08/08/2026
Release Your BELLY, Wake Up Your CORE
Your belly may be holding more TENT than you realize—and that tension can influence how you BREATHE, MOVE and use your CORE.
Try lying comfortably on your stomach with a soft Pilates ball or small pillow underneath your belly. Relax into the gentle pressure and take slow, deep breaths.
🩵Potential benefits:
• Releases tension through the abdominal muscles and surrounding fascia
• Encourages better diaphragmatic breathing
• May help with bloating, trapped gas and bowel regularity
• Helps decrease unnecessary gripping and bracing through the core
• Promotes relaxation and body awareness
• Slow breathing supports the parasympathetic “rest and digest” system, where the vagus nerve plays an important role
• May help your abdominal wall and surrounding muscles move and coordinate more naturally
💪 And here’s something we don’t talk about enough:
Muscles don’t just need to be STRONG—they need to be able to relax, lengthen and contract at the appropriate time.
When you’re constantly gripping or bracing through your belly, it can interfere with normal breathing and the coordinated movement of the diaphragm, abdominal wall and PELVIC floor.
Gentle belly release followed by relaxed diaphragmatic breathing can help reduce that unnecessary tension, giving your core a better opportunity to contract when you need it and relax when you don’t.
✨ Release → Breathe → Activate → Move
The goal isn’t to force your body into the ball. Let your belly soften around it and breathe.
Sometimes helping a muscle work better starts with helping it LET GO. 🩵
