Jane K.

I first learned about Linda during the pandemic, when she started teaching an online Somatics class. One day, while walking in my neighborhood, I ran into an acquaintance who like me, has scoliosis. She mentioned she had started taking Linda’s class and found that it was helping her stand straighter. She described these classes as being unlike anything she had ever taken before. I immediately signed up and have been working with Linda ever since.

At the time, I was working long hours at an extremely stressful job that required me to spend much of the day sitting at a computer. My back and neck were in tremendous pain, and it got so I could barely turn my head from side to side. I could never get comfortable and was getting very little sleep because of the pain. I was even worried that I might eventually have to stop driving because I couldn’t turn my head.

Working with Linda over these past five-plus years has been truly life-changing. Over time, I have learned—and am still learning—to sense where I am holding tension in my body and to slowly release it through gentle, sensory movements and even through my imagination. More than anything, she has helped me develop a deeper awareness of my body and a greater understanding of how to listen to it.

Her passion for movement, along with her love of teaching and helping people feel better and more at ease in their bodies, is such a gift. I feel incredibly fortunate to have her as a teacher and mentor. I am deeply grateful for everything she has taught me and for the many ways her work has changed my life.