Talk around Pelvic Floor (PF) most often revolves around tightening, but being able to relax is just as important. Chronically tight PF muscles can lead to constipation, painful sex, and difficulty urinating.

As it turns out this is absolutely 100% completely the wrong thing to do. In order for our inhale the have all of the calming effects claimed by every Yogi out there, we need to expand our diaphragm.

I finally have a dedicated yoga space that isn’t next to the lawn mower, or in the middle of my living room!

Inhale to expand, exhale to relax and gather.

I’m not a fan of the classical Yoga version of Bridge.

I prefer, “Roll your shoulders down and back, lift your heart, lift your tailbone”

And of course, I made things way too complicated to start out.

Try this instead: Take a big expansive inhale, and on your exhale engage your abdomen from the bottom up.

Hi! It’s me. I’m a chronic over-complicator and over-thinker. I tie myself in knots jumping to the most complex and unlikely scenarios and then wonder why I always feel over-whelmed and stuck.

Communication only works if the person receiving it understands what you’re saying.