FREE Virtual Workshop: Learn How to Support the Well-Being of Your Pelvic Floor

Virtual Workshop:
Learn How to Support the Well-being of Your Pelvic Floor

with Donna Brooks, BS, RSMT, C-IAYT
Somatic Movement Educator and Yoga Therapist

Thursday, February 23rd, 2023 • 7pm – 8pm

FREE!

Click Here to Register!

It is estimated that between ¼ and ⅓ of all women will struggle with some form of pelvic floor dysfunction in their lifetime. This is a HUGE number, and yet we suffer in silence. We are embarrassed by the symptoms, and we often feel broken or ashamed. To make things worse, it is often very difficult to get the help and support you need which can be devastatingly isolating.
 

Your pelvic floor is directly related to stress, resilience, and good movement function.

Your pelvic floor, when operating well, has both the strength and fluidity of a jellyfish. It's smooth and strong and by honoring its natural intelligence you can also smooth out your emotional life.

Unlocking the natural and healthy movements of our pelvic floor helps us heal from pelvic floor dysfunction and build our emotional and mental resilience at the same time. It is a gentle but powerful process, which for some women can be life-changing.

If you are experiencing prolapse, pain, weakness, incontinence, and stress, this mini-workshop is for you! Join us with Donna Brooks at 7pm on February 23rd to learn more.

During this class, we will...

• Discover the individual sides of the “pelvic bone” and how they work with your sacrum and hips to support your pelvic floor
• Understand and engage the 3 layers of muscle and connective tissue that make up your pelvic floor
• Find ways of walking, sitting and bending that support pelvic floor strength and diastasis repair
• Integrate your tail bone for healthy pelvic movement (even if it's been broken or in pain)
   

This pelvic floor therapy workshop is a fantastic way to learn the fundamentals of your pelvic floor, stress regulation and embodiment. It really is for anyone wanting to realize optimal pelvic floor health.

Helpful blog post links for pain relief assistance through somatic movement:

- Relieving Pain and Building Strength -
- Why You Might Need a Walking Course -

ABOUT DONNA BROOKS, BS, RSMT, C-IAYT

Donna is a certified Yoga Therapist and a Registered Somatic Movement Therapist and Educator with a bachelor's degree from SUNY Stony Brook. She has been teaching yoga since 1981 and somatics since 1993. She is trained in Iyengar yoga and has studied with Somatics pioneers like Thomas Hanna, Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen, and Emilie Conrad. She's also learned about the geometry and physics of movement and momentum with tennis pro Art Carrington as well as through Contact Improvisation, and she is even trained in the healing groundwork of Judith Blackstone.

In the 1980s, Donna worked with Karin Stephen to teach yoga to AIDS patients. She has also presented her approach to using tensegrity and fascia for Parkinson's patients at Dartmouth—Hitchcock Parkinson's conferences, and offered movement labs at Northfield Mount Hermon School, the University of Massachusetts, Norwich University and Greenfield Community College. She has instructed courses for the Pioneer Valley TBI support group, as well as Cancer Connection, and ran an ongoing pain clinic at Valley Medical Group in Greenfield for 6 years.

Ready to meet Donna? Watch her introduction video here, then check out the following:

• Balance while Walking
• Walking and Ankle Mobility

To get in touch with Donna, you can visit her website at www.originalbodywisdom.com or e-mail donnabrooks@gmail.com