Inviting in the difficult thougths and feelings and allowing them to just be. Stretching/strengthening hips while exploring the space of the pelvis.
The practice in this video calls awareness to the alignment of body, mind, and heart to bring clarity and integrity off the mat. Movement includes opening of neck/shoulders/upper back and exercises to increase pelvic floor awareness.
Class includes special attention to core/pelvic floor and a bit of a warrior II/side angle pose flow.
This practice explores ways of preventing or minimizing diastasis recti, the condition in which the abdominal muscles separate from teh midline.
In this practice, we focused on stretching, strengthening, and moving the hips.
Special pelvic floor practice including pelvic education in the discussion portion of the class. Everyone should watch this video to learn some PF basics!
In this class, we worked on stretching out the glutes and hips, and addressed low back discomfort.
This practice focuses on building awareness of the pelvis and bringing balance to the muscles and ligaments in and around it, particularly the pelvic floor, psoas, and hamstrings.
This is a core awareness class, particularly focused on the lower transverse abdominis (the deep ab muscles at the bottom of the belly area).
This sequence addressed discomfort of the pubis symphysis (often called the “pubic bone”).
The focus of this class was alleviating this hip achiness, a very common pregnancy discomfort.
Communicating your needs and preferences during pregnancy and labor is critical to have the perinatal experience that you desire. This practice focused on using the Visuddha (throat) chakra to find our voices.
A practice to address the holding of tension in different parts of the body, specifically shoulders/neck, pelvic floor/abdominals, and jaw, and then releasing it.
Pre & Postnatal pelvic floor practice! In addition, we give some attention to alleviating/preventing sciatica pain.
By request, a breath focused practice including ujjayi, shitali pranayama (cooling breath), and nadi shodhana (alternate nostril breathing).
This practice focuses on core strength, with attention to how this translates to everyday tasks, such as lifting laundry and getting up and down from a chair.
This short pre/postnatal practice (just under 30 minutes!) includes the basics for general wellness.
A short, seated sequence to address tightness in the upper back and neck. Excellent work-day break!
Many people love this restorative pose during pregnancy. It’s also a staple in the pelvic floor practice.
This sequence is focused on stress-relief with a long opening meditation in supported child’s pose and a lengthy supta badha konasana (reclined bound angle pose) to complete the practice.
Birth ball class demonstrating a few options for use in labor. We also addressed sciatica discomfort.
This early morning practice includes shoulder release and pelvic biomechanics for labor.
This sequence is appropriate for those who come into pregnancy with an established vinyasa practice or other athletic background.
This Pelvic Floor practice, appropriate for both pregnancy and postpartum, focuses on building a connection from the brain to the PF muscles, supported by coordinated breath and optimal postural alignment.
By request, we used a birth ball throughout this sequence to practice ways of using it for labor.
Eka pada raja kapotasana or one-legged king of the pigeons pose is demonstrated with a clear explanation for how to get the maximum benefit of the pose.