In Your Bones™ with Vivian Doan
In Your Bones™ is where modern science meets ancient knowing and your body remembers what safety, strength, and healing truly feel like.
Hosted by Vivian Doan, Integrative Neuro Specialist and creator of SCOLIOFITNESS™, this podcast dives deep into the nervous system, somatics, and soul-rooted science.
Drawing from applied neurology, Traditional Chinese and Vietnamese Medicine, circadian rhythm biology, trauma-informed mind-body healing, quantum energetics, and scoliosis-specific movement, Vivian helps you reconnect with the intelligence your body has held all along.
Whether you're navigating scoliosis, chronic pain, anxiety, fatigue, hormonal dysregulation, nervous system burnout—or just the quiet sense that your body’s been carrying unspoken stories, it’s time to stop chasing healing and start feeling it.
In solo episodes and soul-rich conversations with experts in embodiment, neuroplasticity, somatic psychology, and traditional healing systems, you’ll explore how your brain, body, and energy work together... often in ways you’ve never been taught.
Because your body isn’t broken. It’s responding.
Every ache is a signal. Every symptom is a story.
This isn’t about fixing. This is about remembering.
Subscribe now and listen to what you’ve known… in your bones… all along.
In Your Bones™ with Vivian Doan
Lunar New Year & the Reticular Activating System: Why Your Brain Shapes Posture & Pain
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As we step into Lunar New Year, Vivian explores why tone, language, and expectation are not just cultural traditions — they are neurological design.
In this Season One finale of In Your Bones, she bridges Vietnamese Tết traditions with modern neuroscience, explaining how the Reticular Activating System (RAS), predictive processing, and brain-body signaling shape posture, pain, and perception.
If you found this podcast through scoliosis, strength training, chronic pain, or nervous system work, this episode connects the dots between brain health and physical resilience.
You’ll learn why strengthening alone does not reorganize a system that is constantly preparing for threat — and why the brain is the true starting point for posture, balance, and pain regulation.
Season One was about awareness.
Season Two begins the deeper training.
Chúc Mừng Năm Mới.
In This Episode
- Intersection of Lunar New Year traditions & neuroscience
- What the Reticular Activating System (RAS) does and how it filters reality
- How internal language influences muscle tone and pain perception
- Predictive neuroscience and why two people with similar scans experience pain differently
- How the brain affects posture, balance, digestion, and hormone regulation
- The difference between training muscles and training the brain
- What Season Two will explore: vision, balance, gait, proprioception, and facial mapping
Research & References Mentioned
- Candace Pert — Molecules of Emotion
- Ethan Kross — Research on self-talk and emotional regulation
- Nathaniel Zinsser — Performance psychology and instructional self-talk
- Predictive processing models in pain neuroscience
- Reticular Activating System (RAS)
Season Two Preview
Season Two explores how the brain maps stability, balance, and spatial awareness.
We will examine:
- Vision and posture
- Proprioception and balance
- Gait patterns and neural compensation
- Facial asymmetry and long-standing adaptations
The podcast will introduce the concepts. The programs are where we train the systems.
Before Season Two launches, Vivian is teaching a live class:
Train the Brain That Organizes Your Body
If you’re ready to go beyond strengthening and begin training the system that organizes your posture and pain, DM the word TRAIN on Instagram for early access details.
Chúc Mừng Năm Mới.
🔗 Connect with Vivian:
- Website: https://www.daywithviv.com/
- Instagram: @daywithviv
- YouTube: @scoliofitness
- Get your free guide: 5 Simple Stretches for Your Spine
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Disclaimer:
Everything shared on this podcast is meant for education and awareness — not medical advice. Always consult your licensed healthcare provider before making changes to your treatment or wellness routines.