Yoga for Pelvic Floor and Postpartum Health: An Iyengar Yoga Approach to Pelvic Healing and Integrative Wellness through Anatomy and Practice | Rebecca Weisman, Meagen Satinsky
The first comprehensive anatomy and yoga practice manual for postpartum pelvic healinga gender-inclusive guide to poses, practices, and exercises for pelvic-floor, pain, dysfunction, and recovery Includes full-color photos, 7 weeks of yoga sequences, and an individualized step-by-step guided self-assessment Pelvic floor pain, injury, and dysfunction are incredibly common among postpartum peoplebut despite the critical importance of ongoing pelvic support and recovery post-birth, most doctors, physical therapists, and healing professionals simply arent equipped to offer helpful, personalized advice to ease postpartum symptoms like postpartum pain, discomfort, urinary incontinence, and painful intercourse. Rebecca Weisman (CIYT, CYT) and Meagen Satinsky (MPT, PYT) offer the first comprehensive anatomy and yoga practice manual geared toward healing postpartum pelvic issues. With full-color images, accessible tools, and step-by-step poses and breathwork exercises, Yoga for Pelvic Floor and Postpartum Health empowers readers to get to know this vital part of their own bodyand reclaim agency in caring for their own postpartum recovery, postural support, organ health, and sexual function. Part 1: Anatomy reviews the anatomy of the pelvis and surrounding regions, with a special emphasis on helping you develop a deeper, more knowledgeable, and more loving connection to your own body Part 2: Sequences of Asana for Practice introduces Iyengar yoga and breathwork practices to support pelvic healingand guides you through a flexible 7-week asana sequence that you can do on your own time and come back to again and again Part 3: Special Topics addresses specific pelvic concerns like painful intercourse, perineal tears, Cesarean delivery, pelvic organ prolapse, diastasis rectus abdominis, urinary issues, pelvic pain during menopause, low back pain, postpartum depression and anxiety, and more Yoga for Pelvic Floor and Postpartum Health is appropriate for any stage of your postpartum journeywhether you gave birth vaginally or by Cesarean, ten days, ten weeks, or ten years ago. With a guided self-assessment, full-color and 3-D layered graphics, and compassionate, expert counsel, readers can return to specific poses and sequences again and again on their pelvic healing journey.
Yoga for Pelvic Floor and Postpartum Health: An Iyengar Yoga Approach to Pelvic Healing and Integrative Wellness through Anatomy and Practice | 
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The good stuff first. The anatomy section is amazing. It is important to know the different layers of pelvic floor, the muscle fibres, and how it connects to the rest of the body.
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This bit was the best part of the book. It was suitable for everyone and was written in an accessible way.
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Many of the exercises require props which not everyone will have. This includes teachers. I had no idea what a trestle was and I've never seen that in a yoga studio.
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The exercises themselves were interesting. There are better and more accessible exercises than the ones shown in this book. They might not strictly be yoga though.
⬇️ 2mo
I wouldn't recommend this to the general population. I would recommend it as a teaching aid purely for the anatomy section.
Thanks to #Netgalley for the #ARC
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