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Living a Joyful, Healthier, Pain Free

Life

Yoga Therapy

for chronic pain

Your Pain Keeps Coming Back

Maybe it’s time to look beyond where it hurts.

You’ve stretched it. Strengthened it. Rested it. Maybe treatment helped for a while.

But eventually, the pain comes back.

I help people with recurring pain explore the movement and compensation patterns that may be part of the bigger picture

so they can move with greater ease, confidence and awareness.

Does this Sound Familiar?

  • The same back, hip, knee, neck or shoulder pain keeps returning.

  • One side always feels tighter or works harder.

  • An old injury has healed, but you still move differently.

  • Stretching helps temporarily, but the tightness returns.

  • Exercise or yoga keeps aggravating something.

  • You’re unsure whether to push through discomfort or stop.

You’ve been focusing on where it hurts.

What if we also looked at how you move?

Your body learns to adapt

When something hurts, your body naturally finds ways to protect you.

You might brace, shift your weight, tighten certain muscles, avoid movement or

rely more heavily on another part of your body.

These adaptations aren’t necessarily bad. They may have helped you when you needed them.

But sometimes those patterns stick around.

That’s where we get curious.

A different way to approach Pain

Instead of only asking:

“Where does it hurt?”

We also explore:

“What is happening when it hurts?”

We slow movement down and

notice how you move, breathe, brace, shift and respond.

Then we explore different possibilities and see what changes.

PAIN → PATTERN → POSSIBILITIES → PRACTICE → REASSESS

The goal isn’t perfect movement.
It’s giving your body more options.

Get back to what matters to you

Maybe you want to return to the gym.

Walk or hike comfortably.

Practice yoga again.

Play your sport.

Move without constantly worrying about your body.

Or simply feel more confident doing everyday things.

Reducing pain matters. But so does getting your life back.

Angie Howden-Duke

Hi, I'm Angie

I’m a Certified Yoga Therapist with the International Association of Yoga Therapist, 500-hour Yoga Teacher, e-200RYT & Personal Trainer with more than 20 years of experience in fitness and wellness.

My approach combines therapeutic movement, nervous-system awareness, yoga therapy and modern pain science.

Rather than simply telling you how you should move, I help you understand how you’re moving now and explore what else might be possible.

The Harmony Method

Listen. Explore. Reconnet

Your body is constantly giving you information through movement, breath, tension, sensation and pain.

The Harmony Method helps you become curious about that information rather than fighting against it.

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