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“I FELL OFF A MOUNTAIN-AND LIVED TO TELL ABOUT IT!”

My journey into posture alignment coaching didn’t begin in a classroom or a clinic. It began in desperation—in the raw, unrelenting grip of pain. For years, I lived with chronic neck and nerve pain that shot like fire down my left arm. I tried everything: physical therapy, acupuncture, cranial work, chiropractic care. Some modalities brought temporary relief, but nothing lasted. At times, my neck would suddenly “go out,” leaving me immobilized and helpless for weeks.

It felt like I was resigning a life of pain.

Then everything changed. My husband, John, and I discovered posture alignment therapy—not just as a technique, but as a whole-body approach to healing. We began to understand that the source of my suffering wasn’t just in my neck—it was in the misalignment of my entire body. My hips, ankles, shoulders—every joint was whispering a message I had never learned to hear.

For years, we had assumed my pain stemmed from neck surgery I’d undergone in my 20s after a cancer diagnosis. That trauma had left its mark. But one sleepless night, after three relentless days of nerve pain, I decided—almost in desperation—to try a posture alignment session. For the first time in days, I slept. Pain-free. Deeply. Peacefully.

It was more than relief. It was a miracle.

That night lit a fire in both of us. John, a practicing physical therapist in California, made a bold decision—he gave up his PT license, and we moved to Arizona to open a posture alignment clinic. For the past 20+ years, it has been our passion to help others find the same freedom and hope that changed our lives.

Along the way, I learned to trust my body—and to fiercely trust my instincts about healthcare. If a practitioner doesn’t listen, I find one who will. Meeting Pete Egoscue was a turning point. He reinforced what I had begun to believe: that the body has a profound, God-given ability to heal—without the crutch of unnecessary drugs or surgeries.

That belief was tested again in 2022 while hiking the Camino de Santiago in Spain. I fell—off the side of a mountain. A thicket of briars caught me before I tumbled farther. Besides many scrapes and bruises, I ended up with severe knee pain and swelling. I later learned I had torn my MCL. My husband offered to fly home early if I couldn’t continue.

But something deeper spoke to me—my body. I listened. I returned to the tools I knew: simple posture alignment exercises. I aligned. I moved gently. I trusted. Three days later, I was back on the trail, walking the final 50 miles to Santiago de Compostela. Every step was a prayer of gratitude.

That experience reaffirmed what we live and breathe: the human body is astonishingly resilient. When we listen to it—when we honor its signals and give it the stimulus it craves—it knows how to heal.

At our clinic, we don’t just help people relieve pain. We help them reconnect—with their bodies, with their God given intuition, and give them hope. We help them rediscover what so many have forgotten: that healing doesn’t have to be just a dream but can become a reality.

May you become resilient, gain strength, healing and find hope.

— Billie Cattermole

“I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
Wonderful are Your works, and my soul knows it very well.”

— Psalm 139:14

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