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Taught by Deborah Bowes PT, CFT
This program is an innovative
approach that combines the latest in medical research about pelvic floor
function, with the Feldenkrais Method® of Somatic Education. Pelvic
Health and Awareness for Women and Men is a step-by-step program to
improve your awareness and function of the pelvic floor.
Developed by Deborah Bowes, PT,
these gentle exercises in this program go beyond any existing pelvic
floor training program. The exercises are effective for improving bladder
control, reducing back or pelvic pain, and recovering from childbirth,
abdominal or prostate surgery or trauma. They are also useful for sexual
functioning, digestive troubles and hip problems. Equestrians, dancers
and movement teachers will find immediate application in their own field.
The exercises in the Pelvic Health and Awareness program, supported
by the research, emphasize the use of the pelvic floor muscles with
other muscles in the hips, legs, and torso, as part of a coordinated
system. The lessons use larger functional movements, breathing, imagery
and directed attention to improve awareness and control of the pelvic
floor.
The audio program includes everything
you need to know in order to benefit. When you have completed the program,
you will have more awareness and control of the pelvic floor. The lessons
have easy to follow instructions for what to do, how to do it, and where
to direct your attention.
There are six educational talks
and six easy to do Awareness Through Movement lessons. Lessons 1-4 are
done lying on a firmly padded surface, like a carpet, exercise mat or
folded blanket, and lesson 5-6 explore using the pelvic floor as you
sit and move on a firm chair. These novel and gentle exercises are easy
to do and appropriate for all adults. You don't need any special equipment,
just your CD player and thirty minutes a day to see steady improvement.
6 talks and 6 lessons on 3 CDs:
Price $60.00
Includes detailed instruction
booklet.
Talks include:
1. Introduction
2. How to do the
lessons
3. How to benefit
from the program
4. Locating parts
of the pelvis
5. The pelvic floor
as a dynamic system
6. Habits and the
pelvic floor
Lessons include:
1. Breathing to
relax and balance the nervous system
2. Activating the
right and left sides of pelvic floor
3. Engaging the
abdominals
4. Activating the
front and back of the pelvic floor
5. Dynamic sitting
with the right and left sides of the pelvic floor
6. Dynamic sitting
with the front and back of the pelvic floor
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