This guest post is by Liz Gillem Duncanson, MPT, ATC, CSCS , PYT, of Body Temple Physical Therapy in Oakland, CA. Visit Liz at www.bodytemplept.com Yoga Couch, Part 2: How to fold a yoga couch in 6 easy steps. In our brief post from December 2012, The Yoga Couch, we learned that yoga students love the external support…
Health Care a Basic Human Right: A Worldview of the Four Systems of Health Care I am continuously saddened by the lack of quality health care offered in America. Barriers to receipt of health care are higher than ever. I have seen terrible things delivered in the name of “medicine” over my 15+ short years…
The Power of Earth Day Today is Earth Day, but it is also my son, Michael’s, Surgery Day. This date makes my heart tighten for many reasons, and I want to share my story of how trauma’s power can be harnessed for strength, wisdom and a greater capacity to love. Earth Day makes me grateful…
Women’s Health Neglected In the US If you are a women and you live in America, then your health is, quite likely, being neglected. And many women don’t even realize it. A significant report on the future of women’s health published today reveals that women are still being left out of research, despite a 1993…
Pelvic Pain Recovery: Getting Your Life Back with Yoga This is part 4, an unexpected extension of the trilogy in our journey with Kate, who is a physical therapist and mother of two working diligently to overcome serious pelvic girdle pain (PGP). In the last post (part 3), I discussed the benefits of using yoga for…
Why the American Attitude Toward Mothers Must Change Are you a mother? father? Do you know a mother or father? Care about a mother or father? Care about children? Then this post should hit a nerve. I want to share a poignant and heart squeezing personal story of why our collective attitude toward moms in…
Advocating for Anti-Cancer Care in the US I can sum up 20 years of frustration from seeing women (and men) not get the health care they need in one sentence: We need health care, not the SICK care we currently have in the United States. The World Health Organization speaks loud and clear in their…
Relief from Pelvic Pain: How Yoga Can Help (Part 3) (Yogically) Moving Toward Healing and Well-Being A common posture I prescribe to mothers experiencing pelvic pain after childbirth (even if, like Kate, they are 5 or more years postpartum), is the accordion fold yoga posture. It is a restorative yoga posture, a posture for meditation,…
This is part 2 in a 3-part series on finding relief from pelvic pain through physical therapy, yoga, and other complementary therapies. Part 1 discussed how to recognize pelvic pain, and what therapies are available. Question from Kate, a mother of two boys, ages 5 and 7: I have pelvic pain due to a non-relaxing pelvic floor….
Finding Relief from Pelvic Pain (Part 1) This is part 1 in a 3-part series on finding relief from pelvic pain through physical therapy, yoga, and other complementary therapies. Question from Kate, a mother of two boys, ages 5 and 7: I have pelvic pain due to a non-relaxing pelvic floor. I cannot even sit…
This week’s post is by guest blogger Renee Trudeau. Visit her at www.ReneeTrudeau.com Meditation and Yoga Retreat on Emerald Isle, NC (c)Ginger Garner 2013 It’s 1976, and my mom and dad are sitting quietly with their eyes closed, hands resting upward — thumb and index finger touching — while my younger…
Better Birth Starts by Watching This Pictured with my third son, safely caught by my husband with the assistance of our marvelous midwife, Mary Georgetown University researcher Ryan McAllister asks this question about American birth, “Would you pay full price for something that is broken?” Thank you to Ryan McAllister and his team for this excellent…