3 Tips for Easy Healthy Living
As we jump into Fall and before the whirlwind of the holidays is upon us, I think it’s a great time to focus on returning to easy, healthy habits that can carry you through the holiday season. Here is what…
Hilary V
6 Reasons You Need a Night Away… ALONE
Recently I went on a little staycation… by myself! It wasn’t anything all that extravagant and truth be told I was literally 1 mile from home, but this was a big thing for me. I feel like there are…
Pelvic Floor Therapists are not all Created Equal…
Pelvic floor therapy is fairly new on the therapy scene. Only a decade ago you rarely heard about people receiving pelvic floor therapy. Fortunately, over the past decade a lot has changed including the number of pelvic floor therapists…
5-second Postpartum Posture Hack
This one tip has changed the posture of countless clients in less than 5 seconds. I always assess the standing posture of clients. A common postural correction I see in postpartum is too much weight on the forefoot (toward…
3 Reasons Your Feel Out of Sync as a New Mom
You just had your baby. It was a beautiful birth. You initially felt over the moon, then you sorted your way through those inevitable baby blues and now you are months postpartum but for some reason you are still…
A Brief History of Kegels
Awareness of the pelvic floor muscles can be found throughout cultures around the world for thousands of years. The best example of humans awareness of the presence of pelvic floor musculature is from yoga. Mula Bandha is a version…
Stiff Hips? Try this..
The other day I was on a walk, when I saw a pregnant woman walking toward me. What instantly stood out to me was how her hips were not moving with her body. It was as if they were…
5 Phases of Postpartum Recovery
I think it’s high time to scrap this idea of bouncing back, returning to your usual exercise regimen at 6 weeks or any notion that what you did before being pregnant is the goal after becoming a mom. It’s…
The Holistic Birth Dream Team
When I gave birth, 8 and 5 ½ years ago, my dream team was my husband along with the luck of the draw on doctor on call and nurse on duty. This is the case for SOOO many women…
The Things I Did Right in My First Pregnancy
I was blessed with a beautiful, easy, and healthy first pregnancy that concluded with a beautiful natural birth. What I now know is I got darn lucky with some things I consciously chose to do. Basically, I followed my…