The Movement Primer

Who this is for

If you live in a bendy, sensitive, or unpredictable body, and you have spent years being told your symptoms are either nothing or everything, this is for you. It was built for people navigating hypermobility and Ehlers-Danlos, dysautonomia and POTS, mast cell reactivity, and chronic pain, and for the particular tiredness of trying to move in a body that did not come with a manual.

• You want to understand your body, not just be told to strengthen it.
• You are waiting for one-on-one care, or it is out of reach right now.
• You are tired of programs that assume a body that behaves predictably.
• You want to begin gently, at a pace your system can actually keep.

The shape of our six weeks

Here is a sense of the journey. We build it in order, each week resting on the one before, because a body learns to trust the same way it learns anything, by returning.

• Week 1. Your body, and why it feels the way it does. Meeting your body as an instrument, the connective tissue that holds you, the nervous system that runs the show, and the deep core underneath it all.
• Week 2. Breath, pain, and the reactive body. The breath canister at your center, why pain behaves the way it does, and the mast-cell and symptom picture so many of us carry.
• Week 3. The autonomic system and your energy. Dysautonomia and POTS, and how to spend your energy without falling into the crash.
• Week 4. The neck, and the supports that help. Caring for a sensitive neck, and the aids that make you more capable, not less.
• Week 5. Beginning to move. The foundational movements, and the motor planning and repetition that teach a body a new pattern.
• Week 6. Going deeper, and putting it together. Deeper neuro integration, and the honest work of pain, grief, and capacity, and where you go from here.

What is inside

• Six live ninety-minute sessions with me, in a small group capped at fifteen, so there is room for your questions.
• The full Pre-PT course to keep: how your body is actually built, why it does what it does, and how to begin moving with it.
• Every session recorded and saved to your private student page, so a hard week never means falling behind.
• The fillable worksheets and tools that go with the lessons.
• As a summer bonus, The Dazzle Membership free for your first three months once it opens.

What to expect, and how it stays gentle

This is not a bootcamp. Cameras are optional. You can lie down, sit, fidget, or rest at any point, and nothing here asks you to push through. You bring your questions, your body brings its information, and we work with what is actually there that day. The pace is built for a system that needs gentleness, and your own authority over your body stays firmly in your hands.

When we meet

We gather on Zoom on Mondays at 12:30 in the afternoon, Eastern time, for ninety minutes, beginning July 13 and running six weeks through August 17. If a Monday slips past you, the recording is waiting on your student page.

Who is teaching

I am Julie Griffis, a physical therapist who has spent years working with hypermobile, dysautonomic, and sensitive bodies, the ones that so often get told their own read on themselves is the problem. I teach the way I wish more care worked: the body explained so clearly that you finally understand it, paced for a system that needs gentleness, with your authority over your own body kept where it belongs, which is with you.

What it costs

The standard rate for this program is $297. Because this is the founding cohort, the first round is $197. For the cost of a single private-pay visit, you get the foundational learning that would otherwise take about six visits to cover, paced gently and yours to revisit for as long as you like.

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