Who's Austin?
I felt a tight constriction in my gut, my chest bursting with energy, and a gnarled lump in my throat.
As I felt into my strange sensations, I realized they had a deep connection to the thoughts swirling around my head. Most importantly, I realized that if I gave my sensations space to be felt and expressed safely, most of my swirling thoughts disappeared and I was able to move forward with freedom and harmony.
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This is somatics in action – diving into the waters of our experience, expressing what emerges, and transforming through embodied insight and action.
I have spent over a decade studying the human experience. I scientifically investigated the dynamic patterns of human behavior for 7 years, culminating in a Masters Degree in Biomechanics. I applied this knowledge to grow a business 150% to $5 Million a year in just 4 years. I then realized my passion was to help people directly. I became a Certified Yoga Instructor through the House of Om in Bali and a Certified Mind-Body Coach through the Embody Lab.
I now have the honor and privilege of helping people everyday to make sense of their thoughts and feelings, feel safety in their body, and unlock newfound energy to achieve their goals.
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Are you ready for the journey?
Diving Deeper
A chameleon existence
I learned who I needed to become to be accepted.
Being shaped by a split family, I adapted to my ever changing familial and social environment. I spent the school year in Indiana with my hands-off, affectionate mother while the entirety of my school breaks were spent with my heavy-handed, well-intentioned father. My chameleon existence persisted through adolescence and early adulthood making it hard for me to authentically connect with others.
My yearning to fit in made it impossible to belong. How could I have so many relationships but feel so alone?
Mind First
I explored life’s dynamics with prominent physicists, esteemed researchers, and esoteric philosophers. My mind was stretched to its limits of understanding and imagination.
But something was missing. The scientific enterprise was cold, calculated, and dehumanizing. Against all of my advisors' guidance, I withdrew from professional science.
How could I understand human behavior but feel so disconnected?
Parent Pleasing
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I was disillusioned and confused after leaving academia – aimless. Wanting to extend a helping hand, my father offered my wife and I a job in the family business. My direction felt so uncertain that I latched onto the invitation for structure and made his purpose my purpose. Together we grew it 150% in 4 years to a $5 million a year company. But as the money flooded in, my happiness washed out.
Sitting at a business-expensed resort in Maui, my gaze fell upon a flamingo in the courtyard. Tourists gawked at the beautiful bird. There it stood on one leg, wings clipped, existing with the sole purpose of pleasing them.
In a flash I realized I was the bird – the wings of my dreams clipped for the purpose of pleasing my father. If I did what he wanted, I would receive the validation I so deeply longed for. Once I flexed my wings and expressed my desire to fly, I realized the only validation I needed was from myself.
How can you want something so bad but feel like you're betraying yourself in the process?
So What's the Answer?
Reading, researching, and thinking were thoroughly explored avenues.
So this time I looked inside – deep, shining the light of my attention to places I didn't know existed. I began systematically charting the waters of my full human experience: feeling into and expressing the emotions of my past.
The totality of me became healthier and energized, fueled with more confidence and focus, and grounded in empathy and connection. I was becoming a person I never even imagined.
Hello! This is HUGE!
My personal passion quickly shifted to a burning desire to share these practices with others.
I became a Certified Mind-Body Coach through a 6-month intensive course, and engaged in yogic mentorship and deep meditative practice to become a Certified Yoga Instructor.
These trainings taught me how to apply my decade of scientific study and business acumen with the full human experience to provide one-of-a-kind, breakthrough coaching to my clients.
Now I’m able to help you make sense of your thoughts and feelings, feel safety in your body, and unlock newfound energy to achieve your goals.
Are you ready for the journey?
So What's the Answer?
Reading, researching, and thinking were thoroughly explored avenues.
So this time I looked inside – deep, shining the light of my attention to places I didn't know existed. I began systematically charting the waters of my full human experience: feeling into and expressing the emotions of my past.
The totality of me became healthier and energized, fueled with more confidence and focus, and grounded in empathy and connection. I was becoming a person I never even imagined.
Hello! This is huge!
My personal passion quickly shifted to a burning desire to share these practices with others.
I became a Certified Mind-Body Coach through a 6-month intensive course, and engaged in yogic mentorship and deep meditative practice to become a Certified Yoga Instructor.
These trainings taught me how to apply my decade of scientific study and business acumen with the full human experience to provide one-of-a-kind, breakthrough coaching to my clients.
Now I’m able to help you make sense of your thoughts and feelings, feel safety in your body, and unlock newfound energy to achieve your goals.
Are you ready for the journey?