Caroline Clarke - Postural Alignment Specialist

Caroline Clarke - Postural Alignment Specialist Heal your Pain - Caroline Clarke, Postural Alignment Specialist uses proven techniques to bring your body back to a pain free state.

23/03/2026

Quick Pelvic Reset Exercise

If you’ve been sitting a lot, training hard, or just feel a bit out of balance, try this simple reset.

Stand with your heels against a wall, about hip-width apart.
Turn your toes slightly in (pigeon-toed).

Now see if you can gently make contact with the wall using:
• your heels
• your calf muscles
• your bottom
• your shoulder blades

Then place your hands behind your head, elbows relaxed.

Hold this position for about one minute if you can.

While you’re there:
• keep a soft bend in your knees
• feel equal weight through both feet
• breathe slowly and let your body settle

This position encourages the femur (thigh bone) to internally rotate, which helps the pelvis reset and centre itself.

It’s a simple exercise, but often very powerful. Sometimes the body just needs a moment in the right position to remember where “neutral” is again.

Give it a try and notice how you feel when you step away from the wall. 🙂

23/03/2026

What a fantastic training weekend!

We had four brilliant students with us learning Posture Alignment and Movement Therapy, and they were all absolutely amazing. Watching people learn to see posture differently and understand how to help others move better is just the best feeling. By the end of the weekend they were already spotting things they’d never noticed before — that’s when you know it’s working.

One thing I’ve realised though… if people travel down from outside Devon to train with us and they arrive with a cold… I’m bound to catch it! I’ve worked it out now — they’re out-of-county colds and apparently they like to stay with me. 🤧

So today is definitely an easy day. A few classes, a couple of clients, some dog walking, and taking things a little slower after such a brilliant but busy weekend.

Sometimes the best thing you can do after giving a lot of energy is to pause, breathe, and recharge a little.

Loved this weekend. Wonderful people, great learning, and lots of laughter too.

20/03/2026

Training starts today!
I’ve got Zoie travelling down to Tavistock and Casey joining us from America via Zoom
tomorrow and Sunday, so this is a full three-day workshop weekend.
This course is all about training people to do what I do - becoming Posture Alignment Movement Specialists. It’s an incredibly in-depth course where we look at everything: how to observe posture, how to understand what the body is telling you, and most
importantly what to do about it.

It’s intense, but it’s also very practical and uncomplicated. By the end of the course you can literally go out the next day and start working with people. You’ll be able to look at someone’s posture and know exactly where to begin.
We’ve designed the training so that nothing is missed.
If you’d like to know more, take a look at the Train the Trainers section on my website:
www.carolinejclarke.com

19/03/2026

When we’re working with someone especially someone older or in a lot of pain the first thing we need to do is make them comfortable.

Quite often they already know the position that feels best for them. They’ve worked that out through experience. So instead of forcing a “perfect” position, start there. Build from the position that feels safe and comfortable for them.

Sometimes that simply means sitting them on the bed with lots of pillows behind them, allowing the back to gently open and relax.

And if one part of the body is very painful, work somewhere else.
Bad shoulders? Start with the lower body.
Pain in the lower back or hips? Work with the arms, shoulders or upper body.

You’re not ignoring the painful area you’re giving the brain a chance to focus somewhere else and settle down.

Of course, this is always after the proper checks and safeguards to make sure there’s nothing serious that needs medical attention.

But once that’s done, comfort first… and then we build from there.

18/03/2026

This morning reminded me why I love what I do.

I worked with four clients today who are all making fantastic progress, but one moment really stood out. One of my clients has found it very difficult to coordinate speaking and walking at the same time. We’ve been working together for about a month, taking things step by step.

Today she stood up from her walker… and simply walked across to the settee without even thinking about it.

For the first time she just did it naturally. No overthinking. No hesitation.

Those little moments are actually huge victories. I was absolutely thrilled for her — she was brilliant.

Progress doesn’t always come in big dramatic leaps. Sometimes it’s the quiet moment when the body suddenly trusts itself again. 💫

17/03/2026

Easy day today… and easy days are important.

I’ve got a couple of classes, a few clients, and I’m out walking the dogs twice today. Somewhere in between I’ve got to get the car cleaned before a really important training weekend.

This weekend we’ve got four people travelling down to Taverstock to train with myself and Zoe, and Casey will be zooming in as well so we can introduce him to everyone.

The whole point of the weekend is simple: learning how to see posture and know what to do about it. By the end of the weekend they’ll be able to look at someone and understand what’s going on in their body within 60 seconds.

It’s honestly not as hard as people think. Once you know what to look for, it becomes obvious.

If you’re a bodyworker, massage therapist, trainer or just someone curious about posture and how the body works you can learn this too.

Have a look at www.carolinejclark.com and check out Train the Trainers.

Anyone can learn.

Love you lots. Speak soon.

TRY A CLASS – Your first class is FREE.I love receiving messages like this after class. Simon joined the session last ni...
17/03/2026

TRY A CLASS – Your first class is FREE.

I love receiving messages like this after class. Simon joined the session last night and this was the message waiting for me this morning:

“More remarkable results from last night’s training Caroline. 80% increased range of movement in left shoulder, amazing!”

Sometimes people are unsure about trying something new, especially when they’re in pain or struggling with movement. But small, targeted exercises can make a remarkable difference very quickly.

If you’ve been thinking about joining a class, why not give it a try? Your first class is completely free and you can see for yourself what a difference it might make. www.carolinejclarke.com Tel 07875537527

15/03/2026

When working with clients, you can never pre-judge what you’re going to do with them. Every body is different, and you have to listen carefully to the feedback they give you and work with what’s in front of you.

One client had been getting a lot of heat down her leg and into the groin, which was understandably worrying. She had seen a doctor and even a surgeon. We kept things very simple, focusing on getting the body back into alignment using a couple of towels. Absolutely amazing — a week and a half later the heat has gone, and she’s now had three days completely without it. That’s really good news. She also believes it’s going to work, and that belief is such an important part of the process.

Another client decided she could remember her exercises without watching the video I’d sent. Well… she got a bit of a telling off yesterday! Hopefully today she’ll be doing them properly.

And my third client today was an American I’ve been working with who has been in discomfort for quite a long time and had lost confidence in her body. We found a few exercises that gave her stability in the lower part of her body. One was a bit of a puzzle to unlock, but the others were really helping. Once the stability comes back, the confidence follows.

That was my day today. Very windy here, but I love what I do. Speak soon.

14/03/2026

I’ve worked hard this week, so today I did something really important… I rested.

I actually slept for two hours this afternoon, which felt absolutely amazing, and this morning I had the most fabulous massage. Thank you Steven – it was just what I needed.

It made me think about something I heard on the series Madison. Taylor Sheridan was talking about how so many people rush through life working, striving, always thinking “I’ll do that later.” Then suddenly later arrives… they have the time and the money, but their bodies don’t always allow them to do the things they once could.

That really resonated with me.

As we get older, life sometimes changes shape. Being married to an older man, I know Richard can’t always do what he used to do. But what we can do is make memories. Maybe the big two-week holidays become something different… like a beautiful lunch out together, a quiet afternoon, or simply time shared.

Life might get smaller in some ways, but the moments can become even more precious.

Don’t let life rush past thinking “I can’t.”

If you can… do.

Make the memories. Enjoy the moments. They matter more than anything.

11/03/2026

I teach classes all over the world from my studio in Tavistock. 🌍

It doesn’t matter where you are –if you have a body, I can help you work with it. Today alone I worked with a client in Bangkok who has been struggling with a painful wrist and neck, and another client who joined while on holiday in Lanzarote.
One of the things I’m most pleased about is helping my Bangkok client manage his tinnitus. When we first started working together it was around a 7 or 8 most of the time. Now it’s down to around 1–2 and completely under control.
Another client was quite sceptical, but after doing the exercises she messaged me yesterday afternoon and said, “I haven’t even thought about it it’s not there now.”
It doesn’t work for everyone because tinnitus can have many different causes. But if it’s linked to the neck and inflammation, which it often is, then it’s something I can frequently help improve.
So wherever you are in the world, come and try a class.
Your first class is always free.
What’s your problem? Let’s see if we can sort it.

10/03/2026

Consistency matters.

Being there for your clients matters.

Sometimes it’s not just about the exercises we do in class – it’s about showing up for people when they need reassurance.

I have a client in Canada who had a fall recently. Thankfully nothing appears to be broken, but it shook her up a bit. Riders are incredibly brave people and their instinct is often just to get on with it. But sometimes the body needs something different – it needs time to pause, settle and recover.

She still came to class last night, which I absolutely loved. That trust means everything.

I’m also incredibly grateful for the people behind me. Casey has been such a huge support over the years. Honestly, I would never be where I am without him. He’s one of the rocks behind what I do.

And of course my husband – another rock in my life.

Next week I have people coming in for training, which I’m really looking forward to. Passing this work on and helping others learn is something I care deeply about.

At the end of the day, it’s about being reliable, consistent and there for people – whether they’re in the room with you or on the other side of the world.

That’s what really matters.

08/03/2026

Sometimes the most productive thing you can do… is absolutely nothing.

We’re all so busy. Life moves fast, and it’s easy to feel like we should always be doing more. But for me, Saturday afternoon is sacred. It’s my time to stop.

An afternoon in bed with Clarke, watching the racing, switching off, and just being. No rushing, no thinking about the next thing, no fixing bodies or solving problems. Just rest.

And do you know what? It’s one of the most important things I do all week.

It resets my head.
It relaxes my brain.
It allows everything to settle.

By the time Monday comes around, I’m ready again. Ready to help people move better, feel better, and get their bodies back on track.

Working with my clients this week has been absolutely fantastic. Seeing the changes in people when their bodies start to realign is something that never gets old. I feel incredibly lucky to do what I do.

A little update as well the June Postural Alignment Training is nearly full.
Two places have already gone, and we now only have 1–2 spaces left. I also have a couple of people who are very interested, so if you’ve been thinking about it, now is the time to be quick.

If you feel that pull to learn more about the body and help others, I’d love to have you with us.

Lots of love,
Speak soon.

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