Core-Safe Baby Carrying
One key to healing your core after pregnancy is your alignment. I often discuss how three key alignment changes (hips over heels, neutral pelvis, and neutral ribs) minimize intra-abdominal pressure and turn on the deep core muscles. But for many new moms, a common...
Two Tips To Stop Pelvic Floor Leaks
As moms, it has become normal to joke about peeing our pants. I get it. We use humor when talking about difficult topics. While incontinence may be common in postpartum women, it is not normal. In fact, leaking is a sign of dysfunction in the core/pelvic floor...
3 Ways To Relieve Tightness In Your Neck And Shoulders
Upper back and neck discomfort are some of the most common issues we hear about from moms. Why is that? Well, for one, moms spend a lot of time ‘rounding.’ As a mother to a little one you may be breastfeeding and carrying babies. On top of that, we live in a culture...
How To Ease Into Fitness After Birth
I often get questions about how to jump back into physical activity after having a baby. Postpartum women want to know: where do I start? Today, I lay out when to start, what to avoid, and what postpartum milestones matter. Read below or watch the video! First 6-8...
12 Days of Core Strength
I recently hosted 12 Days of Core Strength on the brb Yoga Facebook Page. (P.S. If you aren’t following me over there, you should! I go live regularly with new tips). Each day is a super simple, super practical change you can make in your day-to-day life to improve...
How to “Fix” Your Body After Pregnancy
A postpartum body has a lot going on. A weak core and pelvic floor create a whole host of compensations in other parts of the body...weak glutes, tight hips, and a tight back, to name a few. (If you haven’t already, you might want to check out this post on exactly...
To Plank Or Not To Plank? That Is The Question
“When can I do plank again?” If I had a nickel for every time I’ve heard this question… I tell my students to stop practicing certain yoga poses while strengthening their core and closing their diastasis. Big backbends, deep twists, and traditional core strengtheners...
3 Things I Wish I’d Known About Postpartum Yoga And Diastasis Recti
I knew it in my heart before I knew it in my mind. Yoga is hurting me. I was so excited to begin practicing again at 8 weeks postpartum. I’d spent 10 months modifying for pregnancy, and 8 weeks healing from my daughter’s beautiful, painful birth. The idea of moving...