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Mama friends, if you had a baby recently and are feeling unsure about exercising in your post-birth era, this Mommy & Me Class is for you!

🗓️ SAT, JULY 18, 10-11:30am

💪🏼 We’ll spend the first part of class on you - helping you reconnect with your core so you feel more confident moving through exercise and life as a mom.

👶 And during the second half, we’ll focus on baby! Dr. Kristi of Dr. Kristi Hammerle, Infant PT + Cert. Breastfeeding Specialist will show us how to play with our babies in ways that nurture development and mobility.

Come to move and meet other moms! Plus, we’ll have some goodies - including some depuffing oil from Caroline A. Galimova | Massage. Fascia. Pregnancy | Austin TX - for you too. 🙌🏻

Comment WORKOUT for registration link and a DISCOUNT code 😉

If you’re pregnant and have any swelling, you’re likely DEhydrated. The body holds onto water in interstitial tissues for emergency purposes when we are dehydrated.

💦 But drinking straight water likely won’t help. You need electrolytes! Electrolytes are electrically charged minerals that hydrate your cells and balance fluid levels.

❕Besides hydration, minerals are essential for THOUSANDS of biochemical processes in the body. Mineral deficiency can explain A LOT of symptoms of suboptimal health — like fatigue, hair loss, muscle weakness and cramps, eye twitching, mood and anxiety issues, sluggish metabolism, headaches, sleep issues... the list goes on.

🙌🏻 The truth is we ALL need minerals, not just pregnant mamas.

Establish a routine of adding electrolytes to your water at least 1-2x a day — more in the summertime and on days when you’re highly active or stressed.

You simply can use a pinch of natural salt, like rock or sea salt (not table salt!), which includes a variety of trace minerals. Or you can use a packaged option. Just stick to clean ingredients without added sugars.

I recommend these to my clients (and have no affiliation):

Jigsaw Health | It’s Fun To Feel Good Adrenal Cocktail and Potassium Cocktail
Shop FlavCity Electrolytes
Needed Hydration Support
Taylor Dukes Electrolytes

Drink up and watch the swelling disappear!

Fellow Pilates lovers, this message is for you. 🙋‍♀️ I see this often, but it can be avoided!!

Postpartum mamas who are feeling stronger and ready for harder exercise jump too soon into a reformer class, and they lose control of their core. They end up straining their pelvic floor and cause PROLAPSE symptoms - heaviness, weakness and tissue protrusion.

Rebuilding neuromuscular connection after birth takes time and practice. We only get stronger when we try maintaining control in harder positions under heavier loads, but you must be able to manage the pressure in your abdomen during that movement before you can move on.

Reformers require a ton of postural stabilization and dynamic neuromuscular control. They’re challenging! Give your body the right foundation to be successful, and crank up the challenge on the mat first. 😉

If you’ve experienced this, reach out. I’d love to help.

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Any mother knows how time just evaporates. Gain back some minutes by staying put and logging onto Zoom for a quick 45-min workout that’s core-driven and tailored to moms on their perinatal journey. You’ll feel refreshed and stronger afterward, promise. 😘

Register via the link in my bio.

Properly engaging our core is more mysterious than many of us would like to admit. Most people think “belly button to spine,” but this can cause a cascade of issues such as poor intrabdominal pressure management, a tucked pelvis and bad posture.

Instead, we want to use our exhale to engage the pelvic floor first, then wrap the deep abs (transverse abdominis).

❗️This isn’t meant to be a crazy intense lift or kegel. It’s meant to functionally secure the muscles in the pelvis and ignite the TVA so you protect your spine and give power to your major muscle groups. ❗️

To keep breathing through the core engagement, elevate your breath into the ribcage, expanding it 360 degrees, and with each exhale try to reengage the pelvic floor if you’ve lost connection to it.

Give it a try, and let me know how much stronger you feel! 💪🏼