10/10/2026
I was dancing for the Golden State Warriors in the middle of the court, doing a set of turns. Dance shoes are sticky, and an NBA court is sticky too. I turned my body to the right, but my legs didn't turn with me.
Then, I heard AND felt a pop in my left knee.
No pain yet (oh hey, adrenaline!). I finished the routine and fell into the tunnel.
For about 3.5 years, I did all the things and paid all the people. Physical therapists, chiropractors, stool samples, urine samples. Nothing worked.
So I left dance. You kinda need your knee for that.
I went into fitness, and that first year my boss sent me a text. She had taken some very basic neurology courses and said, "I don't know if you want to try this, but your left leg goes with your right arm when you walk. So your left knee would be your right elbow."
Fast forward, I was at Nordstrom in San Francisco, in the shoe department 😂 I got into the position I had initially hurt my knee in, backed off about 10 degrees, and moved my right elbow in circles.
Then I got on the elevator. The doors opened, I took my next step, and, you guys...I HAD NO LEFT KNEE PAIN ANYMORE 🤯
I was crying, and I was ecstatic. But mostly I was SO angry.
I had already left dance. I had paid hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars. And the person who helped me did it in a text message, after a 3-day course she learned from a CD in her Toyota Corolla. (That's how old this story is.)
So I thought, if I'M in the movement industry and I didn't know this super basic thing, what is somebody who works at a desk going to do about their knee pain?
I knew right then I would spend the rest of my life learning this and teaching it.
I gave it 10 years, all my money and all my time. The certifications were very intimidating and very dense.
Then my colleagues kept asking, "How did you do that?" So I built my mentorship to teach it the way I wish I had been taught.
I NEVER want anyone to feel stupid. Because that's truly how I felt.
So, tell me, what got YOU into this work?👇🏼 Let's compare notes!