By Kim Vopni, The Vagina Coach — Certified Pelvic Floor Fitness Specialist · Published December 29, 2019
Yes, Kegel exercises can build a stronger core, but only when you coordinate them with your breath. This technique, called the Core Breath, links your pelvic floor to your deep abdominal muscl...
Why Walking is the Ultimate Pregnancy Exercise
If I was to pick one exercise that I think every pregnant woman should do it would be... drum roll please…
Walking!!! “Walking,” you say in disbelief? You were expecting something more elaborate, right? Truth is, an exercise doesn’t have to be fa...
Fitness for Fertility
Fertility continues to be a growing area of interest in issues of reproductive health. Thankfully, there continues to be an increasing number of health professionals with knowledge, awareness and services aimed at assisting those facing fertility challenges.
An alternative ...
By Kim Vopni, The Vagina Coach — Certified Pelvic Floor Fitness Specialist · Published December 25, 2019
Exercising after pregnancy the right way means restoring your deep core — pelvic floor, diaphragm, and transversus abdominis — before jumping into high-intensity workouts like bootcamp or Cros...
By Kim Vopni, The Vagina Coach — Certified Pelvic Floor Fitness Specialist · Published December 24, 2019
Diastasis recti is a separation of the abdominal muscles at the linea alba that happens naturally during pregnancy as your uterus grows. It's extremely common — affecting most women by the thi...
By Kim Vopni, The Vagina Coach — Certified Pelvic Floor Fitness Specialist · Published December 23, 2019
Direct Answer: Healing diastasis recti isn’t about doing more crunches — it’s about restoring tension and function to the linea alba. Kim’s ABC approach — Alignment, Breathing, and Coordinatio...
Why I Highly Recommend the EPI-NO
Over the centuries, different cultures have used creative methods to help lessen the pain of labour or ease delivery.
In Africa, for instance, women use gourds of increasing size to help stretch the perineum in preparation for birth in order to reduce the likel...
By Kim Vopni, The Vagina Coach — Certified Pelvic Floor Fitness Specialist · Published December 21, 2019
Direct Answer: Pelvic organ prolapse is the progressive descent of the bladder, uterus, or rectum into or out of the vagina, affecting an estimated 50% of women who have given birth. Early stage...
Ways to Improve Your Postural Alignment
You know the saying when someone has worked really hard at something and you say, ‘She really worked her butt off!’ I joked about that after I had my first child as I remarked at my really flat butt! ‘I birthed my butt off!’ I would say…
That was before I ...
By Kim Vopni, The Vagina Coach — Certified Pelvic Floor Fitness Specialist · Published December 19, 2019
Direct Answer: Perineal healing after birth relies on gentle heat and herbal soaks (sitz baths, compresses, or a peri bottle) to soothe tearing, followed by a gradual, physio-guided return to ...
