The Somatic Core Series: Pelvic Floor Pulse
Pelvic Floor Pulse is the eighth portal in the Stomach Alive Somatic Core Series—an awakening of the root as a source of power rather than tension.
With breathwork, bandha, spirals, squat variations, and rhythmic standing flows, this class restores grounded vitality, supports digestion, and reconnects your nervous system to the pelvic pulse that fuels inner resilience.
There is a pulse at the base of your body that most people never learn to feel—yet it influences digestion, boundaries, emotional resilience, and how energy rises through the spine.
In this class, we awaken Fire (heat, transformation, inner ignition) and Air (breath, movement, communication). Paired wisely, they cultivate a nervous system that is charged but clear—alive, alert, and anchored.
Fire & Air: Breath as the Spark, Bandha as the Gate
Fire (Agni) digests and transforms — physically, mentally, emotionally.
Air (Vayu) moves and distributes — breath, prana, neural signalling.
Together, they create internal combustion with direction.
Excess Fire → inflammation, clenching, irritability, pelvic tension
Excess Air → anxiety, bloating, shallow breath, scattered energy
Balanced, they produce warm clarity + spacious vitality.
This entire sequence is designed to mobilize lymph through the groins and armpits, stimulate circulation, and activate the lower core.
We begin with breath and bandha before spirals, twists, and undulating movement build rhythm and radiance.
Why the Pelvic Floor Matters (More Than You Think)
Here’s the real core of this class—and your body:
1. Root Control of the Diaphragmatic Chain
Mula Bandha (the subtle engagement of the pelvic floor) coordinates with the diaphragm like a pressure-and-rhythm duet.
With light engagement, it:
Stabilizes pelvis + supports lower organs
Harmonizes breath with spinal movement
Enhances peristalsis, lymph flow & vagal regulation
It’s synced intelligence across breath, spine, and viscera.
2. Energetic Sealing of Leakage
Without root integrity, energy leaks through fear, overgiving, poor boundaries, and hypervigilance.
Mula Bandha says, “I choose what enters my field and what leaves.”
It protects the gut from emotional overload and keeps your life force contained.
3. Enteric Nervous System Stability
The pelvic floor links neurologically to the sacral plexus, which interfaces with the enteric nervous system (ENS)—your “second brain.”
This engagement steadies the gut–brain communication loop and reduces anxious digestion.
4. Psychological Grounding = Digestive Grounding
How you “hold yourself” influences how you digest yourself.
When grounded, digestion deepens from performance → assimilation → integration.
Start the Somatic Series—
The first class and lecture are open to all.
Class Flow: Pulse, Spiral, Ground
Breathwork throughout includes:
Four-Part Breath, Breath Retention, Breath of Fire, Cannon Breath.
These build heat, pressure, and rhythm — pumping blood, lymph, and prana through the torso.
Spirals & twists = wring lymph & fascia, mobilize spine
Standing undulations = rehydrate tissue + awaken pelvic rhythm
Forward fold + Malasana squat = decompress, downshift, integrate
Malasana with support (block or bolster) lets your spine rest into its natural curves and restores a primal sense of safety in the pelvis.
Forward folds invite introspection, longer exhales, and parasympathetic dominance. In that softening, the microbiome listens. Safety feeds diversity.
Your Microbiome Is Listening to Your Breath
Your breath shapes your microbiome far more than most people realize.
Five major systems influence the gut ecosystem, and the breath touches each one.
The nervous system sends signals almost instantly through neurotransmitters, influencing motility and mood.
The endocrine system regulates hunger, metabolism, and emotional balance through hormones.
The immune system—70% of which lives in the gut wall—constantly surveys and responds to your internal environment.
The lymphatic system clears cellular waste and toxins, and it relies on movement and diaphragmatic breathing to flow.
Meanwhile, the circulatory system delivers oxygen and nutrients to the gut lining and the microbes that live there.
Your gut is not a machine; it is a living ecosystem that responds to rhythm. Your breath is the conductor.
Why This Practice Builds Resilience
Variety + repetition create adaptability, a core yogic principle.
This practice trains your system to:
Activate and settle without swinging into extremes
Build breath-led strength that supports the endocrine + immune systems
Create neural pathways for calm power — not collapse or force.
This is yogic resilience: not zero stress, but skillful response.
My Path with Rooted Breath Practice
My deeper Kundalini training began when I became curious about the endocrine system. I practiced kriyas daily and tracked my energy, cravings, sleep, and mood.
Over time, I could stay longer—7 minutes, then 11. As my system cleared, my preferences shifted without willpower.
Screens, even when still, overstimulate the eyes and adrenals. The system starts scanning instead of resting. I learned that “rest” wasn’t always restorative—and that chanting Sat Nam reorganized my inner space faster than silence.
Chanting centralizes, steadies, and turns energy inward. It becomes the tuning fork for your endocrine and nervous systems.
When the pelvic pulse returns—breath, rhythm, presence—the nervous system remembers safety.
And once safety is felt, the guts begin to speak truth again.
Try This Now: Root Pulse Reset (2–3 minutes)
1. Breath to Root
Inhale 4, exhale 6. On the last two counts of each exhale, lift the pelvic floor 10–15%. Don’t clench — sip the floor up.
2. Standing Spiral
Feet grounded. Slow figure-8 with pelvis + spine. Let breath lead movement.
3. Supported Squat
Sit into Malasana with support under the sit bones, five slow belly breaths.
Ask: “Where am I bracing against life — and where can I pulse instead?”
Reflection Prompts for Integration
Can you sense when your body is quietly bracing? Where does it happen most?
What is the effect of the mantra Sat Nam in your body — whispered or spoken aloud?
What conditions create true rest for you now? What 1–2 shifts are emerging?
Enter the Somatic Core Portals:
Reading opens the mind. Practice awakens the body.
The 10-class Somatic Core Series guides you through each portal with breath-led movement, somatic sequencing, and embodied integration.
Awaken the intelligence that lives in your core. This 10-part somatic series activates gut-led clarity, strengthens inner alignment, and expands your capacity to move through life with presence and power.
