Episode 82: Where is Your Vagina Pointing with Pilates For Your Privates Founder Alissa Alter

<p>Welcome to this week’s episode of Show Up Fully! I’m joined by Alissa Alter, certified Pilates instructor and founder of Pilates For Your Privates. She’s a former Broadway performer, a podcast host, an author, and the co-founder and Content & Community of the media platform, pstprtm.com.</p><p><a href="https://www.carlacontreras.com/podcast/episode-82-where-is-your-vagina-pointing-with-pilates-for-your-privates-founder-alissa-alter">Get the Full Show Notes Here</a></p><p>In my conversation, Alissa — also called the Amy Poehler of vaginas — shares her mission to destigmatize people with vagina's experience and body and normalize the conversation. </p><p>Alissa provides a LIVE demo to help you understand, Where Is Your Vagina Pointing? And highlights how her own physical recovery became the gateway to understanding both physical and emotional bodily responses.</p><p>Her energetic, yet educated approach around the topic of pelvic health serves as a reminder that we are our body’s best advocate. </p><p>Alissa describes ways to support pelvic health and why showing up fully means acknowledging all parts of ourselves.</p><p><strong>Topics Covered:</strong></p><p>● A demo of Alissa’s pelvic floor practice</p><p>● How vagina alignment played a role in Alissa's physical recovery</p><p>● Dialogue with the body about pain</p><p>● How change capitalizes on neuroplasticity as part of the healing process</p><p>● Tools for when you don’t want to show up and how to be present with it </p><p>● The power of normalizing conversations around advocating for yourself</p><p>Listen to the episode on <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/show-up-fully/id1522223522">Apple Podcasts</a> and <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/1wGFsFyD76lUPFiO7gArJZ?si=fa7b1748423d4e36">Spotify</a>, or on your favorite podcast platform.<strong> </strong>Tag us <a href="https://www.instagram.com/chefcarlacontreras/?hl=en">@chefcarlacontreras</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/pilatesforyourprivates/?hl=en">@alissaalter</a>  to continue