Freedom from Pain at Any Age:Karen Statner's Journey Through Somatic Healing

V.I.B.E. Living Podcast

Karen Stattner vividly recalls the day she fractured her back in a riding accident—a moment that would launch her on an unexpected journey into the world of somatic healing. Despite diligently following her physical therapist's advice to strengthen her core through Pilates, she remained in pain with restricted movement for years. The most frustrating part? Her X-rays showed everything had healed structurally.
In this powerful episode, Karen shares how discovering clinical somatics finally gave her lasting relief. She introduces the eye-opening concept of sensory motor amnesia—those unconscious tension patterns your brain forgets how to release. The game-changer? A gentle, brain-based technique called pandiculation that helps you retrain your nervous system and let go of chronic holding, for good.
What makes this approach truly revolutionary is how it puts healing power back in your hands. Instead of dependence on practitioners for temporary relief, Karen teaches people to recognize and release their tension patterns for lasting change. The results extend far beyond pain relief, as she demonstrates how our muscles hold not just physical tension but emotional patterns as well. By releasing chronic muscular holding, we simultaneously address the stress, anxiety, and emotional states connected to it.
Karen reveals how somatic healing isn’t just about pain relief. It’s about reconnecting with your body, releasing emotional stress, and reclaiming freedom of movement at any age. Whether you're managing chronic pain, healing from injury, or simply looking to move more freely as you age, this episode offers practical tools and hope.

You'll even learn a simple somatic practice to try immediately, and discover why your body has the power to change, no matter your age or condition.
Visit Karen at somatichabit.co.uk to learn more about this life-changing approach.

Bio

Karen Statner is a Clinical Somatic Educator and founder of Somatic Habit, teaching you how you can relieve your own muscular aches and pains, and how you can restore easy, comfortable movement and inner connection for the long term.
She teaches weekly classes, 1-1 clinical sessions, workshops and offers an online membership. Karen is the Training Manager and a trainer and mentor at Essential Somatics, who provide in-person Clinical Somatics and Movement Teacher training programs around the world. She’s also the author of Somatic Movement: Restoring Functional Pain Free Movement & Moving Towards Connection and Wholeness.

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Chapters

1. Understanding Chronic Stress and Somatics (00:00:00)

2. Karen's Journey After Breaking Her Back (00:03:18)

3. Sensory Motor Amnesia and Pain (00:09:26)

4. Pandiculation: Releasing Chronic Tension (00:12:57)

5. Mind-Body Connection and Intuition (00:20:48)

6. Final Thoughts and Resources (00:27:27)