Prosko PhysioYoga Therapy

24/08/2025

Self-care and Compassion resources:

free resources such as articles, podcasts, webinars;

along with my online courses and practices

Have a browse and share with clients, loved ones or anyone you think may benefit from this info and these practices:

https://physioyoga.ca/compassion-and-self-care-content-and-resources-from-shelly #

A few years ago, I created a blogpost compiling content and resources related to my work surrounding pelvic floor health and yoga HERE. The feedback I received from many of you, and continue to receive, was that you really appreciate these compilations because

24/08/2025

Looking for some online yoga classes?

My Balance Flow yoga class series is for anyone wanting to:

- improve balance

- improve pelvic health
(especially incontinence)

- improve or maintain functional mobility with aging

- decrease risk of fall-related injuries

- gain confidence in movement

- commit (or re-commit!) to a consistent compassionate practice

- try yoga-type mind-body-breath practices

- get ideas and experience practices for your own classes you teach or therapy sessions you offer

✨Download the recordings
✨Practice on your own time
✨go-at-your-own pace

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Balance Flow Yoga is the series I co-developed for research at the School of Rehabilitation Science, at the University of Saskatchewan, Canada.

Now I've translated this research into practice by offering this 7-session online class series

To SIGN UP
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https://vimeo.com/ondemand/balanceflowyogaseries

Be sure to take advantage of the discount code:
SHELLY25
for 25% off at checkout ☺️

20/08/2025

Practice with me!
Body-Mind-Breath Practices for People in Pain

🤍With a focus on self-compassion🤍

You can download ALL classes with unlimited access

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This online series consists of 4 sessions where I guide you through a variety of

- movement
- breathing
- awareness
- self-compassion meditations
- reflective practices
...that support self-compassion.

❓WHO IS THIS SERIES FOR❓

✅ If you live with chronic pain and want to try some SELF-CARE strategies; perhaps you’re looking for something new, different or in addition to what you are already doing.

✅ If SELF-COMPASSION interests you, and you want to learn more about it and its health benefits –
and if you are curious to learn how to practice it, bring it into your life, and experience the benefits it can offer.

✅ If you are interested in TRYING mindfulness, movement, and breathing practices or YOGA-type classes,
but have been hesitant for many reasons like feeling self-conscious, or fearful of injury or worried at not having options or permission to go at your own level or pace.

✅ If you need a BOOST and want to restart a regular practice that you have trouble committing to because of unpredictable pain or fatigue.

✅ If you are a movement, fitness, yoga or health PROFESSIONAL who wants to learn and experience self-compassion principles and practices combined with yoga-inspired practices that are in line with PAIN SCIENCE and COMPASSION SCIENCE that can then be shared with your clients or patients in your clinic or studio setting.

TO LEARN MORE and to purchase the recordings:

https://vimeo.com/ondemand/selfcompassionpaincare

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Apply discount code
selfcompassion25
to receive 25% off
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19/08/2025

Here's a FREE guided meditation practice for you:

Chakra Meditation with Hand Mudras:
https://vimeo.com/819264365/cbb0fdc784

This video is from my Library of Practices on Embodia:

The Pelvic Health Resource Package:

https://embodiaapp.com/courses/805-resource-package-physioyoga-and-the-pelvic-floor-shelly-prosko

✨Currently 25% off✨

for Embodia Members
Until AUGUST 28

Not a member?
Not a clinician?
Not a problem ...

You can still own the Library of Practices for your personal use!

INCLUDES:

- 6 hours of guided video and audio practices for your own personal use and/or to share with patients

- 42 patient practices

- Lifetime access after purchase

Here’s the 2 min Trailer if you want to learn more before purchasing:

https://vimeo.com/512689649

19/08/2025

I will be teaching the chronic pain and pelvic health modules for the Kripalu School of Integrative Yoga Therapy for their Professional Yoga Therapy Studies program:

Yoga Therapy Applied in Medical Settings

To learn more about the program and to register:

https://kripalu.org/presenters-programs/yoga-therapy-applied-medical-settings

I’m delighted to be a part of this fabulous faculty at Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health and look forward to sharing this work and my clinical experiences!

17/08/2025

When My This Does This, My That Does That

Sherry Brourman, author of
“From Bodily Knowledge to Intuituve Movement: Where Physical Therapy, Yoga Therapy and Pain Science Meet”

Lovely blogpost from the wise, skilled and gracious Sherry:

Ever notice how your body seems to talk to itself — when you're quiet enough to listen? One body part moves a certain way and elicits an unsolicited (almost reflexive) response from another body part. Inner physical strength doesn’t only come from purposeful core engagement — sometimes it 'jus...

17/08/2025

"A flare-up is not a failure of pain management, of the person's approach to their pain, or a sign of damage. It's another manifestation of how weird pain is."
~ Bronnie Thompson

A short excerpt from Bronnie's new blogpost:

"Five steps to help people with flare-ups when they're starting a movement practice:

1. Provide nonthreatening normalising information that flare-ups are common, likely during new activity, and short-term.

2. Don't add to the demands, physical or psychosocial.

3. Use soothing activities short-term.

4. Explore movement options - gently.

5. Use all the other pain self-management strategies."

Part of my work is helping people explore gentle, accessible movement options that they enjoy as well as many other options for soothing activities and pain self-management strategies.

Here is an online class series that includes mindful gentle movement, breath practices, mindfulness and self-compassion practices that I have available:

https://vimeo.com/ondemand/selfcompassionpaincare

(go at your own pace, downloadable so you can practice anytime, anywhere, with unlimited access)

Self-Compassion in Pain Care:
Body-Mind-Breath Movement Practices for People in Pain

Use code
selfcompassion25
for 25% off the series:

https://vimeo.com/ondemand/selfcompassionpaincare

To read Bronnie's full blogpost:

https://healthskills.wordpress.com/2025/08/11/starting-movement-practice-handling-flare-ups/

Do you know why people with pain stop (or never get going with) movement practices? Apart from the ‘but it’s sooooo boring and hard’, that is… (or is that just me?) Flare-up…

06/08/2025

Mooring.....

What anchors you?

During times when you may be feeling anxious, uncertain, disconnected or just simply "off", what are some of your 'go-to' things to help you feel more grounded, rooted, anchored with a sense of calm and 'okay-ness'?

The concept of mooring.....maybe it's a person, place, thing, aroma, sound, activity, music, physical touch, or a specific practice that anchors you.

This month's newsletter includes video recordings of some of my favourite go-to practices as well as some new content, thought provoking resources, my upcoming events and DISCOUNTS on all of my video class series:

https://mailchi.mp/physioyoga/in-person-and-online-classes-up-to-50-off-my-online-courses-5820879

04/08/2025

Evidence suggests that pelvic floor function can depend on and be influenced by a variety of psychophysiological factors.

Currently, the gold standard for treatment of incontinence is pelvic floor muscle training, which can include pelvic floor relaxation, breathing practices and patient education.

But are there any missing links or gaps in the research to consider?

Can we (and should we?) do better to improve patient outcomes?

If so, is it within your scope of practice to consider all aspects of the person?

How can we discern which aspects are relevant to the person’s incontinence?

In this 1-hour webinar, we will address these above questions and more.

We will explore:

- Biopsychosocial-spiritual factors that can influence pelvic floor function within the context of incontinence

- The value and practicalities of addressing the whole-person for incontinence care in the clinical setting

- Potential barriers to providing whole-person care and discuss practical and accessible tips to address some of these barriers

- A guided experiential practice that can be safely and effectively used immediately in the clinical setting to optimize the incontinence care you provide your clients.

As rehab professionals, we are in an ideal position to use a whole-person approach to help people with incontinence.

Join me Oct 30
Live Online

Helping the Whole Human:
A Broader Approach to Incontinence Care

This is part of Embodia’s
Let’s Talk Pelvic Health Series that includes many phenomenal clinicians such as
Carolyn Vandyken
Michelle Lyons
Antony Lo
Kim Vopni
Dr. Susie Gronski, PT, DPT
Julie Wiebe, PT
Jenny Telfer-Crum PT
and more!

(Eligible for CEU credits in numerous States)

https://embodiaapp.com/webinars/1002-helping-the-whole-human-a-broader-approach-to-incontinence-care-shelly-prosko