Can Pussy Yoga Help You?
6 Tools To Reclaim Your Pussy in Midlife
Get your golden sh*t shovels ready ladies! We are digging deep into a conversation I had with Coco Berlin about rebranding the word pussy! Yep, you heard that right. We’re learning why it’s okay to use the word pussy and how Pussy Yoga will help us connect with our inner selves through our pelvic floor.
Coco is a certified pelvic floor expert and the author of the best-selling book Pussy Yoga: Pelvic Floor Training for Radiance, Confidence, and a Fulfilling Love Life. She is the founder of the Pelvic Floor Integration Method, the Sensuous Dance Workout, and The Essence of Belly Dance Programs. Her work enables women to reconnect to their bodies and step into their power with confidence and ease.
We’re going to dig into what pussy yoga is and why we need to connect to our pelvic floors in midlife. I hope that this helps you to reclaim the word pussy because there is such a commotion around using the word. So let’s start digging!
Trigger word…Pussy
It’s always a good time to talk about our vaginas…she never seems to get enough of the spotlight. But why is this word SO triggering? The word pussy is often used in a derogatory way. But how can we make ourselves feel sexy again in midlife without using clinical terms that are anything but sexy?
Coco says it best, “Pussy yoga stands in this recent feminist tradition. Let's reclaim the word pussy and use it with self-confidence. Let's decide for ourselves what the word pussy means to us.”
What is Pussy Yoga?
Pussy Yoga is Coco's version of The Pelvic Floor Integration Method that strengthens our pelvic floors and connects to our inner selves. It is so much more than just our sexual health. Pussy yoga focuses on uniting your body and mind by finding your center and finding a way to connect the two. Coco experiments with different pelvic floor exercises to find new ways of moving the body. This is done through awareness and movement like you would find in a traditional yoga practice.
Unlike traditional yoga, there isn’t any scripture, mantras, or master. You get to be your own guru by focusing on your body and your pussy. You’ll be able to reclaim your power and experience the benefits of connecting your mind, body, and pussy all on your own. Don’t take life too seriously, don’t overthink it, and let your playful side out. And the icing on the cake…better sex.
Ways We Can Improve our Pelvic Floor in Midlife
Let go. Find a way to relax and let go of all the muscles you already know. Then we can start to reconnect to our bodies.
Train your pelvic floor. You can do this by doing some simple pelvic floor exercises such as Kegels or giving Pussy Yoga a try.
Go exploring. Coco talks more in her book about using your fingers to explore your pussy from the inside. This is important to know what is normal and when there might be something wrong. This will also give you a more in-depth feel as to how your pelvic floor moves when doing certain activities. During menopause, you should be checking more often because there are all sorts of different things happening in there.
Release your traumas. Pelvic Floor Integration helps you release any traumas you may have. Trauma is stored in our bodies and even though talk therapy is extremely important it’s also important to recognize that these traumas will be released by your body. Going through the movements of pussy yoga will allow you to feel your body releasing these tensions.
Bring sexy back. These methods will help you connect to your body and feel sexy again! Try doing some of Coco’s exercises and she says you will immediately have better sex because your nerves are more awake and you feel connected to your body. You will have more blood flow. Which makes your vagina juicier.
Reconnect to your inner self. Take 5 minutes a day and try out Coco’s 5-minute Body Love workout. The more you practice the more you’ll feel better and connected to yourself.
In midlife, there are a lot of things we start to question. We’re trying to get over certain shames or start exploring sexually again. We want to feel free and reconnect with ourselves but we often don’t know where to start. It’s important that we figure out what feels good, what doesn’t, and how we can get there. It starts by finding a way to reconnect with ourselves whether that be through pussy yoga or taking the shame away from triggering words like pussy.