How to find your Pelvic Floor + bracing vs. releasing the Pelvic Floor
Now that you know why the pelvic floor is so useful (!), let’s work on finding the pelvic floor and learning how to tell if you’re...
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The Pelvic Floor: The “super-hero” for full recovery
We always start our postpartum clients with pelvic floor work. Why? Because just like a house without a solid foundation, a body without...
How to Know You’re Doing Core Work Correctly (and Incorrectly!)
‘Gah, I’ve been doing core work wrong my ENTIRE life’ ‘I’m feeling muscles I didn’t even know were there!!’ ‘I’m sweating my a$$ off...
Pro-Tip: How to get back to swimming in postpartum
Swimming is an awesome way to exercise in postpartum. It feels soooo good to float and glide in the water! No wonder our babies love...
3 Keys To Dropping Anxiety & Overwhelm in Pregnancy and Postpartum
Why do we feel so anxious, unsupported and generally overwhelmed during pregnancy and even during postpartum? Especially nowadays when we...
Pro-tip: Getting the Most Out of Your Elliptical Workout in Postpartum
In our book, no exercise is off-limits in postpartum. BUT, it’s all about integrity. It’s absolutely key that you’re doing exercises...
Improve Your Pelvic Floor Function While You Sit
How great would it be to improve how well your pelvic floor functions while you sit?! We sit so much during the day that this is one of...
The 5 Postpartum Moves You Don’t Want to Skip
If you’ve been around us long enough, you know we encourage new moms to move as soon as possible after giving birth. But what do you do??...
How-To: Dry Brushing in Postpartum
Body brushing, or “dry brushing” as it’s often called, is brushing your skin with a special brush to improve your health in numerous ways.
Two At-home Postpartum Rituals to Speed Up Your Postpartum Healing
Body Brushing and Oiling To Revitalize and Nourish When I learned about body oiling and brushing as part of an Ayurvedic approach to the...
Pelvic Floor Safe Squatting Technique
Squatting is an essential part of postpartum repair and recovery. We squat hundreds of times every day – getting out of bed, going to the...
The 4 biggest mistakes women make when getting back to exercise in postpartum
We’ve worked with hundreds of women over the past decade, and time and time again, the challenges women face when starting to exercise...
Micro-workshop: The Abdominal Canister!
The abdominal canister breath is THE most important exercises you will do in your postpartum repair. If you have time for only ONE...
5 Surprising Things You Didn’t Know About Diastasis Recti (But Should)
I know this picture can be shocking to see, but may also be vaguely familiar if you’ve been pregnant. When I first posted this photo on...
Guest Expert Video: What is Prolapse?
Prolapse is a common result of pregnancy that most women think is normal and something we ‘just have to live with’. (It’s not!) I sat...
What I Wish I Had Known After My First Pregnancy: Kendra’s Story
Exercising after pregnancy and giving birth can be such a daunting experience. Not only do you have a small baby at home who demands all...
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