When I first “cracked the code” on stabilizing and reversing prolapse, and wrote and published Saving the Whole Woman, I set up this forum. While I had finally gotten my own severe uterine prolapse under control with the knowledge I had gained, I didn’t actually know if I could teach other women to do for themselves what I had done for my condition.
So I just started teaching women on this forum. Within weeks, the women started writing back, “It’s working! I can feel the difference!”
From that moment on, the forum became the hub of the Whole Woman Community. Unfortunately, spammers also discovered the forum, along with the thousands of women we had been helping. The level of spamming became so intolerable and time-consuming, we regretfully took the forum down.
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Aging gracefully
October 1, 2017 - 11:02am
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Hi Yogamumof4 and welcome,
Hi Yogamumof4 and welcome,
You will find after studying the whole woman work and getting a better understanding of our actual natural posture that you will still be able to do so much including yoga. Traditional yoga is male orientated; Christine teaches us a yoga style that has the female body in mind and has many wonderful videos to choose from.
Also, you are only into a few weeks of a two year healing period postpartum, so your rectocele could very well heal on its own, and with the whole woman work behind you you will be able to feel those affects as you learn and practice the whole woman posture. Christine offers so many wonderful materials for our postpartum moms, and explains things so well.
Once you delve into this very important work, you will lose that fear and will be able to continue to do so much. Prolapse doesn't end anything. This is just the beginning for you.
Surviving60
October 1, 2017 - 1:06pm
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Yogamum
Hi and welcome. We don't worry too much about grades, because the organs are always moving around, and a Dx is nothing more than a snapshot of a particular moment in time. Yours sounds very mild, and you can keep it that way! If you know how to move and carry yourself, there are no restrictions on what you can do. And working with other pregnant moms, you have a unique opportunity, one might even say a responsibility, to help spread this priceless wisdom to the world. - Surviving
Yogamumof4
October 1, 2017 - 1:55pm
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Thank you so much for your
Thank you so much for your kind and reassuring posts. Looking at previous posts people have recommended the childbearing years talks. Is there any other I should purchase? I'm not sure which are most suitable? I'm going for Arvigo treatment next week has anyone else had this form of maya abdominal massage?
Aging gracefully
October 1, 2017 - 2:25pm
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There has been much
There has been much discussion about mayan massage on here. You can put that or anything else you may be curious about in the search box; we seem to have a little bit of everything discussed here on the forum.
The general consensus of mayan massage is that it can't hurt and feels good, but it will not help reverse prolapse. Prolapse management is postural.
Many of our first time ladies really like the Saving the Whole Woman book and First Aid for Prolapse DVD to start with, although there is a postpartum bundle that is fabulous too.
mummyduck13
October 1, 2017 - 2:37pm
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Mayan massage
I personally find Mayan Massage extremely helpful for prolapse. It gave me the time to do the whole woman work without being so uncomfortable. I still do the daily self care as I find it so beneficial to my overall health along with the posture.
Aging gracefully
October 1, 2017 - 3:04pm
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Christine discusses mayan
Christine discusses mayan massage in this thread, but also other threads as well:
https://www.wholewoman.com/forum/node/5958
The postural work is what gets our organs moving into the lower belly away from the vagina. Massage can be very relaxing and take away those aches and pains, but I have found a nice soak in Epsom salts and lavender really does the trick as well. I noticed within months of doing this work, those aches and heaviness went away, especially with jiggling and firebreathing in the tool box.
Udara
October 3, 2017 - 11:42am
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Arvigo -- and yoga too
Hi Yogamum,
I too find Mayan massage a truly helpful complement to Christine's wonderful Whole Woman program. Mayan massage does NOT replace the WW work, in any way. But for me it's been amazing, physically and emotionally, and has brought all kinds of health benefits to my pelvic region and to my whole body. It's actually helped me keep going with my WW work. I'm only 5 or 6 months into WW, so I'm still just a learner, but already the WW work has made a huge difference in my prolapse, and I know from posts by "old hands" here that the improvements will keep on coming.
Yoga tip: Christine's "Firebreathing" is essentially what many yoga instructors call "Cat/Cow." As everyone here on the forums says, it's absolutely terrific for prolapse. Give it a try right now, if you haven't already, and you'll see.
Yogamum, don't listen to negativity about your body, even from physiotherapists. Your body is healing and will continue to heal, especially now that you've found the Whole Woman work. Just you keep sending love to that healing body of yours. Be gentle and patient with it and with yourself. Lots of people here will be pulling for you!