Claire Montgomery

Claire Montgomery is a somatic movement educator and certified somatic practitioner with over 8 years of clinical experience in somatic pandiculation, sensory-motor amnesia recovery, and autonomic nervous system regulation.

Somatic Tracking for Chronic Pain: Step by Step PRT Protocol

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By Emma Rose | Published: October 1, 2026 | Medically Reviewed Somatic tracking for chronic pain retrains the brain to perceive physical sensations without fear or danger appraisal. By observing uncomfortable bodily signals through objective curiosity, mindfulness, and sensory reinterpretation, this practice deactivates hyperactive neural alarm circuits and rewires learned neuroplastic pain pathways for lasting … Read more

Pandiculation Exercises for Chronic Stiffness: 5 Daily Drills

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Woman practicing supine clinical arch and flatten pandiculation exercises for chronic stiffness on a yoga mat in a tranquil natural living room

By Emma Rose | Published: September 30, 2026 | Medically Reviewed Pandiculation exercises for chronic stiffness reset tight muscles through voluntary low effort contraction followed by slow eccentric release and complete rest. This neuromuscular technique recalibrates the nervous system gamma loop, clears sensory motor amnesia, and restores natural muscle resting length without triggering defensive stretch … Read more

Somatic Grounding Exercises for Sensory Overload: 5 Drills

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By Emma Rose | Reviewed by Somatic Movement Advisory Somatic grounding exercises for sensory overload calm an overwhelmed nervous system by sending bottom up proprioceptive and deep pressure signals directly to your somatosensory cortex. Rather than forcing you to scan external stimuli, these body based drills downregulate your reticular activating system within 30 to 90 … Read more

Somatic Exercises for Hips and Pelvic Tension: 5 Drills

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By Emma Rose | Reviewed by Somatic Movement Advisory Somatic exercises for hips and pelvic tension release chronic muscular gripping by retraining your motor cortex through slow, conscious pandiculation. Rather than forcing tight tissues to stretch, these movements downregulate hyperactive gamma motor neurons, resetting the resting muscle length of your iliopsoas and pelvic floor within … Read more

How to Calm an Overstimulated Nervous System: 5 Reset Drills

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By Emma Rose | Reviewed by Somatic Movement Advisory How to calm an overstimulated nervous system requires sending precise physiological signals of safety from your body upward to your brain. You must target the trigeminal nerve, the vagal brake, and the prefrontal cortex through bottom up somatic inputs, not willpower or positive thinking, to shift … Read more