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The Daily Habit That Unclenches Your Pelvic Floor

2 Aug 2026 · 1 min

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In this brief interview, a clinician answers a listener’s question about a simple, actionable change to support the pelvic floor and nervous system. The expert recommends a frequent “vagina check” – a momentary body‑awareness pause to locate the pelvic floor, notice any unnecessary clenching of the pelvic and surrounding muscles (including the buttocks), and consciously relax them. By repeatedly bringing attention to the area throughout the day, individuals can catch tension patterns, release them, and allow the parasympathetic “rest‑and‑digest” response to dominate, reducing chronic pelvic floor tightness. The advice is presented in a conversational, supportive tone, emphasizing self‑monitoring and gentle relaxation as a daily habit.

What is like one shift, like one thing that they could change this week or shift they could make this week that would help support their own pelvic floor and like nervous system? Any top thing you would recommend?
Well, we talked about kind of like that, you know, giving your body that time and day. Sometimes I like will do with patients, like especially they have issues, I'll kind of like give them like throughout the day, like give yourself what I call a vagina check. Where's my vagina? Where should it be? Like sometimes like people are like all day and they're just It's like, right? Like everything's off. Like your butt cheeks are clenched all day, everything. And just like throughout the day, where am I? Like, what should I be doing? And just kind of like relax. Okay, let me not be all clenched. I thaw all the way down. And kind of like take that time. And I think throughout the day, like when you become aware of it, then you'll be like, oh my God, I'm sitting here. Like, why am I like this?
Let the parasympathetic rest and digest take over that body a little bit.