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The Fit Floor Part 3: Alignment - Position Your Pelvic Floor For Fitness
The relationship between your diaphragm and pelvic floor is synergistic. In the ideal situation, the pelvic floor mirrors the movement of your diaphragm, giving the pelvic floor uniform tone from front to back... Read more
The Fit Floor Part 2: Teach Your Pelvic Floor a New Trick
The pelvic floor muscles share connections with our diaphragm, organ systems and our musculo-skeletal structure. The pelvic floor has two parts—front and back. Most popular pelvic floor toning exercises... Read more
The Fit Floor Part 1: Training the Pelvic Floor for Fitness
When you think about pelvic floor health, the first thing that often comes to mind are kegels , the contracting and releasing of pelvic floor muscles. While kegels can be helpful in maintaining tone in the... Read moreFeatured Courses
While millions of Americans suffer from pain in the low back and pelvis, many back and hip issues are actually the result of sacroiliac instability (SI), i.e. an imbalance in the sacroiliac joint, which often goes undiagnosed or is improperly treated. Alarmingly, yoga practitioners appear to...Read more
Hip openers are among the most satisfying and powerful yoga poses. They hold a tremendous potential for transformation; they can help us release deep-seated tension and trauma of the past, which many of us hold locked in the hip area. When practiced correctly, hip openers are a great way to soothe...Read more
Yoga is more popular than ever, but as yoga has become a household word, has it also become a mile wide and an inch deep? Are we missing out on the essence of yoga, even as the practice has become a household word? What can we do to capture the deepest aspects of yoga and integrate these into our...Read more
Most people know the importance of core strengthening for health and long-term well-being, but the pelvic floor is an important group of core muscles, which tend to get ignored. “The torso is like a tote bag for your organs,” says Leslie Howard, a Bay area yoga teacher who conducts workshops...Read more
How to Prepare for a Healthy Perimenopause with Yoga
Most women think that the changes of menopause begin in the late 40s or early 50s. But in fact, the early changes preceding menopause start as early as 10-15 years before the onset of menopause. This period of... Read more
Pelvic Floor Health: Why Developing Mindfulness Matters
Mindfulness practices are gaining popularity and even appear to be quite trendy these days. Perhaps it is because we know, and have experienced, that there is tremendous value in being present and mindful... Read more
Yoga for Pelvic Floor Strength
My toddler has been going through a potty training process, which means learning to control his pelvic floor muscles. Not a fun experience, but I am sure he will get the hang of it eventually. Once we finish... Read more
Creating Central Stability - The Role of the Pelvic Floor and Deep Core Muscles
“Trust that the body is a self-righting organism. Our job is to guide the process.” Norene Christesen, PT The following interview with Julie Wiebe, PT is excerpted from a longer article first appearing on... Read more
8 Ways to Help Yoga Students Engage Their Pelvic Floors
To learn more about pelvic floor health, also check out our online courses with Leslie Howard on Yoga for the Female Pelvic Floor . To learn more about Shelly Prosko's online yoga courses, see here . As I... Read more
Organ Prolapse and Yoga
Recently the blog received a question from a yoga teacher asking about the role of yoga to both reduce the likelihood of prolapse in her students (most of whom are middle aged mothers of at least one child),... Read more