The Kinetic Sense, Kirkland, WA (2026)

03/06/2026

If you’ve tried everything for your back pain…
strengthening, stretching, massage, posture work…
and it’s still hanging around 👀

Your eyes might be the missing link.

Research shows that eye movements like saccades and smooth pursuits are often altered in people with low back pain. Your visual system plays a huge role in how your brain maps your body in space, coordinates movement, and creates a sense of safety for your nervous system.

When your brain doesn’t feel oriented or stable in space, it may increase muscle tension as a protective strategy.

Translation: your back may be working overtime to compensate.

Training your vision → brain → body connection can sometimes reduce that threat signal and change how your body moves and feels.

Honestly, this was a huge missing piece in my own back pain journey. I was shocked that something as simple as eye movements could create such noticeable changes in my body.

In this video I’m demonstrating two drills:

• Saccades – quickly shifting your gaze between two targets

• Smooth pursuits – tracking a moving object

Try them and notice:

Do your shoulders relax?
Does your back feel different when you move?

I’d love to hear what you notice 👇

And if you want to learn how to train your sensory systems to reduce pain, improve posture, and build nervous system resilience…

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✨ The Brain-Body Blueprint coming this Spring.

03/04/2026

Gait is one of my favorite movement assessments because it tells us SO much about your brain and how you’re moving through space.

And the bonus?
You likely do 5,000+ reps/steps a day.

If we can create change in how you feel while walking, or how your movement looks, that carries over into everything: workouts, chasing kids, posture, balance, even pain levels.

Here’s what I often look for through an applied neurology lens 👇

1️⃣ Decreased arm swing (one side)
This can reflect reduced opposite-side cortex activation.

Try:
• Opposite side smell work
• Opposite eye tracking drills
• Same side sensory work or coordination drills

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2️⃣ Shoulder IR + hip IR (same side)
Often a cerebellar support opportunity on that side.

Try:
• Same-side sensory work or coordination drills
• Same side Saccades
• Same side Vestibular drills

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3️⃣ Shoulder IR + hip ER (same side)
May point toward same-side brainstem (PMRF) support.

Try:
• Same-side smell work
• Same-side eye tracking
• Opposite-side coordination drills or movement

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4️⃣ “Bobble head” while walking
Vestibular system asking for help.

Try:
• Neck sensory + stability work
• Inner ear canal drills such as VORs
• Smooth pursuits or saccades

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5️⃣ Rigid spine
Often vestibular or body mapping/proprioceptive system related.

Try:
• Otolith stimulation (gentle bouncing, forward/back movement with gaze stability)
• Smooth pursuits or saccades
• Segmental spinal mobility (flexion/extension + rotation)
• Foot mobility + sensory work

Your walk is not random.

It’s a live feed of how safe and organized your nervous system feels while moving through the world.

If you learned something new, drop it in the comments 👇

➡️ If you want to go deeper, comment LIST to get on the interest list for my Brain Body Blueprint course coming this Spring.

Medical disclaimer: This content is for educational purposes only and is not medical advice. Always consult your licensed healthcare provider for diagnosis or treatment specific to you.

03/03/2026

Today I had a mini panic spiral over… renewing my annual report. 🙃

For a solid 10 minutes I was convinced my business was about to be shut down because my account said “delinquent.”

My body?
Did not wait for clarification.

Full fight-or-flight.
Cheeks flushed.
Body hot flash.
Heart racing like I was being chased by a bear.

Except the “bear” was an email from Washington State Filing Services 😬

And this is the thing…our nervous systems evolved for survival-level threats. Running from predators. Finding food. Staying alive.

Now our predators look like:
• stressful emails
• deadlines
• traffic
• the invisible mental load
• balancing business, babies, aging parents, and finances

If you’re a millennial mama or entrepreneur… you feel this.

Was my response bigger than the situation? Yes.
Was it real in my body? Also yes.

This is where I love using simple nervous system resets to cue safety.

My go-to tools:

• Cranial nerve drills that support the social engagement system described in Stephen Porges’s Polyvagal Theory (cranial nerves 5, 7, 9, 10, 11).

• The physiological sigh: research-backed as one of the fastest ways to downshift stress.

• Face and scalp tapping to stimulate the trigeminal nerve (hello, cranial nerve 5).

You don’t have to meditate for 30 minutes.
You don’t have to “just relax.”
You don’t even have to stop your day.

You can sprinkle safety into your nervous system with intentional drills and movement.

If you want five of my favorite resets you can use in real life?
➡️ comment RESET and I’ll send you my free reset guide.

Want to dive deeper?

➡️ comment LIST to join the waitlist for my upcoming online course the Brain Body Blueprint where we dive deeper into nervous system fundamentals to switch from survival mode to truly thriving ✨

02/25/2026

If all your pain seems to live on one side of your body… this might be the missing link. 👀

For years, most of my pain showed up on the right side: right hip pain, right neck and jaw.

I kept stretching.
Strengthening.
Foam rolling.

But real change didn’t happen until I stopped chasing muscles and started training my brain, specifically the Pontomedullary Reticular Formation (PMRF).

Here’s why that matters:

The PMRF lives in your brainstem and has a big say in:

• Pain inhibition on the same side of your body
• Postural tone on that same side
• Sympathetic (fight-or-flight) tone inhibition

So when one side feels tighter, louder, or more painful… it’s often not just a tissue issue.

It can be a sensory input or integration issue. 🧠

For me, progress came when I:

✨ Trained left body coordination
✨ Trained my visual system, especially right smooth pursuits
✨ Stimulated my left vestibular system, especially left horizontal VORs and saccule

Less “fix the hip.” More “upgrade the systems controlling the hip.”

If you have a lot of pain on one side, try the drills in this video and tell me what you notice.

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