Movement therapy for chronic illness
Helping you manage chronic health challenges with embodied, integrated care.
Begin your soft healing journey
If you're navigating the challenges of persistent pain, cognitive and physical fatigue, or a diagnosed illness and seeking comprehensive support that meets you where you are, you're in the right place. With personalised care that blends movement, breathwork, and mind-body techniques, you can nurture a gentle partnership with your body and find a sense of ease.
About the founder
Yvonne Manzi, MISCP MSc
A Chartered Physiotherapist and Yoga Therapist with a specialist focus on chronic illness, Yvonne offers a distinctive integration of clinical expertise and embodied therapeutic movement. Her approach bridges evidence-based physiotherapy with somatic awareness, breath-led practices, and restorative strength work—creating an experience that is both grounded in science and deeply attuned to the individual.
Yvonne’s work is rooted in the belief that movement can be both therapeutic and transformative—especially when guided with clarity, care, and presence. Her clinical precision is paired with a quiet invitation to listen inward, slow down, and meet the body as it is.
How we help
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Managing energy with compassion
Even on hard days, you can move in ways that support — not drain — your system. We work with your energy levels, using breath-led, paced movement that helps you stay steady, reduce crashes, and build toward consistency over time.
👉 Energy is a factor in every session, not something you have to “fix” first.
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Pain that doesn't own you
Movement becomes a way to relate differently to pain — with less fear and more choice. We'll use gentle, graded approaches to help your brain shift how it interprets signals, reduce sensitivity, and reconnect with what feels safe and meaningful.
👉 You don’t need to be pain-free to start — just ready to shift how you relate to it.
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Building strength that matters
Functional resistance and mobility work stimulate BDNF — supporting neuroplasticity, cognitive resilience, and a stronger connection to movement. The focus is real-world strength: useful, progressive, and adapted to your capacity.
👉 Strength is functional, meaningful, and responsive to how you move through the world.
Nurture a gentle partnership with your body.
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