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Pelvic Floor Revisited: Spiraling In - 10 - Pressure Drop, Practice Relax

Pelvic Floor Revisited: Spiraling In - 10 - Pressure Drop, Practice Relax

Shift your attention to relaxing the pelvic floor to receive the inhale and all that goes with it. Sense the moment when the pelvic floor releases and the moment it engages. Simple hip lifts are the structure for the exploration.

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Pelvic Floor Revisited: Spiraling In - 9 - Feet, Floor, Eyes

Pelvic Floor Revisited: Spiraling In - 9 - Feet, Floor and Eyes

Connecting feet to the pelvic floor, with a little guidance from the eyes. Paint the floor with a lovely, creamy, blob of paint that lets you slide in all directions to sense from foot to floor to pelvic floor.

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Pelvic Floor Revisited: Spiraling In - 8 - Shoulders Down, Floor Up

Pelvic Floor Revisited: Spiraling In - 8 - Shoulders Down, Floor UP

Find the power in your exhale: as the shoulders ground down, the pelvic floor contracts up. The combination, in the right sequence, creates stability and freedom to direct your power.

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Pelvic Floor Revisited: Spiraling In - 7 - Strong Floor, Easy Chest, Smart Psoas, Sideways

Pelvic Floor Revisited: Spiraling In - 7 - Strong Floor, Easy Chest, Smart Psoas, Sideways

Build on last week’s lesson of supine heel-lifting to sync the mysterious psoas and breathing. Apply your legs’ weight in slow, eccentric contractions to strengthen the pelvic floor and spinal muscles for supported, sustainable movement. A continuation of AY 97 with side lying variations.

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Pelvic Floor Revisited: Spiraling In - 6 - Strong Floor, Easy Chest

Pelvic Floor Revisited: Spiraling In - 6 - Strong Floor, Easy Chest

Apply your legs’ weight in slow, eccentric contractions to strengthen the pelvic floor and muscles along the spine. A strong floor, stacked spine, and soft chest enable new movement options including deeper breaths.

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Don’t Just Do Something, Just Sit - Self Massage Session 1

Just Sit There - 1 - Self Massage

Sometimes it's best to DO nothing and just sit there. We add to just sitting a little self massage. Best on a chair.

Release the neck and shoulders by massaging your collarbones, breastbone and ribs. Be the quiet in the roil.

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LessonsJacki KatzmanSeptember 30, 2024spine, pelvic floor, practical pelvic floor application, clavicles, Just Sit, meditation, breath

Like A Natural Woman - Extra Extra - Great Hip Balancer / Opener

Like A Natural Woman - Extra Extra - Great Hip Balancer/Opener

Moving the whole self around the pelvis to find greater overall balance - continuation and finale.

Pelvic floor balance is critical to overall balance in standing and sitting. Now is the perfect time to start improving your balance. Your future self is thanking you.

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Like A Natural Woman - Extra - Great Hip Balancer

Like A Natural Woman - Extra - Great Hip Balancer

Moving the whole self around the pelvis to find greater overall balance.

Pelvic floor balance is critical to overall balance in standing and sitting. Now is the perfect time to start improving your balance. Your future self is thanking you.

New Student Registration for the series. Continuing students use ongoing login. $40/month or $15/individual class. PayPal or Venmo: jackisue@aol.com. Or Jacki Katzman, PO Box 116, Bethlehem, NH 03574

Like A Natural Woman - Easy Leg Lifts for Hips and Floor

Like A Natural Woman - Extra Lesson 1

Easy leg lifts to feel into the hips and pelvic floor.

Pelvic floor balance is critical to overall balance in standing and sitting. Now is the perfect time to start improving your balance. Your future self is thanking you.

New Student Registration for the series. Continuing students use ongoing login. $40/month or $15/individual class. PayPal or Venmo: jackisue@aol.com. Or Jacki Katzman, PO Box 116, Bethlehem, NH 03574

Like A Natural Woman - 12 - Stand In Awareness

Like A Natural Woman - 11- Stand and Sit from the FLoor

Feel the pelvic floor kick in as you stand and sit. "Elegance is the only beauty that never fades."

Pelvic floor balance is critical to overall balance in standing and sitting. Now is the perfect time to start improving your balance. Your future self is thanking you.

New Student Registration for the series. Continuing students use ongoing login. $40/month or $15/individual class. PayPal or Venmo: jackisue@aol.com. Or Jacki Katzman, PO Box 116, Bethlehem, NH 03574

Like A Natural Woman - 11- Sit and Stand from the Floor

Like A Natural Woman - 11- Stand and Sit from the FLoor

Feel the pelvic floor kick in as you stand and sit. Big for awareness, control, and strengthening.

Pelvic floor balance is critical to overall balance in standing and sitting. Now is the perfect time to start improving your balance. Your future self is thanking you.

New Student Registration for the series. Continuing students use ongoing login. $40/month or $15/individual class. PayPal or Venmo: jackisue@aol.com. Or Jacki Katzman, PO Box 116, Bethlehem, NH 03574

Like A Natural Woman - 10 - More Glutes, More Floor

Like A Natural Woman - 10- More Glutes, More Floor

Glutes support the entire pelvic floor system. Use the big muscles for what they evolved to do: stand tall and breath easily. Better balance too. This lesson turns on the headlights for better alignment.

Pelvic floor balance is critical to overall balance in standing and sitting. Now is the perfect time to start improving your balance. Your future self is thanking you.

New Student Registration for the series. Continuing students use ongoing login. $40/month or $15/individual class. PayPal or Venmo: jackisue@aol.com. Or Jacki Katzman, PO Box 116, Bethlehem, NH 03574

Like A Natural Woman - 9 - Glute Grab and Breathe

Like A Natural Woman -9 - Glute Grab and Breathe

Glutes support the entire pelvic floor system. Use the big muscles for what they evolved to do: stand tall and breath easily. Better balance too.

Pelvic floor balance is critical to overall balance in standing and sitting. Now is the perfect time to start improving your balance. Your future self is thanking you.

New Student Registration for the series. Continuing students use ongoing login. $40/month or $15/individual class. PayPal or Venmo: jackisue@aol.com. Or Jacki Katzman, PO Box 116, Bethlehem, NH 03574

LessonsJacki KatzmanAugust 6, 2024like a natural woman, spine, pelvic floor, legs to chest, breath, ay97

Like A Natural Woman - 8- Pelvic Floor Makes Legs Lift Lighter

Like A Natural Woman -8- Legs Lift Lighter When Pelvic Floor

A wisely enaged pelvic floor makes leg lifting lighter

Pelvic floor balance is critical to overall balance in standing and sitting. Now is the perfect time to start improving your balance. Your future self is thanking you.

New Student Registration for the series. Continuing students use ongoing login. $40/month or $15/individual class. PayPal or Venmo: jackisue@aol.com. Or Jacki Katzman, PO Box 116, Bethlehem, NH 03574

LessonsJacki KatzmanJuly 30, 2024like a natural woman, spine, pelvic floor, legs to chest, breath, ay97

Like A Natural Woman - 7 - Lift a Leg a Little

Like A Natural Woman -7 - Lift a Leg a Little

Build spinal and pelvic floor power with a little lift of the leg. Find unnecessary, tiring, excessive movements that that slow you down and begin to just let them go.

Pelvic floor balance is critical to overall balance in standing and sitting. Now is the perfect time to start improving your balance. Your future self is thanking you.

New Student Registration for the series. Continuing students use ongoing login. $40/month or $15/individual class. PayPal or Venmo: jackisue@aol.com. Or Jacki Katzman, PO Box 116, Bethlehem, NH 03574

LessonsJacki KatzmanJuly 23, 2024like a natural woman, pelvic floor, legs to chest, spine, breath, ay97

Like a Natural Woman - 6 - Soft Lips - The Cork Lesson

Like A Natural Woman - 6 - Soft Lips

The ring muscle system synergizes the movement of all the circular muscles in the body. In other words, soft smiling lips are good for the pelvic floor. We can all use a good smile session.

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LessonsJacki KatzmanJuly 16, 2024like a natural woman, cork lesson, pelvic floor, spine, lips

String of Pearls/Solid Support - Finale - Whole Body Integration

String of Pearls/Solid Support: Spine in the Middle

Spiraling through the series themes; old lesson with new options, new awareness.

Taking it to the center with a series exploring the spine from the tip of the tongue to the root of the sacrum. Take time to notice the the subtle shifts in balance with just a slight tip to one side of the jaw. Feel the echos through the neck, shoulders, spine, pelvis, eyes and hands. Lots to chew on.

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String of Pearls/Solid Support - 12 - Rolling The Strand From The Top

String of Pearls/Solid Support: Spine in the Middle

Reaching and rollling - extending the spine from the head down, connecting mid-back to the whole

Taking it to the center with a series exploring the spine from the tip of the tongue to the root of the sacrum. Take time to notice the the subtle shifts in balance with just a slight tip to one side of the jaw. Feel the echos through the neck, shoulders, spine, pelvis, eyes and hands. Lots to chew on.

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