Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
If you have been doing techniques and somatic exercises (for maybe years now?) but are still feeling stuck and in massive dysregulation, then you'll want to watch my final video of 2025. Be sure you're subscribed to this channel, or get on my email list for direct notifications to your inbox: irenelyon.com/newsletter-sign-up
So if you're serious about diving into healing your nervous system, healing chronic illness, and clearing past traumas from your life (and your ancestry too!) then you'll want to tune in and have a listen. I also dive into some important vignettes on orienting and following impulse as techniques versus them as a lifestyle and biological need for organic trauma release. Subscribe to this channel to get notified when the video drops!
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#traumainformed #traumaeducation #traumarecovery
If you have been doing techniques and somatic exercises (for maybe years now?) but are still feeling stuck and in massive dysregulation, then you'll want to watch my final video of 2025. Be sure you're subscribed to this channel, or get on my email list for direct notifications to your inbox: irenelyon.com/newsletter-sign-up
So if you're serious about diving into healing your nervous system, healing chronic illness, and clearing past traumas from your life (and your ancestry too!) then you'll want to tune in and have a listen. I also dive into some important vignettes on orienting and following impulse as techniques versus them as a lifestyle and biological need for organic trauma release. Subscribe to this channel to get notified when the video drops!
🧠 Start your nervous system healing journey: 21daytuneup.com
🔥 Get on the waitlist for SBSM: smartbodysmartmind.com
💧 Join a drop-in class: irenelyon.com/drop-in-class-1
💡 Sign up for my free Healing Trauma training: irenelyon.com/healing-trauma-freeresources
✉️ Weekly newsletter sign-up: irenelyon.com
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Thank you for being here!
1. Leave a comment and let me know how this video impacted you. Feel free to leave a question (my team answers them each week!)
2. To get more nervous system health resources, plus learn more about me and my credentials, plus the many ways you can work with me at the practical level, head to my website: irenelyon.com
3. Follow me on social here:
Instagram instagram.com/irenelyon
Facebook: facebook.com/lyonirene
4. GOT QUESTIONS? Send an email to: support@irenelyon.com
Please know that...
The statements on this YouTube channel or in videos are simply opinion. Content presented or posted on this channel is not a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment or a professional therapeutic relationship. Content presented or posted is intended to provide general health information for educational purposes only, and you should contact the appropriate healthcare professional before relying on any such information.
My website is a wealth of information, free resources, and guidance on how to start this work, so here it is one more time: irenelyon.com
#traumainformed #traumaeducation #traumarecovery
![The Truth About Becoming a Somatic Practitioner (Feldenkrais, SE + Healing Arts Careers)
This talk is with one of my longstanding colleagues, and a fellow Feldenkrais practitioner, Andrew Gibbons. The focus of our discussion is around what it takes to be a successful practitioner in the somatic healing professions.
- Watch my first talk with Andrew here: https://youtu.be/Tm3N9kiODvo?si=BFg2SzCob_8aa9cx
- This is the piano clip mentioned at the start of our talk: https://youtu.be/UohDzxnEqHc?si=cw2hCnM0UEOsEEjC
Follow Andrew and learn more about his work here: https://www.bodyofknowledge.me/
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TIMESTAMPS
[00:00:00] Analogy of Practicing and Training
[00:00:32] Introduction to the Conversation
[00:03:12] Andrew Gibbons Background
[00:04:55] Starting a Practice and Finding an Audience
[00:09:44] The Value of Community and Mentorship
[00:14:40] The Professional Decision
[00:17:26] Personal Journey vs. Professional Competency
[00:27:08] The Nature of Somatic Training
[00:37:14] Discipline and Hard Work
[00:48:53] Positioning and Marketing Outcomes
[00:57:18] The Reality of Building a Business
[01:13:02] The ‘Gap’ - A ‘Competent Beginner’ & the Importance of Experience & Approach
Thank you for being here!
1. Leave a comment and let me know how this video impacted you. Feel free to leave a question (my team answers them each week!)
2. To get more nervous system health resources, plus learn more about me and my credentials, plus the many ways you can work with me at the practical level, head to my website: https://irenelyon.com
3. Follow me on social here:
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The statements on this YouTube channel or in videos are simply opinion. Content presented or posted on this channel is not a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment or a professional therapeutic relationship. Content presented or posted is intended to provide general health information for educational purposes only, and you should contact the appropriate healthcare professional before relying on any such information. The Truth About Becoming a Somatic Practitioner (Feldenkrais, SE + Healing Arts Careers)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xH5mjsDpGYU/mqdefault.jpg)





