New questions/input

about the walking, make sure you're walking in posture. also flapping your arms as you walk (if you can tolerate the looks you'll get) helps maintain the posture.
I think this will improve with time, it did for me. not sure if it was because I got better at staying in posture or what specifically, but initially I was only able to walk five min before feeling bulgy and now I can walk as long as I like, no problem.

not sure about the worsening POP after your morning bm. your guess might be right on the money though. maybe once the stool is gone, there is more room for other organs to fill the space. I would try some firebreathing right after the bm and see if that doesn't help. anyway, I find that's the best time to do the firebreathing.

standing IS a good idea. standing in ww posture, against gravity is probably the most powerful way to slowly but surely reshape fascia. like water against a rock. obviously rest when you are tired and sit when you like, but dont' shy away from standing. just try to keep the posture.

keep coming back with questions

Hey Dreamer,

I am fairly new here so I am not in advice giving mode. Just wanted to share that standing/walking feels better for me than sitting/resting. Better for my POP for sure.
I feel overall better after a month or so, don't give up! Keep up the good work! :)
Liv

I am new and confused. I do not have the book or the DVD. What is this posture and firebreathing that everyone is talking about?

Blessings, meribelle

OK Every time I go throw my ww info find something I have missed. What in heck is the flapping for and how do you do it?LOL Tonight I will be going back over book and tapes and all. Now I am doing all the research I can on the pubic bones and positioning etc. Really want to know about the flapping and may be glad I live in the woods of Maine.LOL

Hint: latisimus dorsi, in Saving the Wholewoman, the chapter on pelvic support. This chapter is the powerhouse of understanding how goings on in our pelvic region are determined by what happens in other parts of our body. It attaches to the underside of humerus (long bone of the arm) at the top, and to the outside of the coccyx/sacrum at the bottom, and along both sides of the spine up to just above the bottom of the ribcage. It is basically a sheet of non-stretchy ligament with a half twist at the top and a bit of muscle to accommodate the half twist and give it a bit of spring. When you lift your arms up *really* high it pulls the coccyx out and up, and allows the top of the sacrum and the lumbar and lower thoracic spine to move forwards, accentuating pelvic nutation and lumbar curve. The half twist allows some extra length pull on the lower sacrum. It is a *very* clever piece of engineering!

Flapping exercises basically keep your lower spine flexible. It is the reason why so much of the WW workouts are done with raised arms. It is almost impossible to reach high and tuck your butt at the same time. That's why you need to be able to reach your arms up as high as possible on a regular basis.

Louise

Heavenly, sorry but you still may not be safe from being seen flapping by others! I was once out hiking with a friend in a really remote area and was describing to her the postural stuff, in full posture regalia including holding my pubic bone and coccyx and doing a little nutation mambo to describe things, and I was so enthralled with what i was doing that I did not notice a group of about 6 very serious hikers who were watching my Elvis type gyrations from a safe distance. So beware, though if you are really remote you may just baffle the wildlife!

Thanks Louise again for your help. Not sure how high to flap but will go back again to the place you told me. I live near a tiny airport and sort of tourist area with things flying over head all the time. They better keep their eyes on the skys and not on my flaps. Love ya

Hi Friend,

Brother is it windy here today. Have to keep our doors closed cause the bears are on the move with their cubs. I open the door and peek around the corner before I get in the car. I hope the flapping doesn't trigger them into thinking I am a danger.LOL

Anyway my question is this. My sister went roller skating and said it was great fun. I asked do they stand up really tall when they skate or do they bend one way or the other. She said they have to stand straight. OK that is good! Now I know when you skate you always point your skates outward when you push like Christine in her excercises for ballet. She says toes pointed out good for the lower half. What do you think? Do you think this would be a good excercise for my (our) condition? Great for building the glutes and weight loss and breathing. What is your thought? I value your opinion!!!! So many on this forum have been so helpful. I need more excercise. By the way, think I am getting the breathing down.

Sorry Heavenly, I have only ever skated two or three times. I could just stay upright and hold hands with somebody skating around the rink (which was, by the way, a converted picture theatre in the city, when I was about twelve years old).

Fancy living in a place where you have to check for bears before getting in the car! where do you live? Will you have trouble with the Mamma bears in the woods while you are flapping?

Is your other name Goldilocks?