Integrative Therapies for Nervous System Healing & Resilience
Healing begins when your nervous system feels safe.
Rewire your nervous system and break the cycles of chronic pain, depletion, and overwhelm so you can be fully present for what matters most in your life.
Free 7-Day Nervous System Reset
HEAL THE ROOT CAUSES OF CHRONIC PAIN, DEPLETION, AND OVERWHELM
If conventional medicine hasn’t found a clear cause or cure, you’ve been doubted, minimized or been told “nothing is wrong” by your providers, and still…
You feel depleted, overwhelmed, and irritable;
Your body feels tense, inflamed, or you experience chronic pain;
You’re exhausted, even when you’re doing all the right things;
You feel sensitive, wired, shutdown, or easily overwhelmed;
You know something is off, but no one can fully explain it;
You may be losing hope that something will actually work for you.
But here’s what I need you to know….
Your body isn’t broken. It’s trying to get your attention.
Your nervous system controls how your body:
Processes stress
Heals and repairs
Thinks, problem-solves, and learns
Feels emotions
Perceives the world
Moves, exercises, and recovers from exertion
Reacts and responds
When it’s overwhelmed, dysregulated, or signaling distress, it can show up as:
Chronic pain and illness
Fatigue, depletion, and burnout
Anxiety, irritability, and overwhelm
Sleep disturbances
Brain fog and poor concentration
Sensitivity and sensory overload
Mystery symptoms
Skin and digestive problems
Hormonal imbalances
A mind that can’t rest and a body that never fully relaxes
Your nervous system is your body’s alarm system, and its main job is to protect you. These are all signs that your nervous system detects potential danger and feels unsafe.
When you learn to decode the signs of your nervous system and turn off the alarm, your symptoms no longer keep cycling, and you will finally begin to feel relief.
How the Lotus Integrative Therapy Approach is Different
The medical model looks at symptoms as problems to be solved. We look at them as guides.
We know that nothing will change unless we understand why your nervous system is stuck in emergency mode, and we guide it back to safety.
Our work lives at the intersection of modern pain neuroscience and ancient wisdom traditions, integrated with two decades of clinical expertise and deep personal experience with chronic pain and burnout.
Our method is clear, effective, and unlike anything available in a conventional physical therapy clinic or wellness practice.
Our work is not simply to manage the symptoms, but to rewire the patterns that created and sustain them.
At Lotus, we hold the hope that healing is possible even when you can’t, we stay through the hard and messy middle, and we do not give up on guiding you back home to yourself.
How Rewiring the Nervous System Works
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STEP 1:
RESTORE SAFETY
The nervous system can’t heal unless it feels safe enough to stop protecting you. Learn how to rewire your nervous system and attune to safety so you can let go of hypervigilance and reactivity. -
STEP 2:
LEARN TO SPEAK YOUR BODY’S LANGUAGE
The nervous system communicates through the language of sensation. Learn to speak your body’s language and develop a conscious, embodied partnership with your body’s own wisdom. -
STEP 3:
DEVELOP PRESENCE
When the nervous system feels threatened, we shut down, fight, or run. The ability to turn towards pain and suffering with compassion and curiosity instead of dissociation and resistance helps the nervous system feel safer, and expands your capacity to meet life’s challenges without activating a protective response. -
STEP 4:
RESTORE CONNECTION & RESILIENCE
As your nervous system starts to feel safer, you can come out of your contracted, protective state and re-engage with the world from a place of resilience and connection.
LOVE NOTES
Imagine If Pain, Depletion, & Overwhelm No Longer Ruled Your Life
When you are stuck in a cycle of pain, depletion, and overwhelm while still trying to function and manage your life, it’s like your nervous system has pulled the emergency brake, but your foot is still on the gas pedal.
Sounds exhausting? That’s because it is.
It’s no wonder you don’t have the energy to do the things you used to love to do, and you feel like a shell of yourself who is working so hard just to keep going.
Pain, anxiety, burnout, overwhelm, and depletion no longer ruled your life;
You didn’t have to worry that something might be really wrong, or fear that pain could flare at any moment;
You felt heard, believed, and supported, and your healing happened at the speed of your nervous system.
You knew exactly how to support your nervous system and complete the stress cycle without being completely overwhelmed by life’s challenges;
You had the energy to do the things that bring you joy, and to be wholeheartedly present for the people and causes you care about;
Imagine if…
Experience freedom and safety in your body again.
Pathways to Restore Nervous System Resilience
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CranioSacral Therapy & Manual Therapy
Recharge your nervous system, unwind tension, and rebalance mind, body, and spirit.
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Pain Neuroscience Education
Understand why you hurt and rewire your nervous system to break the pain cycle.
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Physical Therapy for Chronic Pain
Decrease nervous system vigilance and sensitivity to heal the root causes of chronic pain.
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Therapeutic Yoga & Qigong Classes
Balance your energy and attune your nervous system with online and in person classes.
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Ayurveda & Yoga Therapy
Learn your body’s language & build an intuitive self-care practice so your vitality radiates.
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Free Nervous System Strategy Session
Figure out what is keeping you stuck and develop a plan to heal your nervous system.
Break the pain cycle for good.
My name is Dr. Rachel de Simone. I’m a Doctor of Physical Therapy and a certified Chronic Pain Specialist. I also lived with chronic pain for years before I learned how to heal my nervous system, so I understand pain from the inside out and the outside in.
I’ve developed a holistic, nervous system-informed approach to healing the root causes of pain that will help you understand why you hurt and give you the tools you need to finally break free from pain.
Does this sound like you?
Diagnostic tests don’t explain why I hurt.
I’ve tried everything, but nothing really works.
My symptoms are easily activated, but not easily relieved.
I am exhausted all the time, but I don’t sleep well.
My digestion is off. I’m starting to cut out foods like gluten or dairy from my diet.
My symptoms are limiting my ability to do the things I love to do.
I don’t have energy to connect with the people I care about.
Little things set me off. I’m not as patient or resilient as I used to be.
I’m tired of being in pain (whether that is physical, mental, emotional, or spiritual pain).
The Lotus Integrative Therapy Approach Works for Even the Most Challenging Conditions
Nervous system sensitivity is the root cause of many common conditions affecting the immune, gastrointestinal, endocrine, and movement systems.
I work with anyone who wants to boost their nervous system’s resilience, including people with the following diagnoses:
Chronic pain
Neuropathic pain/neurogenic pain
Central sensitization
Complex regional pain syndrome
Radiculopathy and nerve sensitivity
Fibromyalgia
Chronic fatigue
Dysautonomia
Vagus Nerve Dysregulation
Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS)
Long COVID
Lyme disease
Connective Tissue Disorders & Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
Frozen Shoulder
Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction (TMJD)
Pelvic pain
Migraine & tension headaches
Whiplash and trauma-related pain patterns
Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Adrenal Fatigue
Burnout
High stress
