Hello - ready to explore?
This is what I call Your First Practice.
It's a practice but it's also a diagnostic. And it's home base — everything else we build together starts from here.
Instead of applying something from the outside — a weight, a machine — we're going to work from our core outward.
But first you have to know where your core actually is - because it is not the "six-pack."
The diaphragm and pelvic floor are some of the most important biological levers in the human body. When these are working correctly, it will drastically improve your overall health and stability.
Close your eyes while doing this and see if you can feel the pelvic floor and the diaphragm working together as you breathe. If you don't have a clue what I'm talking about — we cover that in our Skool community. For now - just explore.
Lie down somewhere quiet. Phone face-down. Take three normal breaths and just notice where you feel them — for most of us, it's high, up in the chest. No fixing yet. Just notice.
Rest both hands low on your belly, over your pelvic bowl. Picture that space as a balloon. Breathe there for a few rounds. If you can barely feel it move, that's useful information, not a failure.
Exhale slowly, longer than feels natural, until there's genuinely nothing left. Then don't inhale — just release the muscles you used to squeeze it out. The breath rushes back in on its own.
Repeat this a few times. Near the bottom of each exhale, feel the pelvic floor gently engage, then release. That release starts the next inbreath.
Relax your belly and try a few more rounds. Notice how they work together?
That's because they are both diaphragms. They both rise on the exhale and lower on the inhale. It's almost counterintuitive, but that's the way it works. If it feels a little clunky — that's okay. Relax your belly. This is how we want to breathe. It's the way we do breathe. This is how you were breathing when you were a baby. If your breathing's picked up some bad habits along the way, it comes back if you just pay it some attention. It will quickly go back into autonomic mode — meaning we don't have to think about it, it will happen automatically. So if it's a little wonky, we can reset it.
Why the Pelvic Floor?
If you've ever done Kegels, you already know this muscle group — maybe you've just been told to use it to prevent prolapse or incontinence. But there's so much more to this. Like I said, the pelvic floor and the diaphragm are actually a pair, top and bottom, built to move together. When they do, they're not just supporting your breath — they're the same pathway your body uses to move what in yoga is called "Prana," the life force. That's not mumbo jumbo — it's neurobiological. They can help us expand our inner energies. And the pelvic floor and the diaphragm team up with certain muscles — especially the transverse abdominis — to not only protect our vital organs but give us stability — our real core strength.
Now that you know what this feels like, whenever you remember, whenever you feel stressed, relax your belly and feel those diaphrams as you slow down your breath. Believe it or not - that's the beginning of coming home to yourself.
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