The Female Pelvic Floor
with Leslie Howard
guest teacher from San Francisco!
Saturday, April 10, 2010
1:00-5:00pm
Registration
Cost is $50 if paid by Wednesday, April 7, or $55 after. Tucson Yoga Members receive $10 off.
This workshop is full
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A healthy pelvic floor is more than doing Kegals. Proper work of strengthening and stabilizing the pelvic floor helps to create the correct foundation of each movement in the body. It is a basic tool to avoid loss of energy from this important area. A strong pelvic floor helps keep the pelvic and abdominal organs healthy as we age.
The female pelvis and the pelvic muscles are an under-appreciated region of the anatomy. Important not only for sexuality, the pelvic muscles are crucial for optimal functioning of the body. The pelvic muscles begin at perineum and are a complex arrangement of muscles that hold all of the lower organs. Heredity, life-style, and child birth all have an effect on the perineum and the pelvic floor muscles. Common problems related to the health of the pelvis are lumbar spinal problems, sacroiliac, hip or sciatic pain, bladder weakness, and digestive, menstrual and sexual difficulties. This area can be overly gripped, weak or both.
In this workshop you will learn how to distinguish the three layers of the pelvic floor and how to soften and strengthen these areas. We'll begin with descriptions, drawings, hand-outs, and identification of the pelvic floor muscles. We'll then perform a series of specific exercises for self-discovery, and then specific poses and exercises to increase the flexibility, strength, and coordination of each of the pelvic functions.
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Leslie Howard, from the San Francisco Bay Area, has taught workshops nationwide about yoga and the female pelvis, and she taught this workshop at the 2010 Yoga Journal conference in San Francisco. Find more information on Leslie's website at www.lesliehowardyoga.com. |
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