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Posture Focus: Holding Your Kids (Front Carry)
You likely hold your kids for HOURS on end (and while doing a million other things) so why not make it a part of your recovery routine? ...
Posture Focus: Stroller Walks
How do you feel after you push your stroller? Relaxed and loose or more tense than when you started? If you’re more tense, check out...
Postpartum repair is not just about your core and pelvic floor
It can be really easy to think that we just have to ‘do kegels’ and ‘do more core work’ to fully recover from having a baby. But hold up!...
How-to Video: How to do a proper kegel (with model visuals!)
This might be one of the most important videos you watch today. We’ll take you through how to do a kegel correctly (with a visual model...
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...
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 check yourself for Diastasis Recti
Diastasis Recti is the separation of the connective tissue between the six-pack muscles (the rectus abdominals). It happens when too much...
10 Keys to Getting Started With–And Sustaining–A Home Yoga Practice
A home yoga practice is KEY for keeping you moving through pregnancy and postpartum because really…who can make it to class every single...
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...
Redefining Your Postpartum Journey: The Dangers of Jumping Back into Exercise Too Quickly (Part 4/6)
Once you’ve wrapped your head around why we mamas have to exercise differently for a bit and the mental shift we have to deal with in...
Redefining Your Postpartum Journey: The 4 Keys to Pelvic Floor and Core Restoration (Part 6 of 6)
Learn the 4 keys of pelvic floor and core work: 1 – Alignment – your posture! The alignment of your ribs over your hips is super...
Redefining Your Postpartum Journey: You can be STRONG and Grateful at the Same Time (Part 5 of 6)
We believe that being strong and being grateful for the body that gave you your baby are not mutually exclusive. You don’t have to give...
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