Pelvic Health Yogi

09/01/2025

Question from a student: "Will your classes fix a rectocele or prolaspse?" 🧐🤔

That's a good question!

Strengthening, mobilizing and creating relaxation within the pelvic floor as well as the surrounding musculature is going to support your pelvic organs. It's going to help with posture, compensation patterns and take some of the burden off the ligaments that are holding up those organs.

So will it FIX a rectocele or prolapse... I can't say it'll fix it, but will it help? Absolutely. Will it hopefully prevent it from getting worse? That's the goal! But all that is going to depend on a students consistency, dedication to exploring what is going on specifically for them and then moving forward in a targeted and skilled manner.

I have the tools you'll need in regards to movement and awareness, the rest is up to the student🙂 But I'll be there with you along the journey.

09/01/2025

I know it's not yoga related, but while you read about how INCREDIBLE these wittle guys are, relax your jaw and uncross your legs!

Side note: always be kind to all God's creatures. 🐭🐝🕷 They are just here exisiting the best they can just like all the rest of us. ❤️

"Hi, I’m a possum, and I’m not here to cause trouble. In fact, I help you more than you might realize. Every night, I can eat up to 2,000 ticks, along with other insects that spread dangerous diseases. I also help keep snake populations in check, even the venomous ones. My body is built tough... I can survive dozens of rattlesnake or coral snake bites, and yes, I even eat venomous snakes like they’re just another snack.

Maybe you don't know, but my blood contains something unique that scientists have used to create treatments for snake bites. Without me, there would be more pests, more snakes, and fewer lifesaving cures for people. So if you see me, please don't hurt me, let me raise my babies!

We're out here working quietly to make the world safer for all of us."

08/29/2025

What is the pelvic floor? Have you ever thought about how to answer that question?🤔 4 main things to remember, ya know, since we have one and all 😎

1. It’s a bowl-like group of 14 thin muscles

2. They muscles are innervated by nerves and surrounded by fascia = connective tissue = which is the glue that holds it all together

3. Supports our pelvic organs: bladder, uterus and re**um

4. Plays a key role in urinary, bowel & sexual function as well as postural support ** this is the reason why pelvic dysfunction can create conditions that span across multiple systems in the body including the musculoskeletal, nervous system, digestive & urinary systems, endocrine which is hormones and the reproductive or sexual functions of the body.

That’s why when there’s pelvic dysfunction we see conditions like urine leaking, constipation, back pain, ge***al pain, issues with the feet, painful in*******se, thinning of tissues like in the V, sciatica, vulvodynia or pudendal neuralgia.

Many of us don't think about these things until we are already in pain, which makes it more difficult (but not impossible!) to manage. If you can get ahead of the game, then you're already winning. From my experience, if you have one of these things now, if left unattended, it'll turn into other ones soon enough. It's all connected.

08/27/2025

As seen on Omaha Extra, KMTV! I'm very excited to finally share this with you all!

We are talking about what exactly is pelvic dysfunction and why it's important to address. 🎯🎯

08/25/2025

We often think of the psoas as a hip flexor, and it is.
However, did you know that's not it's main job? 🤯

The psoas's main job is actually to stabalize the spine during dynamic movement. So when you're walking for example it makes sure that things stay relatively in place.

Guess what doesn't move much when the psoas it tight then?

Yup. The spine. And then of course since everything is connected it's also going to affect the pelvis and the pelvic floor. Plus, as you can see in the image, it's closely related to our respiratory diaphragm and is in fact myofascially connected to it. So tight psoas = shallower breathing. There's also a deep connection to our emotional well-being, too and our nervous system but that's a whole other post.

The psoas has a huge job! Which is why we work with it in many classes and sometimes we make it the headliner of the show. I dropped "Pelvis 360" which addresses the psoas myofascially. That can be spicy work but it's so worth it!

See you on the mat yogis!

08/25/2025

New Class Added for all members and trialists!

Hey yogis! I added a new flow class tonight! Also - the playlist for the 4th week of August has also been added.

You'll find the link and description below for our new class.

"Flow Before You Go"

Before the day gets away from you, before you lose track of your inner peace and stillness, let's get a practice in that will center and ground your mind while also supporting all the elements of pelvic health. We will tap into some awareness of pelvic floor, bring stability to the glutes and legs but in a way that won't make you feel depleted for the rest of your day.

You'll need: two tennis balls, a strap and have a block handy

Before the day gets away from you, before you lose track of your inner peace and stillness, let's get a practice in that will center and ground your mind while also supporting all the elements of pelvic health. We will tap into some awareness of pelvic floor, bring stability to the glutes and le...

08/24/2025

This came through from a student a couple days ago. 💌💌💌

So many people deal with UTI like symptoms when their pelvic floor is TIGHT! I dealt with it on many occasions before I knew what was actually going on. One episode lasted 4 months when I was in my mid 20's. Doctors gave me round after round of antibiotics for a negative urine culture because they just didn't know what to do. I had a cystoscopy done (very painful after 15 years ago) that showed everything was "great" and they still put me on OAB pills, which made things worse. I managed to get myself out of that episode and now I understand exactly what was going on. I WAS DEALING WITH A HYPERTONIC PELVIC FLOOR.

I know that posts like this don't get pushed out into the algorithm so if you have a moment, dropping a heart so more women can see this would be very kind of you! ❤️🧡💛💚💜💙

08/23/2025

I know it seems almost too "simple" to start with breathwork when you have pelvic dysfunction, but believe me when I say, most people experiencing pelvic dysfunction are NOT breathing "correctly."

Yes sister, you CAN breathe wrong.

Let me explain...

Women notoriously "suck it in." We want our belly to look flat or we've been told at some point we need to train our core to be "tight" so we are attractive. When you do that, engage your abdominals 24/7, you are not allowing the pelvic diaphram to work synergistically with the respiratory diaphram. There's a doming action that happens in the upper AND lower respiratory system with every single breath. Not because you're trying, but because that's how it's supposed to function.

When you suck it in, AKA **Reverse Breathe (see below) then you CUT OFF the connection between the upper & lower diaphram and you create this pushing downward into the pelvic floor which then causes tension = dysfunction = a slew of uncomfortable conditions like:

Hip Pain
Low Back Pain/SI Joint Dysfunction
Bladder issues (UTI symptoms with no infections, leaking, inability to empty, etc)
Pelvic Organ Prolapse
Hypertonic Pelvic Floor
Painful In*******se
V***a pain/ itching/ burning/ rawness
Diminished or painful or***ms
And the list goes on....

So yes, we begin with breathwork because we NEED to re-create that connection. And I get it, it's hard to sit still for 5-10 minutes and think about breathing. But like anything, it's a practice. And you'll come to enjoy it or at least, appreciate it's benefits. In Restore Your Pelvic Floor - we START with the breath.

**Reverse breathing = instead of the belly & PF filling with breath on an inhale, you draw the belly in and the ribs are the only thing to expand.

08/22/2025

New Class Added for all members and trialists!

Module 3 of our myofascial release classes has been added!

"Pelvis 360"

Today we are focusing on the entire circumfrance of the pelvis! This includes (but not limited to) the psoas, transverse abdominus, sides of the hips (glute med & min), the piriformis and glute max as well as the adductors, pelvic floor and low back.

To get the most of our practice, you'll need all the props listed: two balls, two blocks, blanket and strap

Today we are focusing on the entire circumfrance of the pelvis! This includes (but not limited to) the psoas, transverse abdominus, sides of the hips (glute med & min), the piriformis and glute max as well as the adductors, pelvic floor and low back. To get the most of our practice, you'll nee...

08/21/2025

Part two of the Obturator Internus Video in case you missed it!

08/21/2025

When I went through the last 7 month episode of pelvic pain, all I wanted to know was, “was it always going to be this way?” Truth is, we never know the answer to that question. However, if we do nothing, then nothing changes. If we dwell on everything we can’t control, then the heaviness of it grows heavier with each day it doesn’t get better.

When I started to do yoga to support my pelvic health, I didn’t know how long it would take to see a difference, what moves were right for me and more importantly than that, what moves supported me in that moment -> the journey changes and what/how you do things will adapt over time. But I wouldn’t have figured any of it out if I didn’t START.

A mentor of mine said over and over, making the wrong decision just mean we pivot.

Something makes you flare, pivot. Something makes you sore for 5 days after, pivot. A certain pose doesn’t work for your anatomy, cool, pivot! You get my point.

DON’T STOP. PIVOT. 🔁

Change direction. Take note of what didn’t work.

Exploration isn’t about just finding something that DOES work, it’s also about discovering what DOESN’T work.

See you on the mat yogis.

Now relax your jaw and go be the badass you were meant to be today. 😎

08/20/2025

Love this reminder. Speaking of reminders, relax your jaw and don't cross those legs!