Pelvic Floor - Introduction
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Body & Emotion
One of the joys of teaching is the exchange of knowledge. While my work relates to the ostensible outflow of yoga knowledge, it's the rare yoga session where I don't come away with something, too. Perhaps I refine my teaching methods by noting a pattern in someone's body/mind, sometimes I'll learn what not to do from hard experience, and sometimes I get to see yoga through the lens of another subject area. I've been fortunate to work with many experts. Working with acupuncturists invariably demonstrates the relationship between yogasana (postures) and the nadis (or meridians, as the Chinese call them). Teaching surgeons often yields insights into the internal workings of the body. While working with a veterinarian a few years back, we observed that the musculature of the human pelvic floor is remarkably similar to the pelvic floor musculature of dogs and cats. For humans, the pelvic floor muscles juggle the responsibilities of supporting upright posture, supporting...