You know that tension you're holding in your neck right now??
Or the tightness in your stomach you've grown so used to that you barely notice it anymore?
Yeah—this episode is about that :)
Aimee Takaya is a brilliant Hanna somatic educator who guides people through the gentlest, most powerful form of release.
Her approach isn't about pushing through pain or forcing your body into submission. It's about teaching your nervous system that it's *finally* safe enough to let go.
In this WONDERFUL convo, we explore how chronic tension is literally muscle memory holding onto past experiences—car accidents, stress responses, childhood patterns, all of it encoded in the way we move (or don't move) through the world.
Aimee walked me through some of her techniques live on the podcast, and I actually felt my neck tension release in real-time.
It was wild.
We dive into:
· Why pushing harder and stretching more can actually keep you stuck in pain patterns
· How your body might be holding resistance for really valid reasons (and why that's okay)
· The difference between clenching and actual functional movement
· Why being "bad at sports" as a kid might have been a nervous system thing all along
· The accumulative magic of consistent somatic practice—and why it's foundational, not optional
· How water therapy and somatics together create this dreamy parasympathetic state
· Why co-regulation with practitioners is essential for those of us holding space for others
This episode is for my highly sensitive, people-pleasing humans who've been white-knuckling their way through life, trying to control everything by staying tense and braced.
If you've ever felt like you're pushing against your own nature just to keep it all together, this conversation will meet you exactly where you are.
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Aimee's Bio & links:
Aimee Takaya has been guiding transformative movement for over 13 years. First as an international yoga teacher and now as a Hanna Somatic Educator and Transformation Facilitator.
She knows from personal experience the power of this modality to resolve chronic tension and pain and unlock your limitless human potential.
Through her practice in Hanna Somatics she has overcome debilitating chronic pain/unresolved trauma that used to control her life.
Now, she enjoys ease in leadership, entrepreneurship, healthier personal relationships and has better functional mobility than she did as a child!
She helps heart-led leaders become actualized in their Somas so they too can enjoy the magical, expansive life they have always dreamed was possible.
Connect with Aimee at one of her Somatic Bodywork based retreats, Learn about her Transformative 6 Month Somatic Education program or Listen to the Free Your Soma Podcast
IG: @aimeetakaya
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