Un-Exercises to Reduce Pain & Get You Moving
Does regular exercise, stretching and/or strengthening leave you hurting more?
You know movement is important. But when stretching, strengthening or exercise repeatedly increases your pain—or causes something else to start hurting—it can be difficult to know what to do.
Stretching From the Inside Out™ (SFTIO) offers a non-traumatizing, more individualized way to work with your body.
Instead of pushing through pain or forcing your body to fit an exercise, you learn simple, adaptable un-exercises and how to notice what works for your body.
There is no single “right” stretch for every body. SFTIO helps you explore movement based on what your own body needs.
Learn Simple Un-Exercises That Can Help You:
- Reduce pain, tension & stiffness
- Move more comfortably
- Improve mobility, flexibility & balance
- Breathe more easily
- Take less time to get more relief
- Feel more confident about what to do when your body hurts
- Use what you learn immediately at home—in just a few minutes
From “No Pain, No Gain” to
“No Pain Is Great Gain.”
SFTIO teaches you to pay attention to how your body responds instead of assuming that more force, more stretch or more discomfort means greater progress.
The un-exercises are adapted to each participant’s abilities, limitations and needs.
Your body becomes the essential part of the conversation.
Where It Hurts May Not Be the Whole Story
The pain we feel is often just the tip of an iceberg.
GETTING TO THE ROOT
What may be underneath—or far from—the pain
Old injuries, surgeries and physical traumas can leave imbalances behind even after the original injury has healed.
Your body compensates so you can keep moving.
Over time, those compensations can add up.
SFTIO gives you a practical way to begin exploring what helps your body release tension, move more comfortably and respond differently—without needing to understand all of the anatomy before you begin.
Want to know more about what may be underneath the pain?
[LEARN MORE ABOUT SFTIO →]
Start With the Introductory Class
The introductory class is Session 1 of the 4-session SFTIO program.
During this 1½-hour class, you will learn the basic SFTIO un-exercises and begin learning a different way to work with your body.
You will leave with practical un-exercises you can use immediately at home.
After the introductory class, you can decide whether you want to continue with the remaining three sessions.
Small Group. Individual Exploration.
Classes are limited to 6 participants.
The small-group setting allows time for questions, demonstrations, modifications and exploration based on the needs of the participants.
What Participants Say
“When I came into class my pain was 8/10. After the exercises, it is now 2/10.” — ES
“The few minutes stretching has released the discomfort in my neck, arm & wrist.” — EA
“Doing the exercises gave me relief I did not know could be so amazing!!!” — DB
“You offered a whole new avenue toward pain relief.” — DD
Next Introductory Class — Downtown Ventura
Sunday, September 20, 2026
3:30–5:00 PM
1½-Hour Class
Introductory Class Special — $39
Limited to 6 Participants
Advance Reservation Required
Reserve Your Place
Call or Text: 408-655-5767
Email: bamboo.ilana59@gmail.com
Want to Continue?
The introductory class is the first session of the complete 4-Session Stretching From the Inside Out™ Program.
In the remaining three sessions, we build on what you have already learned. Each session includes time to review what happened at home, answer questions, resolve challenges, refine what you are doing, and add more specialized and individualized un-exercises as appropriate.
By the end of the program, participants typically have a personal collection of 30 or more un-exercises they can use for different needs and situations.
Just as importantly, you become better at recognizing how your body responds—when an un-exercise needs to be modified, when less is enough, and how small changes in position, direction or movement can make a difference.
Each session we review, refine and build—helping you become more skilled at working with your body in ways that are increasingly comfortable, effective and less likely to trigger more pain.
Introductory Class — $39
Continue with Sessions 2–4 — $160
Complete 4-Session Program — $199
[LEARN ABOUT THE 4-SESSION PROGRAM →]
Want to Understand Why SFTIO Works Differently?
Learn about compensation, strain patterns, the body’s threshold for adaptation, whole-body interconnectedness, and why the place that hurts may not be the whole story.
[EXPLORE HOW STRETCHING FROM THE INSIDE OUT™ WORKS →]
