Hello, my name is Callie!
Somatics is now my passion: helping people break through some of their physical grievances to become aware of how their habitual movements impact their lives and how their emotions and movements are intertwined.
All About Me
For most of my adult life, I struggled with back pain, hip pain and typically a sore and stiff shoulder. The challenge (besides being exhausted) was that I had no injuries to speak of. No functional issue showed up on x-rays or other tests, and I could still dance and lift weights. But walking, standing or sitting for more than a few minutes had become excruciating. Walking my dog one day, I worried I would need some sort of walking assistance in the near future despite not yet being 50 years old! Luckily, a physiotherapist introduced me to the world of somatics.
As I dove in to learn more, I discovered that the more I practiced the movements, the less pain I experienced. Before, I had such pain in my right hip that walking was almost impossible. After practicing somatics, the pain was almost gone. Before, my foot was in such agony I could only wear the flattest of shoes. Now that pain is gone. Where once I could only sit in a chair for 10 minutes, now I can sit comfortably.
It is not a magic cure of some sort, and I can’t say I live my life free of pain all the time. But now I have the tools to know what to do when my body gets stiff and sore, thanks to Hanna Somatics. Now I have the knowledge and ability to use gentle movements to calm myself when stressed, to relieve anxiety when feeling overwhelmed and to improve my sleep.
