grieved and cried in the a bath
I read
I breathed in the sun
I remembered my dear friend with Margarita
I worked and studied and ate scones
I created a Persistent pain intro guide, free in my bio
I got taken to a lovely hotel and had morning coffee
My brother took me to candlelight classical music
And I taught my last day at the Uni, before taking a break, to continue healing.

I gave myself space, and love and time.

I put my oxygen mask on first!

17/02/2026

I posted a reel earlier about hamstrings not just needing stretching.

Then I went to train glutes and hamstrings.
😂
Not to prove a point.
Not for content.
Just because that’s what I had programmed for today.

And honestly… they still felt really tight and got tighter still.

But feeling tight doesn’t mean broken.
It doesn’t mean short.
It doesn’t mean I need fixing.
It often just means I’m asking a lot of them.

So I slowed the eccentrics, (when I remembered). 🤦🏼‍♀️
Paused in the lengthened positions for me which is different if you are hyper-mobile as it’s easy to over extend.
And focuses on trying to control the range instead of chasing it.

I then did a range of clincial somatics addressing the areas I’d worked and felt tight, to reset and rebalance.

The body adapts to what we repeatedly ask of it. And today, I asked it to get stronger.

12/02/2026

So following on from yesterdays reel laying on a foam to relax and open up through the chest whilst relaxing the shoulders (go watch if you haven’t seen it) this reel now adds some simple lovely movement you can do to open further.

If you’re new to laying on a foam roller it might take a little practice.

Nothing should feel painful or forced, we want relaxing mindful movement that we are experiencing rather than doing.

You can do all these movements without a foam roller too, which I’ll add on the next reel.

When you’re done just lay I the floor and notice how that feels.

Let me know how you get on.

11/02/2026

This is one I give patients all the time and they genuinely love it.

We spend so much of the day in flexion.
Driving. Desks. Phones. Even some gym work.

Over time, that slightly rounded position just becomes our default.

Lying lengthways on a foam roller like this gently opens through the chest and gives your breathing a bit more space.

It’s not about “fixing” your posture.
And it’s definitely not about sitting bolt upright all day.

It’s about movement variability giving your body different options and reducing some of the tension and stress that can build behind one sustained position.

No forcing.
No pulling your shoulders back.

Just 2–5 minutes. Slow breaths. Let your arms relax.

Simple things, done regularly, make a difference.

Let me know how it goes!



Hi, I’m Karyn 👋I work with people who are living with pain, tension, stress, and uncertainty in their bodies. My work si...
11/02/2026

Hi, I’m Karyn 👋

I work with people who are living with pain, tension, stress, and uncertainty in their bodies.

My work sits at the crossroads of movement, strength, nervous system awareness, and lived experience.

Less about fixing.
More about understanding, support, and building capacity over time.
I’m interested in how bodies adapt,
how pain is shaped by more than just tissues, and how gentle awareness and appropriate challenge can create change.

I train. I move. I rest.
I ask a lot of questions.

And I’m in a phase of letting my work evolve just as I encourage others to do.

This space will be about:
• making sense of pain without fear
• movement that feels supportive, not punishing
• strength as something to grow into
• and change that doesn’t need to be rushed

If you’re new here 👋🏻 welcome.
If you’ve been here before 🫶🏻 thank you for staying.

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