Running to the Core Podcast

Chantal Traub is a top New York City birth facilitator, doula, childbirth educator and a Board-Certified Health and Wellness Coach with 20 plus years of practice.

She discusses with Dianne some of the ways she helps pregnant people prepare for birth, through posture, alignment and body-based movement, developing mindfulness practices during pregnancy including breathwork and interoception.

She talks about ways to prepare your pelvic floor for birth and help your postnatal recovery. Using breathing and pelvic floor visualisations and fascial balls to release muscle tension are described as some of the tools she uses to empower women through her programs.

Chantal has created a course called Pushing Power, on 2nd Stage Labor and the pelvic Floor to help prepare expectant parents to push effectively and minimize trauma, and works with women online via Zoom for personalized one-to-one coaching.

Pushing Power is available via her website www.chantaltraub.com She also offers free resources including videos and ebooks.

The Pelvic Floor: Everything You Wished You Knew Sooner is available from Amazon.

Connect with Chantal via:

www.chantaltraub.com

IG: @chantal.traub

fb.me/chantaltraub

https://www.linkedin.com/in/chantaltraub/

This short clip is from the full length Episode 30 on the Parasympathetic Benefits of mSwing where Marietta Mehanni talks about how mSwing movement patterns can enhance and improve athletic movement patterns, so when a postnatal mum isn't back to her sport yet, she can still gain improvements. Dianne talks about how the patterns of movement in mSwing ticks the boxes for movement as a master calming switch to help postnatal mums, as Joyful Movement is one of the key essentials outlined in the book Replenish by author Lisa Grace Byrne from WellGrounded Life.

Marietta has created a 5 minute mSwing 'snack' in her Virtual Workouts with Marietta for you to try out mSwing if you haven't done it before, or so that you can do a 5 minute sequence to bring more movement into your day. Access this via Facebook: Virtual Workouts with Marietta

To join a class via Facebook: Virtual Workouts with Marietta

Marietta's website: Marietta Mehanni Education

For more information visit The Pregnancy Centre

For the book Replenish visit WellGrounded Life

This episode explores how mSwing can help bring calming effects to the nervous system through a number of its benefits, some of which have been experienced by Dianne, podcast host. Marietta Mehanni is a fitness educator and international presenter and co-created mSwing with Physiotherapist Mark Davis.

There are so many benefits to mSwing, using 1 dumbbell to build movement into your day. This can have a calming effect, great for mums or anyone to use for short moments in the day, as well as for those wanting more challenge to improve mobility and fitness with 20 to 30 minute workouts. Marietta highlights how taking some time out, even 1 to 2 minutes can help you to approach things with more clarity, which can be used as as a simple 'go to' tool to reduce the effects of stress.

The flowing movements of mSwing help to restore the rhythm of breathing in your body, where lasting improvements can be experienced as fascia is released and expansion of your ribcage improves, making breathing feel less restricted.

Marietta has created a 5 minute mSwing 'snack' in her Virtual Workouts with Marietta for you to try out mSwing if you haven't done it before, or so that you can do a 5 minute sequence to bring more movement into your day. Access this via Facebook: Virtual Workouts with Marietta

To join a class via Facebook: Virtual Workouts with Marietta

Marietta's website: Marietta Mehanni Education

For more information visit The Pregnancy Centre

For the book Replenish visit WellGrounded Life

In this 5 Minute Matters episode Marietta Mehanni talks with Dianne Edmonds about her personal experience with mSwing and how it can help to restore the rhythm of breathing in our body.

Marietta is a fitness educator and international presenter from Melbourne Australia and was Australian fitness presenter of the year in 2018 and 2016 NZ Educator of the Year. She co-created mSwing with Physiotherapist Mark Davis. In the full first episode (24) she discusses how mSwing has so many benefits for postnatal mums including those returning to running and athletic sports.

In the follow up episode Marietta talks with Dianne about the benefits on mSwing on the parasympathetic nervous system. mSwing is also a fun way to fit in more movement into your day. Marietta has created a 5 minute mSwing 'snack' in her Virtual Workouts with Marietta for you to try out mSwing if you haven't done it before, or so that you can do a 5 minute sequence to bring more movement into your day. Access this via Facebook: Virtual Workouts with Marietta

To join a class via Facebook: Virtual Workouts with Marietta

Marietta's website: Marietta Mehanni Education

For more information visit The Pregnancy Centre

In the second of our 5 Minute Matters episodes, Marietta Mehanni outlines her thoughts on how movement needs to be higher up in our priorities. mSwing is a tool than be used in 1 or 2 minutes, 5 to 10 minutes through to 20 to 30 minutes to give powerful benefits.

Marietta is a fitness educator and international presenter and co-created mSwing with Physiotherapist Mark Davis. In the full first episode (24) she discusses how mSwing has so many benefits for postnatal mums including those returning to running and athletic sports.

In the follow up episode Marietta talks with Dianne about the benefits on mSwing on the parasympathetic nervous system. mSwing is also a fun way to fit in more movement into your day. Marietta has created a 5 minute mSwing 'snack' in her Virtual Workouts with Marietta for you to try out mSwing if you haven't done it before, or so that you can do a 5 minute sequence to bring more movement into your day. Access this via Facebook: Virtual Workouts with Marietta

To join a class via Facebook: Virtual Workouts with Marietta

Marietta's website: Marietta Mehanni Education

For more information visit The Pregnancy Centre

In the first of our 5 Minute Matters episodes, Marietta Mehanni highlights some powerful benefits of mSwing, which she co-created with Physiotherapist Mark Davis. Marietta is a fitness educator and international presenter and in the full first episode (24) she discusses the many benefits of mSwing which uses a single dumbbell and replicates a lot of movement patterns used in athletic movements. In the follow up episode Marietta talks with Dianne about the benefits on mSwing on the parasympathetic nervous system. mSwing is also a fun way to fit in more movement into your day. Marietta has created a 5 minute mSwing 'snack' in her Virtual Workouts with Marietta for you to try out mSwing if you haven't done it before, or so that you can do a 5 minute sequence to bring more movement into your day. Access this via Facebook: Virtual Workouts with Marietta

To join a class via Facebook: Virtual Workouts with Marietta

Marietta's website: Marietta Mehanni Education

For more information visit The Pregnancy Centre

Sophie Villeneuve from Beyond Birthing talks with Dianne about taking a pro- active approach during pregnancy to help with postnatal recovery. Sophie is a Pelvic Health Physiotherapist from Canada and shares her insights and expertise including what she is doing during her own pregnancy as she prepares for the birth of her first baby. She is passionate about helping mamas to prevent pelvic floor issues that often stem from pregnancy and birth, and outlines how having a postnatal exercise plan before the birth can help mamas understand the importance of not skipping stages as they rebuild their fitness. To find out more about Sophie's programs from Beyond Birthing:

Download Beyond Birthing's free pelvic floor book at https://www.beyond-birthing.ca/free-book

Reserve your seat on Beyond Birthing's FREE pelvic floor prenatal masterclass at https://www.beyond-birthing.ca/masterclass

Apply for a FREE discovery call with Beyond Birthing & learn more about their Signature Program at https://beyond-birthing.com/apply

Visit Beyond Birthing: On their Youtube channel: https://youtube.com/beyondbirthing

On their Website: https://beyond-birthing.com

On Instagram: https://instagram.com/beyondbirthingpt

On Facebook: https://facebook.com/beyondbirthing

See the video about Journalling - My fears about becoming a mother: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5e7nJko0lU

For more information visit The Pregnancy Centre at www.thepregnancycentre.com.au

Marianne Ryan is a Physical Therapist from New York and the author of the Baby Bod book and creator of Baby Bod program for Postpartum women. She talks to Dianne about some of her early advice for postpartum mums after having a caesarean or C section, including ways to move comfortably, getting support and scar tissue massage techniques.

Find Marianne through her Baby Bod website

and on Instagram

For more information visit The Pregnancy Centre

Marietta Mehanni is a fitness educator, international presenter, and the co creator of mSwing and is from Melbourne, Australia. Marietta and Dianne discuss the many benefits of mSwing for postnatal mums, including how using it for even 2 – 3 minutes helps you to feel calmer, more alert and move with more fluidity and flow. mSwing uses a single dumbbell and replicates a lot of movement patterns used in athletic movements, with a full workout lasting a maximum of 20 – 30 minutes. Helping with posture, strength, endurance, movement flow, flexibility and cardiovascular fitness, mSwing is a really enjoyable way to fit in some fitness when you are postnatal. It is definitely the season to use mSwing with its benefits on the parasympathetic nervous system, while also building up your training levels again.

To join a class: Virtual Workouts with Marietta

Marietta's website: Marietta Mehanni Education

For more information visit The Pregnancy Centre

Fiona Rogers from Pelvic Floor Exercise talks with Dianne about pelvic floor equipment that could enhance the recovery of the pelvic floor for some postnatal mums. She highlights taking the time needed to "let yourself heal" following pregnancy and childbirth and gives advice on getting back to activity during this special time. Using her recent personal experience with recovering from wrist surgery, Fiona shares how she worked on what she could do, rather than focusing on what she couldn't do, in her return to Crossfit training, a perspective that could be helpful to postnatal mums.

To contact Fiona visit www.pelvicfloorexercise.com.au

Instagram @pelvicfloorexercise

Facebook Pelvic Floor Exercise

For further information:

5 Step guide

Pelvic floor weights

Emma Brockwell's book: Why did no one tell me?

Pelvic Floor Exercises Books and DVD's

PN Return to running guidelines

The Pregnancy Centre website