Align With Amie
Align With Amie
Neuromuscular Coaching
PRENGANCY + POSTPARTUM
PRENGANCY
During pregnancy, your body is constantly adapting.
Your ribcage and breathing mechanics change. Your center of mass shifts. Your abdominal wall experiences increasing demands. Your hips and pelvis respond to changing loads. Your movement strategies evolve.
Rather than fighting those changes, we work with them.
The goal is not to maintain exactly the same movement patterns you had before pregnancy.
The goal is to help you maintain connection and develop the capacity to adapt as your body changes.
Your coaching is individualized to your stage of pregnancy, current abilities, goals, and appropriate medical guidance.
EARLY POSTPARTUM
After birth, you may feel like your body belongs to someone else. You may feel disconnected from your abdomen. Certain areas may feel numb, hypersensitive, strange, or difficult to interpret. Your low back or hips may feel like they're doing more work. Movement that used to feel automatic may suddenly require thought.
And you may be trying to care for a baby while simultaneously wondering:
“How do I trust my body again?”
We don't rush this process. We start where your body is. We establish connection. We build coordination.
And then, when you're ready, we progressively build capacity.
RETURNING TO EXERCISE
Getting cleared to exercise doesn't necessarily mean you immediately feel confident exercising. You may be technically ready to move but still feel disconnected from how your body is working.
That's where individualized coaching can help.
Instead of jumping directly into a generic postpartum program, we can work through the connections and movement strategies that you need first. Then we progressively increase the demand.
The goal is to help you return to the activities you care about with more awareness, control, strength, and confidence.
C-SECTION + ABDOMINAL CHANGES
A C-section can create a very different sensory experience around the abdomen.
You may notice areas that feel numb, sensitive, unfamiliar, or difficult to connect with. You may move differently because you're protecting an area that has undergone a major physical event. Your body may also develop new strategies for creating stability.
These experiences deserve to be approached with patience rather than force.
Our coaching can focus on movement and muscular connection while respecting your current stage of recovery and any guidance you've received from your healthcare providers.
We don't force sensation. We don't push through concerning symptoms. And we don't assume that every sensation needs to be “worked through.”
We pay attention to what your body is communicating and stay within the appropriate scope of coaching.
WHAT WE WORK ON
Your program may include work around:
Core & trunk connection
Hip & pelvic stability
Breathing & ribcage mechanics
Low-back compensation
Muscular tension & gripping
Movement coordination
Strength & load tolerance
Returning to exercise
Lifting & carrying
Everyday movement
Rebuilding confidence in your body
But your program isn't a checklist.
We follow your body's needs rather than forcing you through a predetermined sequence.
WHAT YOUR 12 WEEKS CAN GIVE YOU
The goal isn't simply to make your body feel different for an hour after a session. It's to help you develop skills you can continue using.
You may learn to:
Feel muscles you previously struggled to access.
Recognize when you're compensating.
Reduce unnecessary tension.
Move with more coordination.
Build strength without losing connection.
Understand what your body is doing.
Adjust your movement when something isn't working.
Trust yourself more as you return to activity.
And eventually:
You don't need someone else to tell you what's wrong. You begin to understand your own body.
YOU DON'T NEED YOUR OLD BODY BACK
You need a body that can support the life you're living now.
A body that can carry your baby.
Lift. Exercise. Work. Play/ Rest. Adapt. Get stronger.
And keep changing with you.
Pregnancy + postpartum are not detours from your body.
They're chapters in it.
Our goal is to help you reconnect with the body you're in now and build the capacity to move forward.
Not sure if private coaching is right for you?