Functional Synergy Helps You

Deliver lasting results
to your clients & students.

Learn to connect with the body in a whole new way – with less fight,
more love, rest, compassion and ease by blending anatomy, biomechanics
and yoga.

AS FEATURED IN:

Where the pain is,
is not where the problem is.

Over the last 30 years of teaching clients and training health professionals to reduce and eradicate pain – I have seen one common characteristic amongst all of them . . .

When you can connect to the whispers in the body, and can quiet the body’s screams, that is when you can get better, faster results – even for those who have been living with pain for decades.

At the foundation of Functional Synergy is a belief that where the pain is, is not where the problem is.

Using anatomy, biomechanics and your ability to see and listen, you can use small movements to get better results at an accelerated pace.

My job is to help you connect more clearly with your body and empower you to help your clients do the same.

Does this ever cross your mind?

  • Can I actually help people get well and do it in a way that I don’t burnout?
  • How do I help people to actually do the work?
  • How do I help people who won’t slow down?
  • How do I know if what I am doing is right?

You aren’t wrong for having these doubts. Most yoga and yoga therapy is largely taught by focusing on generalizations and cueings.

The focus is on yoga for __________ (fill in the condition), which goes after the obvious symptoms, offering protocols and templates. 

These work, but not consistently, which leaves you with more questions than answers.

It doesn’t have to be this way.

You can feel confident with your skills.

You can be known as someone who is credible and effective. Someone people can count on.

You can be known as someone who helps people heal.

Listen to the whispers of your body,

so you don’t have to hear (or feel) the screams.

Detect Compensation Patterns in Common Yoga Poses

Retrain Compensation Patterns in Clamshells

Learn how to spot compensations as they’re happening and retrain your yoga students or clients to have better movement patterns

Get Certified:

Harness the intelligence of your body and the knowing in your heart to confidently support yourself and your clients to heal.

Deepen your expertise in therapeutic practices with the embodied experience of the Functional Synergy Yoga Therapy Certification Program.

This 800-hour IAYT-accredited online program includes:

Transform your practice, be confident in yourself and your ability to heal others, and shift up your business.

Our Founder, Susi

Susi has spent 25+ years teaching yoga-informed anatomy, biomechanics, and physiology principles to movement and body-based professionals wanting to achieve long-lasting results for themselves and their practice.

By combining her B.Sc. in Kinesiology with her practical understanding of movement, breath and stillness, she sees compensatory movement strategies and understands how movement truly works. 

The nervous system can catalyze powerful healing when in a relaxed, non-wired, non-tired state. She knows how to help others get to this place. That is what she teaches. This is what she can teach you.

Painfree Results

Jennifer Ireland

Medical Doctor

“Susi has succeeded in transforming modern pain psychology into something more human. As a kinesiologist, she has deep fluency using movement as a therapeutic tool; however, any practitioner knows that true healing requires more than just the rigid application of a bio-medical model. Susi’s technique uses movement as an “in” to the complex interplay between the physical, psychological and spiritual dimensions of pain. As a doctor with a growing interest in Integrative Medicine, her teachings have been particularly helpful in managing patients suffering from pain and chronic disease.”

Dave Holmes

BSc.PT, Certified Spinal Manipulation, CAFI (Acupuncture)

“To analyze movement takes a combination of formal training in anatomical and biomechanical knowledge, and a solid sense of intuition. While the former is attained though time and diligent practice, the latter is more difficult to master. It requires the practitioner to combine reason with instinct and curiosity. Susi has proved to be an expert at this skill, which makes collaborations with her very rewarding. I can trust her to help my clients find new ways to explore their senses and gain a new connection between the brain, body and spirit. Truly a gifted practitioner and a wonderful person.”

Daena Blixhavn

Massage Therapist, Yoga Teacher, Yoga Therapist

“After each training with Susi, my teaching evolves and my personal practice evolves. I gain more clarity and insight about the body, and how it functions every time I complete a training. I also leave with a greater sense of direction as to where/how I want to teach yoga in my studio and also I gain a greater sense of direction in my personal life. The trainings remind me of why I do what I do and how to take it to the next level.”

‘Power Of The Body’ Workshops

New to the idea that where the pain is, isn’t where the problem is?
Try these unique workshops and tune into your body!

The Functional Synergy Training Advantages

Functional Synergy integrates kinesiology with therapeutic yoga, yoga nidra, and Ayurveda, equipping you to excel at helping clients out of pain and building a heartfelt, successful business.

We level up your yoga therapy skills with:

From Pain to Possibility Podcast

In this episode:

  • How to shift your mindset from hard-selling to helping others invest in their health.
  • Ways to improve your selling skills and practice them in everyday conversation.
  • What it means to calm your nervous system and how to do so effectively.
  • How to develop an authentic connection with clients while in a calm state.

In this episode:

  • How to support your self-regulation throughout the selling process.
  • The concepts of DIMs (Danger in Me) and SIMs (Safety in Me).
  • How to recognize your feelings about selling to build healing relationships.
  • Why your aim should not be to get the “yes,” but to make connections.

In this episode:

  • How to establish or modify your sales models to avoid feeling uncomfortable when converting clients.
  • Why your sales process is mutually beneficial to both you and your patients.
  • Ways to establish a power-with relationship with clients to ensure a healing connection.
  • How to conduct conversations with potential clients to make them feel safe and supported from consultation through rehab.

Let's Connect!

Have a question or want to inquire about one of our programs? We’d love to hear from you!

Detect Compensation Patterns in Common Yoga Poses

Retrain Compensation Patterns in Clamshells

Learn how to spot compensations as they’re happening and retrain your yoga students or clients to have better movement patterns

Detect Compensation Patterns in Common Yoga Poses

Retrain Compensation Patterns in Clamshells

Learn how to spot compensations as they’re happening and retrain your yoga students or clients to have better movement patterns

Detect Compensation Patterns in Common Yoga Poses

Retrain Compensation Patterns in Clamshells

Learn how to spot compensations as they’re happening and retrain your yoga students or clients to have better movement patterns

Detect Compensation Patterns in Common Yoga Poses

Retrain Compensation Patterns in Clamshells

Learn how to spot compensations as they’re happening and retrain your yoga students or clients to have better movement patterns

Detect Compensation Patterns in Common Yoga Poses

Retrain Compensation Patterns in Clamshells

Learn how to spot compensations as they’re happening and retrain your yoga students or clients to have better movement patterns

Detect Compensation Patterns in Common Yoga Poses

Retrain Compensation Patterns in Clamshells

Learn how to spot compensations as they’re happening and retrain your yoga students or clients to have better movement patterns

Detect Compensation Patterns in Common Yoga Poses

Retrain Compensation Patterns in Clamshells

Learn how to spot compensations as they’re happening and retrain your yoga students or clients to have better movement patterns