Episode 88: A Feldenkrais® Approach to Pelvic Floor and Abdominal Health
Episode 88:
This is an informational podcast about pelvic floor and deep abdominal health. Pelvic floor health and abdominal strengthening is one of the most requested topics I get from students. Today, I will be discussing why pelvic floor health is so important and give you some context for my series: The Pelvic Floor and Deep Core Rapport. This 8 lesson series was taught in fall 2022, but is available to purchase as a self paced course.
The function of the pelvic floor has a profound effect on our quality of life. Anything that can be done to bring more ease or a higher quality of control in this area can be revolutionary.
For both men and women, improving the ability to both relax and engage the pelvic floor and the deep abdominal muscles can have positive effects on:
Back pain
Sensing a deeper and more relaxed breath
Easier standing and walking
Improved Balance
Healing from hip replacements or abdominal surgeries
Better sex through increased awareness, sensation and control
More effective bladder control
Lack of strength, coordination, or sensation in this area after giving birth
In this episode, you will learn:
Skeletal Support vs. Muscle Strain: How leveraging your skeleton reduces unnecessary muscular effort and conserves energy in gravity.
The Relaxation Paradox: Why a habitually contracted core muscle becomes weak, and how learning to relax the pelvic floor restores its full dynamic power.
The Core Network: How the pelvic floor acts as a synergistic system coordinating directly with the deep abdominals, hips, spine, and diaphragm.
Unwinding Stress & Sitting Habits: How daily stress and poor sitting mechanics lock tension into the pelvis, and how to harness breath and movement to reset your baseline tone.
Sarah Baumert has been teaching movement and creating Sarah B Yoga podcast classes since 2006. She is a certified yoga teacher, yoga therapist and Feldenkrais® practitioner. This podcast is an intersection of her yoga teaching and training in the Feldenkrais® method. Classes include sensory rich movement experiences for a more resilient and healthy nervous system to help you feel a greater sense of ease and comfort in yourself. Each podcast is an originally crafted class taught by Sarah Baumert. Sarah's teaching is alignment based, unhurried, and rich with somatic inquiries. The cueing is effective, easy to follow, and uses visualizations of postures to allow for unexpected growth and depth. You will find live unplugged versions of her classes from yoga studios, as well as classes that are specifically produced for the podcast medium.
Find more teachings like this class on the Body Matter website, including:
Live online classes
Self-paced courses &
The Body Matter Membership Library
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