About Radiant Soul
Hi, I'm Amanda.
Amanda Erpelding · Owner, Radiant Soul
I'm a stretching & flexibility coach and fascia stretch therapist.
My work isn't traditional yoga. I use myofascial release, assisted stretching, and nervous system regulation to help people who are tired of feeling disconnected from themselves. I want to help you become whole and healed.
It started with a feeling.
My healing journey started when I identified a feeling I wanted to feel, and then learned how to become it.
The first feeling was happiness. Learning to be happy started with identifying where I was blocking myself and making small changes in my daily habits until I could live it and believe it, not just say it. Now I can have a horrible day, cry, and still find something to be happy about.
Next, I learned how to love myself. I realized people-pleasing was really me wanting to be accepted, and I had to accept myself first. Once I loved myself, peace came easy. I set boundaries I never would have set before. I stopped being in environments and around people that disturbed my peace. I can't change them, and it's not my job to.
Then I learned my body was holding on, too.
During that time, I was also going through an intense therapy process to rewire my brain. I thought therapy was the answer. When I got to the end of it, I was wrecked: physically in pain from what it did to my fascia, and emotionally in a depression I didn't know how to climb out of.
So I had to work backwards. Fascia stretch therapy, myofascial release, and nervous system regulation got me feeling at home in my body again. Trauma-informed yoga helped pull me out of the depression. And I kept rewiring my brain for anything new that came up as my body released what it had been holding.
That's when I learned the significance of body work. You can't think your way out of something your body is holding onto. No one heals using one modality.
When I tell you this work can change your life, I'm not speaking theoretically. I'm telling you what saved mine.
I still use it every day.
I don't just teach this work. I live it. I stay active by strength training and moving my body daily, and I use my myofascial release techniques to recover from my workouts, so my body stays mobile, my muscles recover faster, and I can keep training without being stuck in pain.
That's why I work with athletes and active bodies, too. Recovery isn't extra. It's part of the work.
A few things you should know about me
I believe in spirituality and science. I use food, movement, and breath to regulate my own brain chemistry, and I'll teach you how to do the same.
I'm warm, but I'm not soft. I'm not going to tell you you're a beautiful luminous being if what you actually need is someone to call you on your shit. You'll get whichever version of me serves you in the moment.
I'm not here to heal you. That's your job, and I believe you can do it. I'm here to guide you, give you a safe place, and make it easier, quicker, and less lonely than it was for me. I don't want you to need me forever. I want you to leave knowing how to do this for yourself.
And I went deep into my own healing before I ever coached a single client. I'm still in it. The healing journey is never really over, but it gets easier, and you get better at spotting your patterns. That's a feature, not a bug.
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Ready to come back to yourself?
If I can do it, you can do it. Let's work together.
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