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Pelvic Floor Wisdom: Discover Your Pelvic Floor Through Embodied Awareness

Disclaimer: If you are recovering from an injury, pregnant, postnatal, nursing or elderly, or have recurring or chronic pain, or any circumstance, consult your doctor for approval concerning your voluntary participation. Instructions provided on the Gaia Goddess Lifestyle platform and elsewhere are in no way intended as a substitute for medical advice. Participation is done at your own risk.

Pelvic floor awareness can feel difficult to access when this deep, internal part of the body feels unfamiliar or disconnected from everyday movement and sensation. Led by Yoga Instructor & Fitness Trainer Mel Gutierrez, this breath-infused pelvic floor practice uses conscious breathing, touch, visualization, and body-centered techniques to help you develop a clearer sense of the pelvic floor and its relationship to the pelvis, breath, and surrounding tissues. Through intentional sensing and embodied exploration, the practice offers a way to become more familiar with this essential area of the body. Discover more Pelvic Floor Wisdom here.

Breath & Pelvic Floor Awareness

Breath-infused pelvic floor work brings together conscious breathing, external touch, visualization, and sensory awareness to explore the movement and responsiveness of the pelvic floor. Using the imagery of a three-dimensional ball within the pelvis, this practice explores how the pelvic floor responds to inhalation and exhalation, changes in position, and the relationship between the sitting bones and surrounding tissues. The practice also incorporates external support through a soft ball, pillow, or folded blanket to further explore pelvic sensations and body awareness.

What You’ll Learn

How breath connects with pelvic floor movement and awareness
How to use external touch to sense the pelvic floor from outside the body
The relationship between the pelvic floor, sitting bones, pelvis, and surrounding tissues
How visualization can support a clearer mind-body connection
How to explore pelvic floor engagement and release without unnecessary tension

A Deeper Exploration of Breath & Pelvic Floor Awareness

This breath-infused pelvic floor practice explores the connection between breath, pelvic floor awareness, and embodied movement. By bringing mindful attention to the pelvis and deep core, the practice offers an opportunity to become more familiar with this area of the body and its relationship to breath, movement, and sensation.

Benefits Include

Supports greater pelvic floor awareness
Develops connection between breath and pelvic floor movement
Encourages body awareness through touch and visualization
Supports awareness of pelvic alignment and surrounding anatomy
Encourages a more familiar and connected relationship with the body

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About Mel

Mel is a yoga instructor, personal trainer, energy healer, author, and scientifically minded body researcher who believes in the authenticity of mystical practices. She assists clients in healing their relationships with their bodies, empowering them to live their lives to their fullest potential. Her greatest strength lies in combining her intuitive abilities with a straightforward, evidence-based approach to developing customized strategies for addressing individual needs. Through mindful movement and strength training, Mel helps clients develop greater pelvic floor and core awareness, resilience, and connection with their bodies.

You can connect with Mel @thebodywitch

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