by Deborah Bowes
This program is an innovative
approach that combines the latest in medical research about pelvic floor function,
with the Feldenkrais Method of Somatic Education. Pelvic Health
and Awareness for Women and Men is a step by step program to improve
your awareness and function of the pelvic floor. The gentle exercises in this
program go beyond any existing pelvic floor training program. The exercises
are effective for improving bladder control, reducing back or pelvic pain, and
recovering from childbirth, abdominal or prostate surgery or trauma. They are
also useful for sexual functioning, digestive troubles and hip problems. Equestrians,
dancers and movement teachers will find immediate application in their own field.
The exercises in the Pelvic Health and Awareness program, supported
by the research, emphasize the use of the pelvic floor muscles with other muscles
in the hips, legs, and torso, as part of a coordinated system. The lessons use
larger functional movements, breathing, imagery and directed attention to improve
awareness and control of the pelvic floor.
The audio program includes everything you need to know in order to benefit.
When you have completed the program, you will have more awareness and control
of the pelvic floor. The lessons have easy to follow instructions for what to
do, how to do it, and where to direct your attention.
There are six educational talks and six easy to do Awareness Through Movement®
lessons. Lessons 1-4 are done lying on a firmly padded surface, like a carpet,
exercise mat or folded blanket, and lesson 5-6 explore using the pelvic floor
as you sit and move on a firm chair. These novel and gentle exercises are easy
to do and appropriate for all adults. You don't need any special equipment,
just your CD player and thirty minutes a day to see steady improvement.
Talks include:
1. Introduction
2. How to do the lessons
3. How to benefit from the program
4. Locating parts of the pelvis
5. The pelvic floor as a dynamic system
6. Habits and the pelvic floor
Lessons include:
1. Breathing to relax and balance the nervous system
2. Activating the right and left sides of pelvic floor
3. Engaging the abdominals
4. Activating the front and back of the pelvic floor
5. Dynamic sitting with the right and left sides of the pelvic floor
6. Dynamic sitting with the front and back of the pelvic floor
6 Lessons on 3 CDs in a
binder.
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Deborah's article: Pelvic Health and Awareness
