Like A Natural Woman. - 3 - Let It Flow When You Want It To
Like A Natural Woman - 3 - Let It Flow When You Want It To
The Sensitive Topic of Continence
Based on “Pelvic Floor Discovery - 3 - Front and Back” as taught by Deborah Bowes, GCFT
The Mayo Clinic tells us urine incontinence, or the involuntary leakage of urine, is a common symptom that affects 1 in 4 women. Prevalence of this problem increases with age, as up to 75 percent of women above age 65 report urine leakage.
NIH Council on Aging reports that with age, the elastic bladder tissue may toughen and become less stretchy. A less stretchy bladder cannot hold as much urine as before and might make you go to the bathroom more often. The bladder wall and pelvic floor muscles may weaken, making it harder to empty the bladder fully and causing urine to leak when you laugh, cough, lift objects or when you simply least expect it.
image source: www.myhealth.alberta.ca
This week’s lesson is dedicated to leak prevention. Did you know that a healthy stream lasts 8-15 seconds? Less than that, and you are peeing too often. You might need to recalibrate your nervous system for less frequency. Over 15 seconds and you are waiting too long.
This lesson is supine (lie on your back) lesson with a lot of pelvic rocking to establish a kinesthetic sense of the pelvic floor. First come the abs, then gradually we add contractions of the anus and ureter. This is the first step towards letting if flow, or not, as you want.
Science Nerd Candy Bowl:
Female Pelvic Floor Muscle – 3D animation (muscles of peeing)
How Do We Pee – 3D Animation. (Science art – includes nervous system up to 1:50))
You might also want to review these anatomy 3D simulations of the pelvic floor musculature and fascia:
Set Up:
Lying on your back on a mat with the support you like for your head and back
Sitting on a flat bottom chair with knees and hips level
(Optional) Support to go from floor to standing at beginning and end of lesson
Download the Healing Sounds Chart here
How you might feel after this lesson: Festive; Open; Connected; Joyful; Fluid in torso, able to turn on a dime; Able to use your breath and relaxation to dance and dance and dance. Ready for it to be spring already!
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