progress

hello everyone,
I am pleased to report some progress. It is just over a year since I discovered my uterine prolapse. Some standard misguided medical advice (hysterectomy - which I refused), followed by wild amounts of research, led me fairly quickly to this work, which resonated immediately. In common with many others, it seems, it has taken a while to see consistent results and to transform fears into opportunities. During the year I have studied much and learnt what works for me; essentially focussing on posture, again and again and again. But also focussing on attitude. During the last six months or so I have made sure to take a minimum half hour 'mindful walk' daily, usually in the morning. During the walk I repeat the instructions to myself silently : lift chest, relax belly, shoulders down ( and broad back, gaze forward, chin lightly tucked, head free). I also visualise my uterus lifting up and resting forward, up and forward, up and forward. I send love and appreciation to my uterus (to contradict the fearfulness and self-criticisms, as well as the usual thoughtless words and touch from gynaecologists in the past). I whisper encouragement to myself : bad habits can be unlearned! This is a training - mental and physical! For the moment the daily focussed walk has replaced all my many previous 'exercise' routines, stretching etc. Even the dancing, for now. The simplicity and meditative quality of the walk seems to remind me to stay aware of how i am standing, sitting or moving during the rest of the day.
Apart from the fact that I feel fitter, stand taller and try my best to notice when I am tensing my belly and repeatedly release her - I have been astonished to discover how pervasive this was in my life - I have also had some objective measuring of my progress by an outside eye and pair of hands. This has occurred as a side 'benefit' of the fact that since the prolapse became evident I have been going for a once monthly session (visceral manipulation) to soften extensive abdominal adhesions that have caused or complicated other pelvic problems : the ovarian cysts and a blocked fallopian tube, which in turn were pushing on the uterus.
In these sessions with a skilled and respectful practitioner I have had it confirmed that for four months now my uterus is once again consistently anteverted, following four years of being retroverted ( I learned this from over a decade of yearly scan reports to monitor ovarian cysts; at the time the change from being anteverted went unremarked by the person doing the scans).I now know from the Whole Woman work, of course, that a retroverted uterus is one of the first stages, or symptoms of prolapse.
Okay, so, by the end of the day she often slips down again - though not always - and I sometimes find myself 'checking' too much…but all in all this progress is miraculous enough for me to gratefully report to anyone starting out that yes, this excellent work works and some at least of the symptoms can be reversed, including for those of us who are lucky enough to have lived more than sixty years (I am sixty-five).
Thank you to Christine and to all those who put time and energy into this forum and related activities, which have helped so many of us to help ourselves.