The power of practice

The power of practice

One of my gorgeous Mumma’s came in today for her first post-natal Pilates with me. I have worked with Lia since she was 3 months pregnant and she was a diligent student that attended 3 times a week, most weeks up until the week or 2 before she was due. She mentioned again today how strong she felt throughout her pregnancy and was pleasantly surprised that she experienced next to no lower back pain despite her deeply curvy lower back (ie. Her
hyper lordosis for those wanting the “low down” on the anatomical tech speak).

To my delight, Lia had no abdominal separation and feels quite connected with respect to her pelvic floor, with no feelings of “everything’s about to fall out” and no urinary incontinence. On my trapeze table, which is my “investigation station” for all my initial consults and privates, she demonstrated what I would consider a better connection and awareness than most new average Pilates clients!! Yes, even those that aren’t post-natal. Yes bloody yes Lia, go you good thing. Lia is like the perfect student, diligent and pro-active. She’s been practicing the breathing & connecting to her “little x” since Noah was born (well before she could manage physically getting back into the studio for some face to face time with me again). I had showed Lia how to do this during her pregnancy & advised her on what to do post birth (along with a Naturopathic prep for birth) and like the freaking star student she is, she’s been actioning this practice since little Noah was born, just 12 weeks ago.... And what do we find as a consequence.... Well, HELLO abs and pelvic floor, she is already zipping everything back up to where it belongs!

Recovery is everything my ladies. EVERYTHING..... and it should never be rushed, but equally, the sooner you start the better off your recovery will be!

Everyone is unique of course and may have a different starting point going in (eg 4th bub in 4 years - and yes I’ve seen & solved this version of recovery too) and that’s my point, I’m here to assure you, there are ALWAYS solutions and often times, they are far less complicated than others (medical or otherwise) may have you believe! This particular result Lia is most eloquently demonstrating my beautiful Mumma’s is the direct benefit of a WonderMum Wellness Pilates pregnancy!

WonderMum Wellness is all about the alignment, the strengthening, the stress relieving and the support of other women. It’s about the development of good mind-body connection and practices before, during and after your pregnancy. It’s about the unique techniques and understanding on just how to “zip it all back up” and it’s about correct Breathwork (for SO many reasons, including labour).

It’s about the recovery of everything, your body, your mind, your sleep, your energy, your sex life & body confidence. It’s about self-love, baby-love and embracing your new Mumma self. It’s about the remedies that actually WORK to soothe you and your baby (& the whole family that surrounds you) and it’s about embracing the baby raising practices that honour your intuitive voice. It’s about nutrition advise that legit helps you stay sane, avoid gestational diabetes, post-natal depression and encourage recovery of tissue trauma (yes, because that’s a thing). It’s also about the remedies & nutrition combos that create a breast milk quality that helps your baby sleep well and the remedies
that WORK to prevent &/or heal nipple trauma (yes, it’s a thing) and mastitis.

It’s about growing your confidence to create a super strong-happy-bub (because every super power you need is within you already) and to help you figure out everything you need to recover well & thrive moving forward.
Finally, it’s about the stories, the listening, the ah-huh I feel you support that help you to debrief the moments of your labour that you weren’t happy with, in a completely non-judgmental space, because even if you have a healthy baby at the end, sometimes you still have trauma or resentment to shed and
that’s ok.

It’s also about support for women that may have a loss to bare and desire a community of women to surround them, to lift their chin so they don’t drown, if you feel we resonate with you, we are here for you!

The goal is always to heal and to learn from each pregnancy and take the growth and the lessons with you, with a new sense of grace and inner power, into the next, or just into your future.

The hope is that life can be full of joy and that we heal the scars so that we don’t bleed all over the ones that didn’t cut us.

You’re already stronger than you realise.

WonderMum Wellness is tapping into that strength & intuition to help you create a Happy Balanced Life.

It’s positive, it’s real, it’s powerful and it’s for you, if we are your people, come join our membership.

Love Melissa x