You have been told to squeeze it, lift it, hold it. What if that is the very thing keeping your pelvic floor stuck?
In this episode I am making the case for something that feels completely counter-intuitive: to reconnect your pelvic floor, you have to let it go first. I take you through a simple exercise you can do right now that will show you exactly why lengthening before contracting gives you more power, more range and more strength than holding ever could.
I also introduce the four stages of competence as a way of understanding where your pelvic floor is right now, and what it actually means to reach unconscious competence, where your pelvic floor responds without a single conscious thought. That is the goal. And it is possible.
This one is especially important if you have been told you have a hypertonic pelvic floor, if Kegels have not worked, or if you have spent years pulling everything in and wondering why nothing has changed.
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