Grounded

Grounded I operate a practice that provides wellness coaching, yoga, and therapeutic services, such as assessments and individual therapy.

Pain vs. Suffering: How to Reduce Chronic Pain by Working With Your Nervous SystemIf you’ve been following along, we’ve ...
02/18/2026

Pain vs. Suffering: How to Reduce Chronic Pain by Working With Your Nervous System

If you’ve been following along, we’ve been exploring three core questions about chronic pain: What is pain, really? Why does my body perceive pain the way it does? How can I experience less pain, move better, and function more fully in daily life? In the last two posts, we explored what pain is and how the nervous system processes it. Today, we begin answering the third question:...

If you’ve been following along, we’ve been exploring three core questions about chronic pain: What is pain, really? Why does my body perceive pain the way it does? How can I experience less pain, m…

Why Does My Body Perceive Pain the Way It Does?Last week, we explored the question “What is pain?”This week, we’re addre...
02/05/2026

Why Does My Body Perceive Pain the Way It Does?

Last week, we explored the question “What is pain?”This week, we’re addressing an equally important question: Why does my body perceive pain the way it does? Understanding how pain works can be incredibly empowering — especially for people living with chronic pain. Pain is not just a message from injured tissue. It is a protective signal created and regulated by the…...

Last week, we explored the question “What is pain?”This week, we’re addressing an equally important question: Why does my body perceive pain the way it does? Understanding how pain works can be inc…

What Is Pain? Understanding the Mind–Body Experience of Chronic PainOur next group offering, Managing Chronic Pain throu...
01/28/2026

What Is Pain? Understanding the Mind–Body Experience of Chronic Pain

Our next group offering, Managing Chronic Pain through ACT, Mindfulness, and Yoga, is designed to help answer some of the most common—and often frustrating—questions people living with chronic pain ask: What is pain, really? Why does my body perceive pain the way it does? How can I experience less pain, move better, and function more fully in daily life?...

Our next group offering, Managing Chronic Pain through ACT, Mindfulness, and Yoga, is designed to help answer some of the most common—and often frustrating—questions people living with chronic pain…

6th and 7th chakraThird Eye & Crown Chakra Yoga: Intuition, Awareness, and What Remains When We Let GoExplore how third ...
01/08/2026

6th and 7th chakraThird Eye & Crown Chakra Yoga: Intuition, Awareness, and What Remains When We Let Go

Explore how third eye and crown chakra yoga supports intuition, values-based living, and deep restoration. A reflective integration of yoga therapy and mindfulnes...

Explore how third eye and crown chakra yoga supports intuition, values-based living, and deep restoration. A reflective integration of yoga therapy and mindfulnes

Finding Our Voice: Balancing the Throat ChakraThis past week in our Chakra Balancing Group, we focused on the throat cha...
12/21/2025

Finding Our Voice: Balancing the Throat Chakra

This past week in our Chakra Balancing Group, we focused on the throat chakra — the center of communication, self-expression, and truth. One meaningful shift in this session was the intentional use of voice as a core part of the practice. I’ll admit, chanting in front of others doesn’t come naturally to me. Still, I knew that working with the throat chakra called for sound....

This past week in our Chakra Balancing Group, we focused on the throat chakra — the center of communication, self-expression, and truth. One meaningful shift in this session was the intentional use…

Yoga Therapy Session for the 3rd Chakra (Manipura)Here's the sequence we practiced at our last yoga therapy group: Openi...
12/02/2025

Yoga Therapy Session for the 3rd Chakra (Manipura)

Here's the sequence we practiced at our last yoga therapy group: Opening Grounding (5 minutes) Seated or reclined with one hand on belly, one on heart Invite slow diaphragmatic breathing Bring awareness to the space between navel and ribcage Visualization: a warm golden light igniting like a small flame Emotional check-in: “What feels heavy here? What feels strong?” Optional affirmation:...

Here’s the sequence we practiced at our last yoga therapy group: Opening Grounding (5 minutes) Seated or reclined with one hand on belly, one on heart Invite slow diaphragmatic breathing Brin…

Chakra Yoga Therapy Sequence for Emotional Balance & FlowSession from Last Night’s Group The second chakra, or Sacral Ch...
11/24/2025

Chakra Yoga Therapy Sequence for Emotional Balance & Flow

Session from Last Night’s Group The second chakra, or Sacral Chakra (Svadhisthana), is the energetic center connected to emotional flow, creativity, pleasure, and the ability to experience life with a sense of fluidity rather than tension. Located in the low belly and pelvis, this chakra helps us connect to movement, sensation, and healthy boundaries. When balanced, it supports flexibility — both physically and emotionally — allowing us to feel our feelings without becoming overwhelmed by them....

Session from Last Night’s Group The second chakra, or Sacral Chakra (Svadhisthana), is the energetic center connected to emotional flow, creativity, pleasure, and the ability to experience life wit…

Exploring a Mind–Body Lens for Mental and Physical Wellness Since completing my yoga therapist training, I’ve been slowl...
11/13/2025

Exploring a Mind–Body Lens for Mental and Physical Wellness Since completing my yoga therapist training, I’ve been slowly weaving more yogic therapeutic elements into my clinical counseling practice. One of the most helpful bridges between traditional mental-health models and yoga therapy has been using the chakra system as a lens for understanding health, behavior, and emotional patterns. Whether a client approaches chakras and “energy medicine” literally or metaphorically, the framework gives them another way of exploring what’s happening in their body and mind—and often opens new pathways for healing....

Exploring a Mind–Body Lens for Mental and Physical Wellness Since completing my yoga therapist training, I’ve been slowly weaving more yogic therapeutic elements into my clinical counseling practic…

It's the end of October and the beginning of November with Halloween and Dia de los Mu***os behind us. I love the idea o...
11/03/2025

It's the end of October and the beginning of November with Halloween and Dia de los Mu***os behind us. I love the idea of having a time of the year dedicated to thinking of the after life and of honoring our ancestors. However, with all the reminders of death during this particular holiday season, grief can be stirred up. There may be those who have been triggered and wondering what is going on with their swings in emotional states....

It’s the end of October and the beginning of November with Halloween and Dia de los Mu***os behind us. I love the idea of having a time of the year dedicated to thinking of the after life and…

It’s that time of year when many people start to feel a subtle shift in mood. Energy dips, irritability creeps in, and m...
10/28/2025

It’s that time of year when many people start to feel a subtle shift in mood. Energy dips, irritability creeps in, and motivation seems to disappear. For some, these changes are mild; for others, they mark the start of Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). Some of my clients who are particularly sensitive to the darker months start “winter therapy” as soon as the days shorten....

It’s that time of year when many people start to feel a subtle shift in mood. Energy dips, irritability creeps in, and motivation seems to disappear. For some, these changes are mild; for others, t…

So many people enter counseling because they want to feel that their thoughts and feelings matter. They’ve grown up in f...
10/25/2025

So many people enter counseling because they want to feel that their thoughts and feelings matter. They’ve grown up in families or relationships where they weren’t made to feel important or worthy. At the heart of it, they want one thing — to be validated. There are several definitions of validation, but the one that most people long for is this:...

So many people enter counseling because they want to feel that their thoughts and feelings matter. They’ve grown up in families or relationships where they weren’t made to feel important or worthy.…

The vagus nerve is a very long nerve that carries signals back and forth to your brain, heart, lungs and digestive syste...
10/16/2025

The vagus nerve is a very long nerve that carries signals back and forth to your brain, heart, lungs and digestive system. It is the longest cranial nerve in your body. It is said to run from the brain all the way to the large intestines. It also has branches that reach all of our major organs. I tell clients that the vagus nerve is what people consider to be the "lizard brain" of the body....

The vagus nerve is a very long nerve that carries signals back and forth to your brain, heart, lungs and digestive system. It is the longest cranial nerve in your body. It is said to run from the b…

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