On my flight back home from Chattanooga, TN, I picked a movie to watch called Black Bag. Although I struggled to grasp the overall concept of the movie, there was one scene that truly stood out to me. It was a scene where the woman is asked questions while she is hooked up to a machine to see whether she is telling the truth or otherwise. She was asked several questions and gave false answers, but although the interviewer knew she was lying, the machine showed no changes in her heart rate or any signs of deception. This leads to him asking her if she was tightening her sphincter muscle, in other words, whether she was tightening her anus muscles. She knows that he knows she wasn’t telling the truth to some of his questions, and she admits that she is squeezing her anus muscles.
I also know that pelvic cavity and pelvic floor issues are very common among women over 35 and among men over 45. We live in a society where we must adapt our behavior to meet societal expectations in order to fit in. At what age do we unconsciously start clenching our pelvic floor muscles, eventually mistaking tightness for strength?
There are several ways we can address the pelvic floor based on this information. If we can start journaling it might have a great effect on the general health of our pelvic floor. Manual therapy, psychotherapy, exercises, meditation and breathing practices all have a positive impact on our pelvic cavity.
Active journaling can be very effective to release and reflect on the day so we can let go and release the energy/emotions or anything we face that day. The more conscious effort we can put to express the thoughts and feelings in writing, the more we can feel the sense of ease and comfort in our body.
Food for thought.
Sincerely yours,
Santosh
