Returning To Center:
Deep Core Training for Postpartum Recovery
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“When we as a society begin to value mothers as the givers and supporters of life, then we will see social change in ways that matter.”
— Ina May Gaskin
This is a course for the postpartum body.
Do you ever feel like something within you is disconnected since giving birth?
Very often, a womxn’s focus goes from her own growing belly to the baby in her arms. Though her body needs to recover from the intensity of childbirth, little time may be available for her own care.
Her wounds lay dormant as she tends her family. Her healing process is secondary.
The mother, the birthing parent, the body who opens to the power of the universe is the central component of the family unit. They are the nurturers of all life.
As the center of the family, their wellness reflects the family’s wellness. Their support for others comes from the support they are given. When center isn’t functioning well, neither can the rest.
“There is medicine here for you...the energy that flows through your center can heal and bring forward new ways of being.”
Returning To Center is…
“Amy’s course provided the lifeline I was desperate for. I came away with a deep understanding of what my core had undergone during the course of pregnancy and birth, along with real tools to revitalize it. I learned how to diagnose my own diastasis and help the deeper layers of scar tissue dissipate. ”
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Today we find ourselves in a culture that negates the postpartum experience as something to just “push through” in order to “get your body back.”
We find ourselves inside a medical tradition that neither understands common postpartum complications nor refers patients to professionals who do.
Birthing bodies are told what they’re experiencing is “normal” and that nothing can be done outside of invasive surgical procedures.
While what you may be feeling is common, it doesn’t have to be your new normal.
All of your experiences are valid.
Your experiences, when brought into awareness, can teach you how to heal the wounds that arose from pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum.
Your experiences can be the catalyst for your ever-increasing strength and vitality.
Birthing people hold the capacity to bring new life into the world. Their bodies hold the wisdom of ancient woman, while propelling humanity further into the future.
What makes this course unique?
This program leaves behind any demands or claims of external goals and asks you to sense and feel your truth into power. It creates space for you to explore your new form, your new identity, with a soft touch.
“This course is like nothing else out there. ”
In This Course You Will…
“Amy is a well of knowledge and gentle support. I can’t recommend her sessions enough.”
Who does Returning To Center benefit?
This course is for anyone feeling disconnected from their self or their center after giving birth.
If you…
- Have tried other exercise that just didn’t feel good or possibly led to injury
- Desire to build a relationship with your new form
- Are willing to listen to your body for guidance in the healing process
- Want foundational strength that will make you feel more rooted and more powerful over time
Pregnancy and birth are major events for your body, your mind, and your spirit. The transformations they bring come with great joy and personal growth, but can also leave you feeling misaligned, uncomfortable, weak, and less mobile or energetic.
After the radical transformation needed to grow a baby and give birth, both your body and psyche have to find ways to reorient and adapt to the profound shifts of motherhood.
This course is for you if you…
“Amy is extraordinarily knowledgable, gentle and encouraging as she not only explains how and why things adjust during pregnancy and postpartum, her approach to movement and healing was gentle enough for me to commit a routine to. ”
Returning to Center Curriculum
In this course you will…
Understand what’s going on in your body during and after pregnancy.
Learn what your deep core really is and how to exercise it safely.
Practice checking for diastasis recti (abdominal gap) and learn how to restore it through exercise.
Connect with new mothers around the world who are recovering from pregnancy and birth.
And much, much more!
Module 1: Meet Your Center
The five videos in this module build a context for the exercises that will follow. You will learn about the anatomic shifts your body is experiencing since giving birth and why your deep core is so important during this time. You’ll learn the principles of movement that help you not only build strength, but actually change the patterns that cause you pain and disconnection.
Module 2: Move Your Center
This is the bulk of the course, with four extended movement sequences. More than 25 videos will guide you through safe exercise sequences that rebuild your core and whole-body strength.
Deep Core Anatomy in Motion
Connect to the deep core muscles through repetition and patience. These exercises are the foundation of all other movement. Once you discover their quiet power, your movement will feel less burdened, heavy and disconnected. You’ll notice an inner buoyancy emerge.
Lower Body Foundations
With the deep core charged, you’ll learn how it supports your lower body and its ability to ground you. By layering the deep core into hip and leg power, you’ll find an effortlessness to your posture that allows you to more easefully rise up and lower down into the ground throughout your day.
Upper Body Expressions
From the power of your foundation, to the height of your reach, you’ll open your upper body over a series of movements that not only alleviate neck & shoulder tension, but dissolve the source of the pain.
Integration
After gaining familiarity with the various ways the deep core supports your whole body movement, you will practice exercises that challenge your core strength and employ your arms and your legs on a grander scale.
Module 3: Expand Your Center
Included in this module are several bonus offerings to help round out your practice — a final self-assessment to test your new strength, tools for cesarean scar care, and downloadable audio meditations for continued practice.
Bonus Materials
You’ll find bonus materials peppered throughout the course. A variety of tools that help learners of all kinds, whether visual, aural or kinesthetic.
Illustrated guides to help you visualize your anatomy as you repair and rebuild
Streamlined audio classes you can take anywhere
Tools to self-assess the strength of your core at the beginning and the end of the course
Special instructions on how to check for and treat Diastasis Recti
Tools for cesarean scar care
A private facebook group in which you can ask me questions and connect with other women in the course that share your goals and concerns.
“The first sequence alone has given me the awareness to adjust the way I sit every time I feed my baby. That subtle shift reverberates throughout my day in better walking, standing, and sleeping, and best of all, I feel hopeful that little by little more ease and strength will come back to my whole body!
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How It Works
Course Duration:
All the material in Returning to Center is self-paced and meant to be completed within one year of starting. During that time, you can return to the exercises over and over again, going deeper with them the stronger you become. You keep the downloadable audio content for life.
Flexibility:
You can complete all aspects of this course from your own home, at your own pace, at whatever hour of the day works for you.
Updated Content:
Even after your year with Returning to Center is finished, you will continue to have access to updated audio classes and meditations that Amy adds to the course library.
Online Support/Live Q&A
Join the private facebook group dedicated to group discussion related Returning to Center content. Once a month, join Amy for a live Q&A session where your questions will be discussed, exercises will be troubleshooted, and your real-life stories will teach us all about our deep cores.