still working on WW posture

Body: 

Some days seem OK and some days are not. Just hoping the OK days increase.
I have discovered that if I bend at the hips as in preparing for firebreathing, the cystocele slides back . It gets darn annoying at times especially trying to get the shopping done so I pretended I was fixing my shoe and bent over in the shopping centre. That was fine but it kept sliding back down again - to the introitus- that was a new word to learn about.
I was really working hard on my diet and exercise but life became hectic and I lost the plot for a bit.
I have also come to understand the bit about WW posture. When I lift my breasts and hold myself tall, I can feel the cystocele being sucked back up into my body- maybe not as much as I want but a small improvement. I can feel the tightening and page 15 Saving the Whole Woman and nutation are truly validated.

Hi Gardengirl,

It can be very frustrating. Are you *really* bending from your hips? Your hip joints are about the same height as the top of your pubic bones (behind your map of Tasmania).

I tried bending from the hips, and found that I could avoid vulval bulge sensations only if I bent my knees slightly and shifted my weight backwards, rocking onto my heels before moving my torso forward. As you are standing upright (trying to get your body organised in preparation for bending forwards), fix your eyes on a point at eye height and keep watching it as you bend forward. This is another thing to keep your spine straight. If you look downwards it tends to slouch your upper back as you bend, and the horrible sensation comes back. If my knees are straight it feels horrible in the vulva. When I put my hands on my thighs I move my weight forwards again so it is spread evenly over my whole foot, and lower my gaze. Then I feel balanced.

Rising to standing again you just reverse the process, the last step being to shift your weight back to evenly spread again, just like you were at the beginning.

STWW says to keep your head, shoulders and back in alignment all the way down, so don't arch your neck on the way down. Just keep your gaze up.

Try that.

Louise