Holistic Pelvic Care™ (HPC) is a technique consisting of physical and energetic tools designed to evaluate and restore balance in the pelvic space of the female body. Developed by Tami Lynn Kent, a PT and pioneer in the field of women’s health, this approach includes listening respectfully and authentically to each client’s needs, including the unique language of their body. Using a gentle intervaginal massage technique combined with restorative breathwork, we can work together to realign your pelvis physically and energetically. This process, for all stages of a woman’s life, enhances the flow of pelvic organ energy and restores the pelvic bowl as the creative center of the female body.

The primary goal of Holistic Pelvic Care™ (HPC) is to empower a person with female generative organs to inhabit the pelvic space and occupy their feminine ground physically, energetically, emotionally, and spiritually.

Why do this work to heal and become more inhabited in the pelvic bowl?  

By attending to the physical and energetic alignment in your pelvic bowl, you can clarify and expand your creative potential so that this vibrant energy flows more freely in your body and all areas of your life. This work restores balance in the female pelvis to increase the strength of core muscles, enhance pelvic energetic vitality, improve sensation, provide support for infertility, recover from pregnancy and childbirth, and reconnect to the beauty of the pelvic bowl.

The pelvis is the physiological and emotional root of the body and the connection point to being grounded in the world. The tissue and nervous network here are so sensitive and intelligent that a storehouse of unprocessed tension can develop over time, accumulated for any number of reasons (daily stress, trauma, family patterns, repetitive movement patterns, etc).  Because this region is part of the core of the body, tension patterns that develop here will affect the patterns that play out in surrounding tissue and muscles. 

Most people with female bodies are disconnected from their pelvic space, due to personal experiences, inherited patterns, or cultural messaging. When this space is tended to and connected with regularly through sessions and self care, it becomes a powerful resource for well-being.

If you are interested but feeling overwhelmed by the prospect, you are not alone!  My goal is to support you in the way that best meets your needs, using a pace and level of intervention that is unique to you.  

I do not make diagnoses, and will refer you to a pelvic floor physical therapist if I encounter conditions or challenges that are beyond my scope of practice.

HPC addresses the following

Trauma in the pelvic bowl

• healing from sexual or physical abuse, sexual assault and rape

• disconnection from the vagina and associated organs due to shame, trauma, lineage patterns, or a limiting core belief

• resolving trauma imprints and restoring rightful presence in a woman's creative center

• miscarriage and birth loss, including unresolved experiences of abortion

• traumatic or difficult birth, restoring blocked pelvic energy flow

Imbalance that manifests as pathology

• dysmenorrhea (painful menstruation)

• fibroids

• endometriosis

• PCOS

• incontinence

• vaginitis, difficult menopause

• pelvic pain, muscle weakness or imbalance

• uterine or bladder prolapse

Enhancing pelvic health

• increased embodiment of the pelvis and sense of inhabiting the “root” of the body

• clearing pelvic congestion and supporting pelvic wellness

• sexual health, libido, orgasm

• transitioning to menopause and long-term vaginal health

• postpartum healing

• enhancing fertility and supporting the fertility journey

• moving beyond gender binary/fracture toward sense of wholeness

• celebrating the power of the female body and accessing vitality of pelvis as resource

What happens in a session

After a thorough health history intake, we will review some of the anatomy of the pelvic floor. We will then move to the massage table and assess the pelvic floor muscles intervaginally, mapping points of tension, numbness, tender points, proprioception, and strength. I approach the transition to this assessment with a lot of care, attuning to the physical and emotional needs of the client. We will not do internal work if there is any indication from the nervous system that the client does not feel ready for this step. Whether working internally or externally, we will use breath and visualizations to address fascial and energetic restriction in the pelvic bowl and associated organs, in order to restore balance and harmony in this sacred space. This work is restorative even if pelvic organs have been removed, as the energetic patterns of those organs are always in tact. The number of sessions varies depending on a client’s needs.

What to expect

After a session, clients describe immediate effects of a new internal awareness and sense of well-being in the core. They often describe feeling more relaxed and centered, a greater sense of support, and increased strength in their pelvic muscles. On a clinical level, the internal massage and myofascial release increases blood and energy flow, revitalizing a woman’s root and enhancing her overall pelvic health.