"I think I got more movement from three hours with you than three years of Bikram's yoga!"

--Bruce Sanguin, Vancouver, BC.
"Irene brings a beautifully unique combination of right and left brain competencies to her work. She's a compassionate healer grounded in hard science. Working with her is a joy."

--Lora Sasiela, Middletown, New Jersey
"Before Irene I had not slept properly in 10 years from back pain! Now I go to bed I can lay there without it feeling like it's work to relax. I wake up in the morning and actually feel like getting out of bed!"

--Brian Fishbook, Whistler & Salmon Arm, BC.
"I wish I had known Irene 14 years ago when I ripped both my Achilles tendons. Nothing has helped since Irene. Now I'm out of orthotics, running again, I can do jumping jacks (that’s a big one!) and body movement back that I’m not sure I ever had. Literally life changing!"

--Doraine McNicol, West Vancouver.
“I think my a-ha moment came when I just stopped feeling my neck pain. I haven’t had neck pain for quite a few years now.”

-- Christine Harrisson, Whistler, BC.
"After sessions with Irene I was able to move freely. My back pain abated and I was able to resume running, biking and swimming. I also achieved a personal best marathon time!”

--Brandi Higgins, Whistler, BC.
“Irene has given me a set of tools for long-term overall health and improvement. She’s facilitating you healing yourself.”

--Kira Cailes, Whistler, BC.
“After one session with Irene, my squat technique improved significantly and I was not only able to go deeper in my squat but also lift more weight due to a greater flexibility in my hips and more power from the correct places.”

--Claire Buchar, World Cup Level Downhill Mountain Biker
“Things are amazing! I feel a shift inside of my being. Being more body aware throws you so deeply in the moment! I LOVE IT! Even my skateboarding has improved and going for a run has completely changed."

Jordan Ross, Whistler, BC.
“I have an aha moment every time I visit Irene. I’m serious. Every time. I feel so much better, and so much more aware of myself, and what I can and can’t do, and the can’t-do becomes less and less.”

--Rich Poelhman, Whistler, BC.
“The day after I had a private lesson with Irene I noticed right away that my skiing was effortless. I had better feel and connection on my skis and in my boots. My energy wasn’t depleted at the end of the day. It was just amazing!”

Britt Janyk, Former Canadian Alpine Ski Team Member
“Sessions with Irene were the key to not only remaining injury free for the 1st time in 4 years. Looking at the pictures from Ironman Hawaii I can really see a change in my posture on the run and there is no doubt that that is what enabled me to run a 3:34 marathon.”

--Bob Deeks, Whistler, BC.
“I had been getting pain, numbness and tingling in my hand for over a year. Sometimes it was so bad it would wake me up at night. After only one private session with Irene the numbness and tingling abated and it hasn’t come back at all.”

--Bea Gonzalez, Whistler, BC.
“The bike ride felt so right! I have been trying so hard to make it happen! What a fool. I will be back! You are the secret weapon!”

--Gail Morisson, Whistler, BC.
"I was suffering from chronic neck, shoulder and hip pain which made my weekend pastimes a struggle. As soon as I starting seeing Irene I felt significant improvements. Even one year later, everything is still aligned and the pain remains gone!”

--Brigitte Loranger, Vancouver, BC.
"I feel taller and more centered in my hips! I can lay on the floor without something under my head, something I have always struggled with. I feel like walking again. Cool!"

--Paul Rattensbury, Whistler, BC.

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05/19 2013

The origins of our coping mechanisms when we’re stressed (and why we can blame our parents).

In April I spent a total of 14 days immersed in Somatic Experiencing trainings. Six days with Peter Levine in master level training in beautiful Marin County, and eight days assisting in Beginning level trainings here in my hometown of Vancouver, BC.
It was kind of crazy, yet well worth the time away from my practice (and not exercising as much as I like)!
You might think I’d be sick and tired of the material and would want a break…

04/20 2013

If you had to run for your life…could you?

Not too long ago a good friend of mine said to me,
“You know, if I had to run for my life, I’d die.”…
At the time she was struggling with knee and hip issues that were causing a lot of pain. The thought of having to run for a bus, let alone run for her life, was inconceivable.
“If I was in the wild, I’d be someone’s dinner!”
~~~
Way back (circa 1994) I remember Tony Leyland, my first

03/31 2013

Be your own expert! An interview with Jennifer Racioppi – On Somatic Experiencing (SE), recovery and finding rhythm.

“I awoke in the hospital on August 22, 1998 with no ovaries, uterus or cervix – a 19-year-old gynecological cancer survivor.”…
 
This is the first sentence on Jennifer Racioppi’s About Page. I met Jenn just over a year ago in Santa Monica California. She was sitting next to me at a 3-day business building intensive event with the lovely Marie Forleo.  When she found out Somatic Experiencing (SE) was one of the practices I do she immediately turned to

03/23 2013

What saving your knee joints and saving the world have in common.

It might seem like a pretty big stretch to imagine how these two things relate to one another.
But they do.
I was working with a person the other day who has not been able to straighten their knee joint for a few years leaving it difficult to walk without a small limp. This small limp had resulted in some minor arthritis of the same joint (according to the x-rays), as well as knee pain.
After a ~50 minute Feldenkrais…

03/16 2013

Got Tight Hamstrings? Try This *NEW* Audio Lesson I’ve Made Just For This.

Click HERE access the lesson. (I’ll encourage you to first read this article before trying this lesson).
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One of the more common complaints I hear from my clients is that their hamstring muscles are super duper tight.
No matter how much stretching and yoga they do that darn muscle remains tight and rigid.
Want to know why this always happens?

Muscle Mechanics 101
Muscles have two main jobs.

They contract and they relax, …and within this synchrony

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