Maternal Alignment

REST SMART (link)

• Hammock

• Flashlight Test

• Sit dynamically

• Sitting in the care

• Squatting on the toilet

Rest Smart simply means maternal positioning with gravity. Alignment promotes muscle relaxation and an open pelvis.

Daily Activities

The Three Balances

• Forward Leaning inversion

• Side Lying Release

• Jiggling

Movement and Stretches

• Standing release (Carol Phillips)

• Psoas release (or resolution with Liz Koch)

• Dip the Hip (Deb Lawrence)

• Ball Squeeze (Colette Crawford)

• Abdominal Release (Carol Phillips)

• Directed Breathing

• Seated Psoas Stretch

• Seated arches