THE BACKSTORY (a scientific study on SBSM): Three years ago (in 2021), we partnered with Mitacs, a non-profit organization that pairs industry with academia (in this case, the University of Victoria) to run a group of students through the SmartBody SmartMind™ (SBSM) curriculum as the university studied them [...]
Do any of the following statements resonate with you? “I kept getting physio, acupuncture, and massage. But it wouldn’t go away.” “You go to physio, you feel a bit better, you think you’re on the mend, you start doing stuff, and then the pain just comes back full [...]
The light is strengthened as we face and integrate what is found in the dark. Therefore… We need more ‘Dark Workers’ in 2024. Meaning: More people actively working with uncovering, healing, and integrating the deep, dark, sludge [...]
A doctor goes to medical school. A lawyer goes to law school. A master somatic practitioner goes to…there’s really no equivalent in the worlds of somatic healing, working with trauma, and nervous system health. Yet. I’m working on changing that! But for those considering this path, I want [...]
One of the most common questions I get is: Irene, how do I come out of freeze? The first step is EDUCATION and knowing upfront that coming out of freeze is not a linear path. And that it can be a bumpy ride. Because the thawing process requires [...]
We’re often told that in order to heal, we have to “do the work.” (Turns out much of that “work” doesn’t actually work because most people don’t know about unresolved/untreated trauma and what it takes to heal it…but I digress.) After 20+ years of helping people heal at [...]
Hello on this first Monday of 2022! Got a brand new video for you today, on a topic I’ve been wanting to talk about for well over six months now, after hearing an anecdote of a woman, a horse, smoking cigarettes, and the concept of our body and [...]
I’ve often joked that witnessing what I teach and guide people through, the practical stuff, is about as exciting as watching paint dry!! (This ‘watching paint dry’ effect is because so much of the practical work is focused on noticing and tracking internal sensations, small slow movements of [...]
. I received this question from a member of our community: What does waking the tiger actually mean? "Waking up the tiger" means waking up our fight-flight survival energy impulses. In this video, I explain to you where the term came from and why it's important to your nervous system [...]
. I have two stories here for you. I filmed the video below on a little pilgrimage I went on a while ago. But before I tell you about that, I want to tell you about what happened to me back in the Summer of 2008. It was a week [...]
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