brianna houston

is an all seasons athlete, exercise scientist, pregnancy birth postpartum strength coach, vedic meditator and vinyasa yoga instructor. she specializes in injury prevention, orthopedic, and pelvic floor rehabilitation management, and her greatest accomplishments include guiding clients toward transcendence - turning pain into power.

from brianna…

for as long as I can remember, I have been able to see the math and physics taking place around us. I grew up watching family members dance, sing, play music and professional sport. athleticism and rhythm was built into my DNA, so I too danced, sung, played sports, and competed division 1. my instinctive skills ultimately lead me to study exercise science and biomechanics.

after graduating from hofstra university in 2016, I got a job assisting seven physical therapists. one specialized in neurological pt, two others in aqua and concussion pt, and four in sports medicine & orthopedics (one of which had worked with the los angeles dodgers and san francisco giants). the culmination of their backgrounds, experience, and expertise gave me a vast assortment of approaches, modalities, and the most efficient return to movement protocols.

as my own experience grew, so did my innate power. you remember alan from the hangover movie? and the scene where he’s counting cards, and suddenly he’s got all sorts of mathematical symbols floating around his head. similarly, I can see angles, equations, and forces taking place in and around people when they move. I was able to cue optimal alignment, breath, neuromuscular activation, and force output, leading those I worked with to successful rehabilitation, and return to movement.

by 2019 I was feeling greatly accomplished having spent over fifty hours a week for four years, working with the bay area’s best in pt, corporate wellness, and fitness. however, I had a feeling I had not peaked, and that there was something else waiting for me. yoga was a practice I had picked up in high school, so it was quite the surprise to be introduced to pregnancy and postpartum strength through my yoga teacher training certification so many years later. it occurred to me that no one in my degree, nor anyone in my post undergrad study had ever mentioned this! this was the easter egg I was looking for. the decision to pivot and leave my corporate wellness position became so clear.

coaching became even more natural as a pregnancy postpartum exercise specialist. I felt aligned educating and providing the tools necessary to perform, birth, live, and recover better. when I began teaching the other coaches on my team my birth and labor techniques, our most power tool revealed itself to me.

the deep core pressure management system is designed to stabilize the nervous system, or manage pressure of both mind and body. our breath allows us to connect to and stabilize this system (lower stress). the more coherent the breath, the better pressure management, and the lower the risk of dysfunction, injury, and pain. coherency of breath, mind and body unlocks the power to heal, increasing performance, recovery, strength, and longevity.

now with over 10,000 hours of experience training the trying to conceive, pregnant and postpartum populations, and 11 years coaching athletes, coaches, individual, and corporate clients, I confidently deliver, elite programming, the best fitness, cardiovascular disease and injury prevention, orthopedic and pelvic floor rehabilitation management services to persons returning to movement, sport, play, &beyond!

my mission is to provide safe, sacred spaces, and tools for humans to heal, perform, and recover better.

relive pain, prevent injury, increase strength, increase longevity!

youth sports coach - 2014

b.s. exercise science - 2016

physical therapy aide - 2016

nasm certified personal trainer - 2016

nasm orthopedic exercise specialist - 2018

certified yoga instructor - 2019

pregnancy & postpartum strength expert - 2020

pelvic organ prolapse professional - 2022

pregnant postpartum athlete coach - 2023

vedic meditation - 2024