A movement teacher’s guide for supporting Pelvic Floor Health and Diastasis Recti Recovery – The Center Method

Carolyne Anthony, the Founder of The Center for Women’s Fitness is an NCPT, Polestar, BASI and PhysicalMind certified Pilates Instructor with additional training as a John Barnes Myofascial Release Practitioner, INEH and Certified Birth Doula. She began her professional career as a dancer in London where she was introduced to the Pilates Method by Alan Herman in 1983. Her passion lies in developing curriculum for Women’s Health with specialties in Pelvic Floor Health and Diastasis Recti Recovery. Her course offerings include pre and postnatal, menopause, the mature woman and a special interest in the traditional art of massaging and binding of the postpartum abdominals. She has been training teachers internationally for nearly 30 years and currently has over 3000 teachers in 41 countries teaching her method. This desire to work according to the female anatomy and physiology has led Carolyne to continue her studies of other modalities such as myofascial release (she is a John Barnes practitioner). Her training in Esoteric Healing (INEH) has allowed her to look at her clients through the lens of the subtle bodies- the emotional, mental and spiritual bodies as well as the physical. She is currently learning all things fascia with John Sharkey, Carla Stecco , Robert Schleip and others in the fascia world. She has 28 faculty in Asia, North and South America, Europe, Australia and the Middle East teaching her work. www.thecenterforwomensfitness.com for all her teacher training programs both online and live. www.thegentlebirthproject.com for information on nurturing and nourishing the new mother. She lives with her partner in Chicago and is the mother of 3 daughters and 1 grandson.   Sneha is a Certified Pilates Instructor, a Clinical Orthopaedic Manual Therapist and currently the only certified Gyrokinesis teacher in India. She is also a Level 2 Certified Exercise and Nutrition Coach from Precision Nutrition with a Master’s degree in Biochemistry. She aims at empowering as many people as she can with the knowledge and the system to not only create, but also sustain the process of positive personal changes. She loves to geek out on any project that she takes on and attends numerous courses and workshops all around the world to find answers and stay updated. She is extremely passionate about injury management, sports performance and women’s health. She enjoys coaching people to overcome their physical, physiological and psychological barriers to accomplish their goals. She believes that knowledge isn’t for hoarding but for sharing!

Foreword



Introduction – Who is this book for & how to use it



 



CHAPTERS





Diastasis Recti & Pelvic Floor Dysfunction


 





Myofascial Continuum 


 





Nervous System


             





Breathing 


             





The Center Method – connecting the dots


 



Case Studies



Conclusion 



References