What if true freedom comes from being deeply connected to your center?
In this episode of Room to Evolve, I sit down with Dr. Sandi Russom to explore how the deep core and pelvic floor influence whole body health, and the surprising ease that can emerge when we learn to support ourselves from the inside out.
Together, we explore the body as an interconnected system where the health of the core influences balance, breath, movement, posture, nervous system regulation, and overall well-being. Sandi shares how strengthening and reconnecting with the core can create greater stability, reduce pain, and help the entire body function with more freedom and ease.
The conversation also moves beyond the physical, touching on the deeper connection between focus, alignment, commitment, and living from a grounded center.
You’ll hear reflections on:
What “core connection” actually means
The relationship between the core and whole body health
How small imbalances can ripple throughout the body
Why support and stability create greater freedom
The connection between breath, posture, and nervous system regulation
Practicing healing and strengthening in sustainable, accessible ways
Creating ease from the inside out
This episode is an invitation to slow down, reconnect, and consider what happens when we stop living from the periphery and begin returning to the center.
As you listen, notice:
Where in your life are you seeking ease without support?
What changes when you feel grounded and connected in your body?
What practices help you return to your center again and again?
You don’t have to force transformation. Sometimes healing begins simply by reconnecting with what has always been holding you.
Dr. Sandi Lynn Russom, PT, DPT, C-IAYT (she/her)
Dr. Sandi believes deeply in the transformative power of yoga. She has been practicing yoga for over 20 years. In that time, she became a yoga teacher, certified yoga therapist, a licensed massage therapist, and completed her Doctorate in Physical Therapy at UTMB. She began teaching yoga at Yoga Yoga in Austin in 2005 where she met Donna Farhi, who continues to be her primary teacher. Currently, she is founding faculty of the yoga therapy program at Practice Yoga Austin and runs a private yoga therapy practice called Dr. Sandi. She resides in south Austin with her partner, their two daughters, and approximately 30 potted plants.
Sandi is currently launching a summer virtual course: Core Connection. It focuses on establishing and maintaining a truly supportive core for whole body health. Because when the core is healthy, a thousand things just fall into place. Her main goal is to make the tools and practices that she offers in one-on-one therapy sessions more accessible. So you can practice in your own space, at your own pace.
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