The Day I Began to Heal From the Inside Out

I remember the chronic pain.

The ache in my lower back that never really went away. The migraines that showed up like clockwork and stole whole days from me. The struggles with my mental health, my relationship with food, my self-worth—it was all tangled together in ways I didn’t yet understand.

At the time, I found relief in short bursts. Chiropractic care, self-medicating. It helped… and the pain always came back. The deeper questions were never addressed.

Back then, mental health support wasn’t even something my family had on their radar. We didn't talk about trauma, nervous systems, or healing from the inside. We coped. We pushed through.

Then came the summer I disappeared.
It was a season marked by a big surgery, prescribed pain pills, sleepless nights, and a growing sense of disconnection. My body was screaming, but I didn’t yet know how to listen.

So I began seeking.
And slowly, something shifted.
First came chanting. Then meditation. Then physical yoga.
Then a yoga class… and another.

For the first time, I felt like I was participating in my own healing—not just managing symptoms.
I could feel the energy that had been stagnant inside me begin to flow.
I could feel the holding patterns in my nervous system start to unwind.

I could feel the relief—not from a pill or an adjustment, but from my own breath, movement, and inner awareness.
I was being healed in real time… by my body’s wisdom.

Now, years later, this is what I teach and share with other women. We use energy medicine, the chakra system, somatic practices, and yogic philosophy to reconnect with the parts of ourselves we’ve ignored or shut down. This isn’t about fixing ourselves—it’s about coming home to what’s always been within.

✨ This month, I’m diving deeper into this work inside The Nourished Woman, my membership for women ready to reconnect with their bodies, their spirit, and their wholeness.

We’re exploring the chakra system and energy medicine in a live workshop this Saturday, from 10–11am EST. You’re so welcome to join us—it’s $88/month with no commitment. You’ll get access to the on-demand library and the workshop replay, too.

But even if you don’t join us, I want to leave you with this:

Your healing is not outside of you.
There’s a quiet wisdom inside you just waiting to be accessed.

Warmly,
​
Keri

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Keri Marino is a Certified Somatic Yoga Therapist on a mission to help you feel more whole, confident and love yourself more. Over the past 16 years, she's worked with thousands and thousands of people across the US and guided them through yogic life transformation. Keri is the person you hire when you're ready to go deep and want an off the beaten path approach.

While working with Keri, you'll feel embraced in warmth, calmness and a powerful intuitive approach that will help you find clarity in your life, heal through your body and soak in the love of her unequivocal mama energy.

Based in Greenville, SC serving people in-person and online. ​​​​​​​​​​