Yoga-based practices for the pelvic floor can help with various health issues, including pelvic pain; lower back, hip, or groin problems; discomfort during sex or while using tampons; leakage when laughing or sneezing; having to go the bathroom too often, or prolapsed pelvic organs.

Proper strengthening and stabilizing of the pelvic floor help to create the correct foundation for each movement in the body. This is the true meaning of "core work."

In this online course, study online with yoga therapist and pelvic floor expert Leslie Howard as she shares the evidence-based yoga practices for pelvic floor health used in studies on the benefits of yoga for pelvic floor health with a specific focus on incontinence and pelvic pain.

Whether you experience any of these conditions or are just plain curious about how to create greater tone and balance of the pelvic floor, this course contains a wealth of helpful and practical information.

Leslie will share the yoga protocols she created for studies  on yoga for incontinence and pelvic pain. The women who participated in the yoga program in the study experienced an overall 70 percent improvement – or reduction – in the frequency of their urine leakage compared to the baseline!

In this course, you will learn how to locate, assess, soften, stretch, strengthen, and exercise the muscle groups of the pelvic floor and their crucial role in abdominal health. 

What You Will Learn

• The anatomy lecture and physiology of the pelvic floor and the factors that predispose you to incontinence.
• Practices to help awaken your awareness of the pelvic floor and how to engage the pelvic floor in asanas.
• How to determine whether your pelvic floor issues are linked to a pelvic floor that is too loose or too tight.
• The keys to proper pelvic floor engagement and how to use specific asanas and breathwork to address the two types of pelvic floor imbalances. 
• How to release and stretch overactive muscles that may lead to pelvic pain issues. 
• A yoga practice geared toward relieving pelvic pain and minor adjustments that can be made when working on releasing tight muscles will follow the lecture.