How To Feel Safe In Your Body With Chronic Pain - by Tonya Rothe

COURSE

How To Feel Safe In Your Body With Chronic Pain

With Tonya Rothe

Living with chronic pain and fatigue can make you feel disconnected from your body, like it’s no longer a safe or supportive place to be. This course offers gentle practices to help you return to your body with compassion, not pressure. We’ll explore small, accessible tools like breath, sensory awareness, micro-movement, and rest. There’s no stretching, no pushing, and nothing to perform — just quiet invitations to notice what feels safe enough to feel. This course is for anyone seeking a softer, more trusting relationship with their body while living with chronic pain.

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Meet your Teacher

Tonya Rothe
Kitsap County, WA, USA

Tonya is a certified holistic wellness guide with a focus on neurodivergent-friendly practices. She brings over a decade of experience in yoga and body-based healing to her work. As someone who lives with chronic pain herself, Tonya creates compassionate, accessible spaces where students can reconnect with their bodies at their own pace. Her approach is rooted in presence, not performance — and in the belief that healing begins with listening.

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6 Days

129 students

4.5 stars

11 min / day

Pain

English

Lesson 1

Why We Disconnect From The Body

When you live with chronic pain or fatigue, it’s common to feel distant from your body, like it’s no longer a safe place to be. In this first lesson, we’ll talk about why that happens and why it makes sense. You’ll also be guided through a simple, grounding practice to begin reconnecting with your body in a way that feels safe and supportive.

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Lesson 2

Noticing The Signs Of Disconnection

This lesson helps you recognize how disconnection from your body might be showing up — like numbness, fog, or hyper-awareness of pain. You’ll try a simple practice using touch and sensory noticing to help you feel present again, without overwhelm.

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Lesson 3

Finding Safe Places In The Body

Today’s lesson is about discovering parts of your body that feel quiet, neutral, or just okay — even if other areas hurt. You’ll use gentle touch and attention to rest in these “safe zones,” helping your body begin to trust itself again.

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Lesson 4

Moving Gently From The Inside Out

In this lesson, we explore subtle, imagined movement — motion that begins inside your awareness without needing your body to perform. These inner movements help calm the nervous system and invite a sense of safety without triggering pain.

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Lesson 5

Soothing The Body Through The Senses

This lesson offers a gentle way to reconnect with your body using sound, scent, and temperature. These sensory anchors help calm the nervous system and create a sense of safety, especially on days when movement feels like too much.

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Lesson 6

Coming Home To Your Body

In this final session, we reflect on everything you’ve practiced and gently close the course. There’s no pressure to have everything figured out — just a reminder that your body is still yours, and you can return to it anytime, at your own pace.

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Recent Reviews

Tina

December 5, 2025

I have been in the process of accepting but not succumbing to chronic pain in various parts of my body for a couple of decades. It is an up and down journey but it does get easier over time. This is a very gentle course to get started and a good reminder for those who have been practicing. I appreciate her final statement that healing doesn't mean fixing, it means coming home to one's body.

Larry

June 13, 2025

An uplifting, inspiring, and practical course. Thank you!

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